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Descriptor English: Streptococcus
Descriptor Spanish: Streptococcus
Descriptor Streptococcus
Scope note: Género de bacterias grampositivas cocoides que forman pares o cadenas y no producen endosporas. Muchas especies son comensales o parásitos de los seres humanos o los animales y algunas son muy patógenas. Unas cuantas especies son saprofitas y se encuentran en el medio natural.
Descriptor Portuguese: Streptococcus
Descriptor French: Streptococcus
Entry term(s): Streptocoque
Streptocoques
Tree number(s): B03.353.750.737.872
B03.510.400.800.872
B03.510.550.737.872
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013291
Scope note: A genus of gram-positive, coccoid bacteria whose organisms occur in pairs or chains. No endospores are produced. Many species exist as commensals or parasites on man or animals with some being highly pathogenic. A few species are saprophytes and occur in the natural environment.
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; hemolytic streptococci equals STREPTOCOCCUS unless specified in text as S. pyogenes, S. agalactiae, etc.; group A equals STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; B equals STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; D equals ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; S. equinus (index under STREPTOCOCCUS); N equals LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; groups E, L, M, O, R, S go under STREPTOCOCCUS; infection equals STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS
Allowable Qualifiers: CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IP isolement et purification
ME métabolisme
PH physiologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie
DeCS ID: 13678
Unique ID: D013291
NLM Classification: QW 142.5.C6
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/04/15
Streptococcus - Preferred
Concept UI M0020569
Preferred term Streptococcus
Entry term(s) Streptocoque
Streptocoques



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