diplococcus 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. Moraxella Catarrhalis is a gram-negative, aerobic, oxidase-positive diplococcus that was first described in 1896

2. Moraxella Catarrhalis is a gram-negative, aerobic, oxidase-positive diplococcus that was first described in 1896

3. Moraxella Catarrhalis is a gram-negative, aerobic, oxidase-positive diplococcus that was first described in 1896

4. Transcript Moraxella Catarrhalis is a Gram-negative diplococcus, which means it’s a spherical-shaped bacteria that usually hangs out in pairs of two

5. Moraxella (Branhamella) Catarrhalis, formerly called Neisseria Catarrhalis or Micrococcus Catarrhalis, is a gram-negative, aerobic diplococcus frequently found as a commensal of the upper respiratory tract (124, 126; G

6. Moraxella Catarrhalis is a fastidious, nonmotile, Gram-negative, aerobic, oxidase-positive diplococcus that can cause infections of the respiratory system, middle ear, eye, central nervous system, and joints of humans