pneumococcus
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Origin of pneumococcus
From New Latin, dating back to 1885–90; see origin at pneumo- , -coccus
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In the case of pneumococcus, for example, immunizing children indirectly protects older adults by limiting transmission.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2022
You know, you and I can be exposed to a pneumococcus and one person gets pneumonia and the other doesn’t.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 17, 2019
We have children’s vaccines against measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, chickenpox, polio, hepatitis A and B, rotavirus, pneumococcus, haemophilus influenzae and meningococcal disease.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2018
The antibiotic I received, a common first-line treatment, covers pneumococcus as well as other bacterial invaders.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2016
In the early 1920s, Griffith, a medical officer at the British Ministry of Health, began to investigate a bacterium named Streptococcus pneumoniae or pneumococcus.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
What he saw was swarms of vicious pneumococci and tiny, rod-shaped, bloodsucking Hemophilus influenzae, most common of the numerous organisms connected with flu.
From Time Magazine Archive
It can be caused by any one of 33 types of pneumococci, by many other bacteria, or by viruses.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the last few months, bacteriologists have bred strains of pneumococci, streptococci and other common germs which are practically immune to the sulfa drugs, penicillin, etc.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the boy's case, the hardy new pneumococci finally succumbed to combined doses of rifampin and fusidic acid, but doctors noted that he was already recovering when the drugs were administered.
From Time Magazine Archive
If there is trouble with the first dentition and food is allowed to collect, staphylococci, streptococci, pneumococci and colon bacilli may be present.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
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