S. pneumoniae Seasonal Incidence

Comparison

of Morbidity

& Mortality for Bacterial Meningitis

Genetic Variation (Mutation)

Beginning of Molecular Genetics

Transformation (In vivo) (Griffith)

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Diagnostic Laboratory Tests

• Optochin sensitivity (Taxo P disc)

Optochin Sensitivity

Taxo P

Streptococcus

pneumoniae

Enterococcus faecalis Enterococcus faecium

•GI tract of humans and animals

•Group D carbohydrate cell wall antigen

•Formerly Streptococcus

Enterococcal Infections