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diplococci

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diplococci [‚dīp·lō′kä·kēor′käk·sī]
(microbiology)
A pair of micrococci.
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For example, the presence of Gram-negative diplococci in a joint aspirate should alert the clinician to the possibility of gonococcal arthritis, and therapy should be adjusted to cover for that pathogen.
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Pneumococci are encapsulated, lancet-shaped, gram-positive diplococci.
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Gram stain of colony smears showed gram-negative diplococci and the API NH system (bioMdrieux, Marcy l'Etoile, France) classified the bacterium as Neisseria gonorrhoeae (with a score of 87%).
Neisseria gonorrhoeae meningitis in pregnant adolescent by Martin, Maria C.; Perez, Francisco; Moreno, Alfonso; Moral, Alberto; Alvarez, Miguel A.; Mendez, Fra / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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