diphtheroids

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A form of diphtheroid — Of, pertaining to or resembling diphtheria.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of diphtheroid

    As most patients had only one blood culture drawn, it was not possible to ascertain the role of bacteria of uncertain clinical relevance, such as coagulase-negative staphylococci, diphtheroids and Bacillus species.

    2015 December 24, “Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Microbes Causing Bloodstream Infections in Unguja, Zanzibar”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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