RT Book, Section
A1 Jameson, J. Larry
A1 Fauci, Anthony S.
A1 Kasper, Dennis L.
A1 Hauser, Stephen L.
A1 Longo, Dan L.
A1 Loscalzo, Joseph
SR Print(0)
ID 1167065765
T1 Pneumococcal Infections
T2 Harrison's Manual of Medicine, 20e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260455342
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1167065765
RD 2022/05/17
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.