Bacterium
streptococcus pneumoniae
Subclass of:
Streptococcus
Definitions related to streptococcus pneumoniae:
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A Gram-positive, alpha-hemolytic diplococcus aerotolerant anaerobe Streptococcus species.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Streptococcus pneumoniae.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • 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.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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