TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Pneumococcal Infections
A1  - Jameson, J. Larry
A1  - Fauci, Anthony S.
A1  - Kasper, Dennis L.
A1  - Hauser, Stephen L.
A1  - Longo, Dan L.
A1  - Loscalzo, Joseph
PY  - 2020
T2  - Harrison's Manual of Medicine, 20e
AB  - Streptococcus  pneumoniae  (the  pneumococcus)  is  a  gram-positive  coccus  that  grows  in  chains,  causes  α-hemolysis  on  blood  agar,  is  bile  soluble,  and  is  sensitive  to  optochin.Nearly  every  clinical  isolate  has  a  polysaccharide  capsule  that  protects  the  bacteria  from  phagocytosis  in  the  absence  of  type-specific  antibody;  98  distinct  capsules  have  been  identified.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1167065765
ER  -