- a word derived from streptococcus.
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Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome: Illness begins with fever and chills, aches, nausea and vomiting.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2022
Dr. Coley began to inject terminally ill cancer patients with Streptococcal bacteria in the 1890s.
From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2016
One case leapt out at him: a patient who had several unsuccessful operations to remove a huge sarcoma from his face, and wound up with a severe infection, then called erysipelas, caused by Streptococcal bacteria.
From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2016