poststreptococcal

English

Etymology

post- +‎ streptococcal

Adjective

poststreptococcal (not comparable)

  1. Following a streptococcal infection
    • 2015 October 13, “Scabies and Bacterial Superinfection among American Samoan Children, 2011–2012”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0139336:
      GAS skin infections can lead to poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis, and certain epidemiologists hypothesize that acute rheumatic fever might also be a sequela [6 ,9 ,14 ,17 ].
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