strep
strep
- n spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis
- a of or relating to or caused by streptococci
- What makes severe, invasive strep A different is that the microbe itself is "ill," infected with a virus.
- All the kids, it turned out, were more than twice as likely as others to have had a strep infection in the previous three months.
- While strep has become manageable, staph has spread from hospitals into communities.