diplococci in English
noun
1
a bacterium that occurs as pairs of cocci, e.g., pneumococcus.
If the smear shows Gram negative intracellular diplococci , the patient is treated for gonorrhoea and chlamydia to cover the possibility of a mixed infection.
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1. Catarrhalis appear as gram-negative diplococci (Figure 40-2) with adjacent sides flattened