Morphology
The shape of Streptococcus pneumoniae
What is lancet-shaped diplococci?
The transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae
What are droplets of respiratory secretions?
The most common clinical presentation among adults
What is pneumonia?
Determines presence of catalase in bacterium
What is catalase test?
The most common antibiotics given to treat Streptococcus pneumoniae
What is erythromycin and amoxicillin?
The size of the bacterium
What is 1 micrometer?
The cells the bacterium adheres to
What are epithelial cells of pharynx?
Symptoms of infection in the lungs
What is Pleuritic chest pain, cough, fever, chills and difficulty breathing?
Common lab test that depicts gram-positive cocci in pairs
What is gram staining?
The antibiotic combination used in severe cases
What is erythromycin and cefuroxime?
The motility of the bacterium
What is non-motile?
Cytoplasmic protein produced by the bacterium essential for the initial binding to membrane cholesterol
What is pneumolysin?
The most common invasive clinical presentation of pneumococcal infection among children 2 years old or younger
What is bacteremia?
Its sensitivity to optochin is depicted
What is optochin sensitivity test?
Used to raise oxygen levels in blood
What is supplemental oxygen?
Flagellated or not
What is non-flagellated?
Present in the bacteria cell wall that aids in binding to receptors for platelet-activating factor
What is phosphorylcholine?
Occurs when Streptococcus pneumoniae enters the blood stream
What is sepsis?
Detects an autolytic enzyme, amidase, present in pneumococci, which breaks the bond between alanine and muramic acid of the peptidoglycan of the pneumococcal cell wall
What is bile solubility test?
What is resting?
Gram-positive or gram-negative
What is gram-positive?
Sequestered areas the bacterium enters to protect itself from phagocytosis
What is blood and the central nervous system?
Triggered by obstruction of orifices by viral infection, pollutants, or allergens in the atmosphere, together with fluid accumulation in paranasal sinus cavities
What is sinuitis?
Can detect the C-polysaccharide antigen of Streptococcus pneumoniae as a cause of community-acquired pneumonia
What is a urinary antigen test?
Used to prevent infections so that disease will not occur
What is pneumococcal vaccine?