单词 | pneumococcus |
释义 | pneumococcusn. Microbiology. Originally: the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae (Friedländer's bacillus), which is an opportunistic pathogen causing pneumonia and other infections, often in hospitalized patients (see klebsiella n.) (now historical). Later: the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae, occurring as Gram-positive oval or spherical forms, typically in pairs, which causes the most common type of bacterial pneumonia (often lobar in distribution in adults) as well as other infections including otitis media and meningitis. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > organism > micro-organism > bacterium > [noun] > types of vibrio1850 micrococcus1870 microzyme1870 Spirillum1875 mycothrix1876 leptothrix1877 Spirochaete1877 streptococcus1877 Actinomyces1879 frogspawn1880 schizophyte1880 schizomycetes1881 gonococcus1882 saprophile1882 vibrion1882 coccus1883 diplococcus1883 streptobacteria1883 Clostridium1884 actinomycetes1885 pneumococcus1885 macrococcus1887 staphylococcus1887 iron bacterium1888 Proteus1888 ferrobacterium1890 meningococcus1890 rhizobium1890 sulphobacteria1890 nitrobacterium1891 Streptothrix1891 sulphur bacterium1891 myxobacter1892 Myxococcus1892 tetracoccus1893 coli1894 Pasteurella1895 pyrotoxin1895 Gaertner1897 purple bacterium1897 myxobacterium1898 pseudomonas1899 thiobacteria1900 treponema1908 corynebacterium1909 mycobacterium1909 Salmonella1913 Neisseria1915 botulinum1916 rickettsia1916 leptospira1918 acetobacter1920 Brucella1920 pseudomonad1921 strep1927 enterobacterium1929 opportunist1937 eubacterium1939 agrobacterium1942 persister1944 Moraxella1948 enteric1956 streptomycete1956 leptospire1957 transformant1957 lysogen1958 listeria1961 C. difficile1962 yersinia1967 Campylobacter1971 cyanobacterium1973 coryneform1976 eubacterium1977 legionella1979 acetogen1982 C. diff.1990 acidophilous1996 1885 Lancet 11 July 82/1 The pneumococcus is found during development of local sero-fibrinous inflammation. 1890 Daily News 11 Dec. 3/6 What is peculiar in this disease is the alliance with this bacillus of pneumococcus, which also lives in Russian marshes, river mud, and village pools. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 113 The diplococcus described by Fränkel (now often called pneumococcus, in succession to the title enjoyed for a short period by Friedländer's bacillus). 1911 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 11 Nov. 1579/2 Pneumonic leukocytes would take up more easily phagocytable pneumococci than normal leukocytes. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 154/2 Morgenroth prepared a chemical substance which had a remarkable affinity for the pneumococcus (the microbe which causes pneumonia). 1955 New Biol. 19 9 Pneumococci are classified into various serological types on the basis of the polysaccharides which form their capsules. 1977 Ann. Internal Med. 86 4/2 Reports of fatal bacteremia, especially with pneumococcus and Hemophilus influenzae, after splenectomy support that there is an increased risk. 1994 N.Y. Times 20 Feb. i. 24/3 Certain strains of pneumococcus are resistant to only one antibiotic, vancomycin, the researchers said. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1885 |
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