streptococcal infection
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstreptococcalandinfection
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streptococcal
adjective
uk/ˌstrep.təˈkɒk.əl/us/ˌstrep.təˈkɑː.kəl/
caused by or relating to streptococcus (= a bacterium, many types of which ...
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infection
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˈfek.ʃən/us/ɪnˈfek.ʃən/
a condition in which bacteria or viruses that cause disease have entered ...
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It is not yet clear whether these putative markers are genetic or induced bystreptococcalinfection as part of the pathogenesis of acute rheumatic fever.
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Relation of the rheumatic fever recurrence rate perstreptococcalinfectionto preexisting clinical features of the patients.
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The purpose of this study is to test whetherstreptococcalinfectioncan be associated with idiopathic mitral regurgitation.
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Streptococcal antibody titers should be determined routinely since they are more sensitive and reliable in establishing an antecedentstreptococcalinfection.
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We concluded that, in some patients, isolated mitral regurgitation might be caused bystreptococcalinfection.
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Rheumatic polyarthritis can be extremely variable, both as to intensity and time, and confirmatory evidence of a precedingstreptococcalinfectioncan be equivocal.
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The primary aim is to prevent the initial attack of rheumatic fever through the correct treatment of thestreptococcalinfection.
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From then on, penicillin has been the drug of choice for treatment ofstreptococcalinfection, and rheumatic fever is no exception.
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This basic treatment is concentrated in three areas: first, eradication ofstreptococcalinfection; second, reliefofsymptoms; and, third, control of inflammatory reactions.
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These studies were carried out in non-endemic regions forstreptococcalinfectionwhere the per capita diversity of the organism is likely to be low.
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The process by which the glomeruli become injured duringstreptococcalinfectionis uncertain, but is believed to be related to the body's immune response to the invading organism.
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Decades after the realization that prompt antibiotic therapy of the precedingstreptococcalinfection can essentially eliminate the threat of rheumatic fever, major questions remain unanswered about this problem.
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But he also visited women with childbed fever and children with apparentstreptococcalinfectionon the same days that he attended other women in labour who later developed fever.#!
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Astreptococcalinfectionof the throat may result in merely a sore throat, in scarlet fever or in renal disease.
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The soldier's death was not due to encephalitis, but tostreptococcalinfection.
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What made me take up research into haemolyticstreptococcalinfectionshortly after qualification?
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He was also hospitalized with tonsillitis, which led to a severestreptococcalinfectionrequiring emergency surgery.
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