| The next morning grandma was worse and the labs called to say that the pneumococcus was present in both specimens and that it was resistant to penicillin. |
| Like other meningitis bacteria, the pneumococcus is covered by a capsule or coat made of a complex sugar called a polysaccharide. |
| The pneumococcus, a bacterium, is responsible for about a third of community pneumonia cases. |
| The bacteria pneumococcus, with more than 90 serotypes, is a common pathogen with many unknowns. |
| Recognition of the pneumococcus depends upon its morphology, the fact that it is Gram-staining, and the presence of a capsule. |
| Also the pneumococcus, though often present, must be raised in virulence before it can produce untoward results. |
