streptococcus
IPA: strɛptʌkˈɔkʌs
noun
- A spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptococcus. Although commonly found benignly in the human mouth and gut, and though many species are non-pathogenic, other species can cause diseases including strep throat and more serious conditions.
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Examples of "streptococcus" in Sentences
- Streptococcus is the second leading cause.
- The most common bacterial agent is streptococcus.
- I'm curious about streptococcus induced urticaria.
- Many species of the genus streptococcus cause hemolysis.
- Deaths resulting from infection by Streptococcus bacteria.
- But sucrose may be uniquely useful to Streptococcus Mutans.
- Dual pathway of lactose metabolism by Streptococcus lactis.
- Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common cause of bacterial meningitis.
- Decay is caused by bacteria, called streptococcus mutans, that live in the mouth and feed on sugar in the diet.
- Along with pneumococcus, that class includes diphtheria, tetanus, listeria and group A streptococcus, which is also known as the flesh-eating bacterium.
- ANDREWS: Yes, my wife had something called streptococcus B, and she needed to be on antibiotics during the delivery, either C-section or natural, or else the baby could die.
- Having studied many cases of child-bed fever at the hospitals, he declared before a medical society that he had seen its cause, and challenged he drew a picture resembling a rosary of what we now know as a streptococcus, or chain coccus.
- The rotavirus vaccine protects against severe vomiting, diarrhea and dehydration caused by the rotavirus; and the pneumococcal vaccine protects against serious infections such as pneumonia, meningitis, and blood poisoning, as well as ear infections caused by bacteria known as streptococcus pneumoniae.
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