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Descriptor English: Streptococcus pneumoniae
Descriptor Spanish: Streptococcus pneumoniae
Descriptor Streptococcus pneumoniae
Entry term(s) Diplococcus pneumoniae
Pneumococcus
Scope note: Microorganismo grampositivo que se encuentra en las vías respiratorias altas, los exudados inflamatorios y diversos fluidos corporales en seres humanos sanos o enfermos, y raramente en animales domésticos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Streptococcus pneumoniae
Descriptor French: Streptococcus pneumoniae
Entry term(s): Diplococcus pneumoniae
Pneumococcus
Tree number(s): B03.353.750.737.872.550
B03.510.400.800.872.550
B03.510.550.737.872.550
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013296
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: infection = PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; consider also PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 76; was DIPLOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE 1963-75
Online Note: use STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE to search DIPLOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE 1966-75
History Note: 76; was DIPLOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE 1963-75
Entry Version: STREP PNEUMONIAE
Related: Pneumococcal Infections MeSH
DeCS ID: 13683
Unique ID: D013296
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1976/01/01
Date of Entry: 1975/07/23
Revision Date: 2015/04/15
Streptococcus pneumoniae - Preferred
Concept UI M0020574
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Streptococcus pneumoniae
Entry term(s) Diplococcus pneumoniae
Pneumococcus



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