Streptococcus pneumoniae [strip of strep with lungs for wings]

• Leading cause of otitis media [flying through the ear and causing an explosion]
• Meningitis [inflamed meninges]
• Lobar pneumonia [whole lung inflamed]
• Growth inhibited by optochin [chin breaking the streptococcus pneumonia] and bile [melting in green bile puddle]
• Alpha-hemolytic, causing green rings around colonies when grown on blood agar [green alpha squeezing & breaking the red blood cell]
• Positive Quellung reaction (swelling of capsule) [transformed into big strep pneumonia with swollen capsule]

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Visual Mnemonic - Streptococcus Pneumoniae
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