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===Pathogensis and Pathogenicity===
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===Pathogenesis and Pathogenicity===
*Beta-haemolytic strains more pathogenic than alpha-haemolytic strains
*Beta-haemolytic strains more pathogenic than alpha-haemolytic strains
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===''[[Enterococcus faecalis]]''===
===''[[Enterococcus faecalis]]''===
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[[Streptococcus canis]]
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[[Streptococcus pneumoniae]]
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===''S. pneumoniae''===
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*Found in upper respiratory tract of primates
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*Causes septicaemia, pneumonia and meningitis
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*Pneumonia in guinea-pigs and rats