肺はい炎えん球きゅう菌きん

noun

pneumococcus; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Medical term for the bacterium that causes pneumonia and other infections.

• 肺はい炎えん球きゅう菌きんは肺はい炎えんの主おもな原げん因いん菌きんの一ひとつです。

  Pneumococcus is one of the main causative bacteria of pneumonia.

• 高こう齢れい者しゃは肺はい炎えん球きゅう菌きんワクチンの接せっ種しゅが推すい奨しょうされています。

  Elderly people are recommended to receive the pneumococcal vaccine.