Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
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ISBN: 9780073522593
Author: Denise G. Anderson Lecturer, Sarah Salm, Deborah Allen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 21, Problem 2A
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The response of a physician to a mother who asks if her daughter can get pneumococcal pneumonia again.

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Streptococcus pneumoniae causes pneumococcal pneumonia. This bacterium is spherical shaped, diplococcus, and Gram-positive bacteria. This bacteria contains a thick coat of polysaccharide capsule, which provides virulent property to the cell. A person suffering from pneumococcal pneumonia feels fever, chest pain, cough, and start producing sputum. A person starts feeling upper respiratory congestion and severe chest pain in severe cases.

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