Definition of Pneumococcus. Meaning of Pneumococcus. Synonyms of Pneumococcus

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Definition of Pneumococcus

Pneumococcus
Pneumococcus Pneu`mo*coc"cus, n. [See Pneumo-, and Coccus.] (Biol.) A form of micrococcus found in the sputum (and elsewhere) of persons suffering with pneumonia, and thought to be the cause of this disease.

Meaning of Pneumococcu from wikipedia

- streptococcus pneumoniae, or pneumococcus, is a gram-positive , alpha-hemolytic , aerotolerant anaerobic member of the genus streptococcus
- however, if a child is exposed to a serotype of pneumococcus that is not contained in the vaccine, he/she is not afforded any protection
- pneumococcal vaccine used to protect infant s and young children against disease caused by the bacterium streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus).
- transformation by a deoxyribonucleic acid fraction isolated from pneumococcus type iii', published in the february 1944 issue of the journal
- griffith used two strain s of pneumococcus (streptococcus pneumoniae ) bacteria which infect mice – a type iii-s (smooth) and type ii-r
- be further specialised into pneumococcal pneumonia (caused by pneumococcus ) inflammation which has_location lung is_caused_by pneumococcus
- external links : int/vaccines/en/pneumococcus. shtml pneumococcal vaccines world health organization (who) http://www. merckvaccines.
- he and oswald avery showed that the polysaccharide s of pneumococcus are antigen s, enabling him to show that antibodies are protein s
- entitled “random gleanings from a life with the pneumococcus” and the 1978 albert lasker medical research award . his lasker award was for
- streptococcus pneumoniae (aka pneumococcus) is the most common bacterial etiology of meningitis in children beyond 2 months of age(1-3 per 100,000).
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