4.

Identification and Characterization of Streptococcus

pneumoniae
gram-positive lanceolate diplococci, but can also occur as single
cocci or in short chains of cocci.
growing best at 35-37C with ~5% CO2 (or in a candle-jar).
media that contain blood, but can also grow on a chocolate agar
plate (CAP).
On a blood agar plate (BAP), colonies: small, grey, moist (sometimes
mucoidal), colonies
produce a zone of alpha-hemolysis
The alpha-hemolytic property differentiates this organism from
many species, but not from the commensal alpha-hemolytic
(viridans) streptococci. Differentiating pneumococci from viridans
streptococci is difficult as young pneumococcal colonies appear
raised, similar to viridans streptococci. However, once the
pneumococcal culture ages 24-48 hours, the colonies become
flattened, and the central portion becomes depressed, which does
not occur with viridans streptococci.
S. pneumoniae can be identified using Gram stain, catalase, and
optochin tests simultaneously, with bile solubility as a confirmatory
test. S. pneumoniae is bile soluble whereas all other alphahemolytic streptococci are bile resistant.
1. Penyebab meningitis

Newborns

Group B Streptococcus, Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes

Infants and Children

Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus in

type b

Adolescents and Young

Adults

Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae

Older Adults

Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, Listeria monoc

5. identifikasi streptococcus
Streptococci: Gram-positive cocci pairs and in chains of
cells. Strepococci are often grouped by hemolytic reaction on blood
agar and by serological typing using the Lancefield classification
system.
The most significant pathogens are Streptococcus pyogenes
(Lancefield Group A), Streptococcus agalactiae (Lancefield Group B)
and Streptococcus pneumoniae. Some streptococci (formerly group
D) now placed in the genus Enterococcus are of medical significance
because they are often difficult to treat because of antibiotic
resistance.

Always facultative anaerob and catalase (-).Enterococcus is

usually gamma, nonhemolytic.