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... > Bacteria > Firmicutes > Lactobacillales > Streptococcaceae > Streptococcus > Streptococcus pneumoniae
... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Lactobacillales > Streptococcaceae > Streptococcus > Streptococcus pneumoniae
... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Cocci > Streptococcaceae > Streptococcus > Streptococcus pneumoniae

Preferred term

Streptococcus pneumoniae  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Diplococcus pneumoniae
  • Pneumococcus

Note

  • infection = PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; consider also PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL

Scope note

  • A gram-positive organism found in the upper respiratory tract, inflammatory exudates, and various body fluids of normal and/or diseased humans and, rarely, domestic animals.

History note

  • 76; was DIPLOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE 1963-75

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013296

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