Streptococcus pneumoniae

Streptococcus pneumoniae
the species known as pneumococcus, an α-hemolytic species with no specific Lancefield group antigen; it is the usual cause of lobar pneumonia and also causes other serious, acute, pyogenic disorders such as meningitis, septicemia, empyema, and peritonitis. There are many serovars, distinguished on the basis of specific capsular polysaccharides called pneumococcal polysaccharides.

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