How to Use streptococcus in a Sentence

streptococcus

noun
  • The next day, the four mice given streptococci alone were dead while the four with penicillin were healthy.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
  • Shortly after the baby was born last fall, he was found to have a group B streptococcus infection.
    — Victoria Knight, CNN, 3 July 2017
  • What Atkins didn't know at the time was that his blisters had allowed Group A streptococcus to enter his body.
    — Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post, 23 July 2017
  • Intravenous antibiotics are the first line of treatment against bacteria like group A streptococcus.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Time, 16 Oct. 2017
  • Coley dug deeper and found a few other cases of remission from cancer after a streptococcus infection.
    — Greg Kahn, Smithsonian, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Just like the successful immunizations against the bacteria that cause measles, mumps and tetanus, a shot to prevent streptococcus infections could save lives and reduce health care costs.
    — Kate Sheridan, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2018
  • The discovery could help the long fight to find a vaccine against Group A streptococcus bacteria, which cause strep throat, scarlet fever and rheumatic heart disease.
    — Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times, 29 May 2017
  • Flesh-eating disease, or necrotizing fasciitis, is commonly caused by the streptococcus bacteria.
    — Frances Stead Sellers and Sabrina Malhi, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Pinterest Intravenous antibiotics are the first line of treatment against bacteria like group A streptococcus.
    — Amanda MacMillan, PEOPLE.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Several different types of bacteria can cause the disease, including streptococcus, the bacteria that causes strep throat, and others found in soil, animals and nature.
    — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 27 June 2019
  • Allicin, a compound in garlic, might inhibit activity of group A streptococcus, the bacteria that causes the condition.
    — Jessica Migala, Good Housekeeping, 15 June 2017
  • And the German scientist Rudolf Emmerich noted that a streptococcus infection could apparently protect guinea pigs from the cholera bacillus.
    — Mark Caldwell, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Additionally, cockroaches carry bacteria on the surface of their bodies that can cause streptococcus, salmonella and staphylococcus if left in food.
    — Caitlin McLean, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Toxic shock syndrome is specifically caused by some types of staphylococcus and streptococcus bacteria that produce toxins, the Mayo Clinic explains.
    — Lauren Gruber, SELF, 16 June 2021
  • Complications from a progression of the same infection, caused by the Group A streptococcus bacterium, have been responsible for 15 deaths of children this year.
    — Cassie Werber, Quartz, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Pediatricians are extremely eager to have a streptococcus A vaccine, especially as more antibiotics fail to control the infection.
    — Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times, 29 May 2017
  • The body’s natural response to a bacterial infection is to create antibodies to fight it; in the case of this particular streptococcus, the antibody to the M protein also works against the body’s own heart proteins.
    — Anna Reisman, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2011
  • Bacterial infections like Lyme disease, streptococcus, and chlamydia can also lead to myocarditis, Medline Plus says.
    — Korin Miller, Health.com, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Life’s challenges Tragedy struck Ransom in December 1937, when his beloved wife Ethel died from a streptococcus infection at a time when antibiotics were not available.
    — Carol Roark, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Patrice Comey launched a campaign to require doctors and hospitals to test for Group B streptococcus, a bacterial infection that can be treated with penicillin during delivery if detected toward the end of a pregnancy.
    — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Certain bacterial infections, like mycoplasma pneumonia and group A streptococcus, can also cause wintertime infirmity.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Necrotizing fasciitis, the medical name for the condition that most call flesh-eating bacteria, Nizet noted, is most often caused by streptococcus or staphylococcus bacteria, usually called Strep and Staph.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2019
  • Nevertheless, the scientists are rigorously screening mothers participating in these trials for microbes such as HIV and group B streptococcus—a common vaginal bacterium that causes respiratory problems in newborns.
    — Sara Reardon, Scientific American, 17 Aug. 2019

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