Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A chain of micrococci linked together, occurring in some specific diseases.
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- noun Plural form of
streptococcus .
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- noun spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis
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Examples
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Benzylpenicillin is an antibiotic used to treat skin infections including group B streptococci, which is commonly known as strep B and can cause serious illness and death.
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Group A streptococci are the pathogenic bacteria responsible for many acute human infections in the respiratory tract and skin including pharyngitis, impetigo, rheumatic fever, and acute glomerulonephritis
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michael D. L. Suits et al. 2010
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One of the most common complications of chickenpox occurs if a blister becomes infected with bacteria such as streptococci, the so-called "flesh-eating bacteria," that cause destruction of the muscles.
Chickenpox 2010
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Would Miss Adelaide really say "streptococci," he asked?
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'This means organisms such as streptococci and staphylococci (even MRSA) can be transferred and cause infections like cellulitis (infection of the tissues below the skin).'
Home | Mail Online 2009
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Techniques used include culture from a wide variety of specimens, special stains, direct antigen detection (Group A streptococci, Cryptosporidium, Giardia lamblia, Trichomonas vaginalis), molecular real-time PCR diagnostics, and toxin assays (Clostridium difficile and enterohemorrhagic E. coli).
Microbiology Lab 2010
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The trick is to inoculate one's self with a minute dose of the streptococci of existentialism—like a vaccination—before the fever sets in.
The Existentialist Starter Kit Con Chapman 2011
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As the streptococci are now resistant to penicillin the treatment fails.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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He buys some penicillin and gives himself, not enough to kill the streptococci but enough to educate them to resist penicillin.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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As the streptococci are now resistant to penicillin the treatment fails.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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