Phrases with «pneumococcus»

"Pneumococcus" refers to a type of bacteria called Streptococcus pneumoniae that can cause pneumonia, a lung infection. Full definition

Sentences with «pneumococcus»

  • They had shown that it does a terrific job of blocking infection by pneumococcus bacteria, the cause of pneumonia, and that breast - fed children suffer significantly fewer ear and upper respiratory tract infections than babies who don't nurse. (discovermagazine.com)
  • Genomic analyses of pneumococci from children with sickle cell disease expose host - specific bacterial adaptations and deficits in current interventions. (stjude.org)
  • Microorganisms can be viruses (such as the measles virus) or they can be bacteria (such as pneumococcus). (kidshealth.org)
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