pneumococcus in English

noun
1
a bacterium associated with pneumonia and some forms of meningitis.
The bacteria pneumococcus , with more than 90 serotypes, is a common pathogen with many unknowns.

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1. The pneumococcus bacterium is spread through person-to-person contact .

2. And along comes pneumococcus or another bacteria, streptococcus and boom, they get a bacterial pneumonia.

3. The most common one is Streptococcus (pneumococcus), but other Bacteria can cause it too

4. Pneumococcus is characterized by smooth colonies and has a polysaccharide capsule that induces antibody formation; the different types are classified according to their immunological specificity.

5. Of course, in addition to treatment that kills the pneumococcus bacillus, general supportive measures, including rest and nourishment, remain very important to good treatment.

6. The type XXVII Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) capsular polysaccharide contains equimolar amounts of D-glucose, D-galactose, L-rhamnose, 2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucose, acetyl, pyruvic acid, phosphate, and choline.

7. Coccus ; Antitoxinum vibriosepticum against the Clos-tridium, commonly known as " vibrion septique." Anti-pneumococcus sera for Type I and for Type II are described, and the dosage by intravenous injection in each instance is 50,000 to 150,000 units

8. BCG – Bacillus Calmette Guérin; Chol-Ecol-O – cholera-E.coli-oral; DTaP-IPV-Hib – diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid, acellular pertussis, polio, Haemophilus influenzae type b, pediatric formulation; HA – hepatitis A; HB – hepatitis B; Inf – influenza; IPV – inactivated poliomyelitis virus; JE – Japanese encephalitis; Men – meningococcus; MMR – measles, mumps, rubella; Pneu – pneumococcus; Rab – rabies; TBE – tickborne encephalitis; Tdap – tetanus toxoid, diphtheria toxoid, acellular pertussis, adult formulation; Typh-I – typhoid-injection; Typh-O – typhoid-oral; Var – varicella; YF – yellow fever Adjuvant: