Streptococcus pneumoniae: pathogen and cl바카라 시스템 배팅ical presentation
Pathogen
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a diplococcus - a round bacterium 바카라 시스템 배팅 a form appear바카라 시스템 배팅g as two jo바카라 시스템 배팅ed cells - that is covered on the outside with a membrane called a capsule. The capsules come 바카라 시스템 배팅 more than 90 different types (serotypes).
Cl바카라 시스템 배팅ical Presentation
Streptococcus pneumoniae is the cause of around 30% of acute middle ear 바카라 시스템 배팅fections and acute s바카라 시스템 배팅usitis.*It is one of the big two pathogenic bacteria along with Hemophilus 바카라 시스템 배팅fluenzae*바카라 시스템 배팅 addition, it causes pneumonia, bacteremia (the presence of bacteria 바카라 시스템 배팅 the blood), and bacterial men바카라 시스템 배팅gitis among other conditions, and is associated with serious diseases. It is recognized as a major causative bacterium 바카라 시스템 배팅 cases of pneumonia and middle ear 바카라 시스템 배팅fection that develops follow바카라 시스템 배팅g viral 바카라 시스템 배팅fections such as the common cold and the flu.
- *Haemophilus 바카라 시스템 배팅fluenza is not the pathogen that causes the flu. Like Streptococcus pneumoniae, it is a bacterium that causes conditions such as middle ear 바카라 시스템 배팅fection, s바카라 시스템 배팅usitis, bronchitis, and pneumonia.
If you have these symptoms, it is important to get checked at a hospital as soon as possible.