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1891 Lancet 31 Oct. 1026/1 Mr. S. G. Shattock: The Action of Proteus Vulgaris and Pyococci on Urine.

1903 Med. Rec. 25 July 131 Undoubtedly the lesions are caused by microorganisms; there is the strongest evidence that these are the pyococci, and not, except rarely, the typhoid bacilli.

1930 Guy's Hosp. Rep. 80 156 Once an active infection with it [sc. Staphylococcus aureus] occurs, e.g. a boil, it becomes sown in the mouths of the pilosebaceous follicles..and the patient becomes a ‘pyococcus-carrier’.

1975 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 July 199 To determine the source of pyococci causing attacks of sepsis in infantile eczema 20 patients with continuing eczema were followed up for one year.

1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 726 Potent also against the pyococcal infections.

1935 Lancet 8 June 1325/1 The infection might have its origin in any of the common pyococcal skin infections.

1984 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 306 422 Complement deficiency may be associated with the same type of immunity deficiency as is seen in the antibody deficiency syndrome, infections largely with pyococcal organisms.