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^{Streptococcus pneumoniae in tissue culture}

^{This guy is quite the specimen; asides from causing pneumococcal infections like pneumonia, he can also cause acute sinusitis, otitis media, meningitis, bacteremia, sepsis, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, endocarditis, peritonitis, pericarditis, cellultitis, and brain abscess.}

^{(Image credit: Albaraa Mehdar)}

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