Disease
Clinically it is associated with abscess formation in the upper body and respiratory tract. It is the most common cause of brain and liver abscesses. It has also been found to be involved with pulmonary exacerbations in cystic fibrosis patients.
Read more about this topic: Streptococcus Constellatus
Famous quotes containing the word disease:
“Anti-Semitism is a horrible disease from which nobody is immune, and it has a kind of evil fascination that makes an enlightened person draw near the source of infection, supposedly in a scientific spirit, but really to sniff the vapors and dally with the possibility.”
—Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)
“What is the disease which manifests itself in an inability to leave a party—any party at all—until it is all over and the lights are being put out?... I suppose that part of this mania for staying is due to a fear that, if I go, something good will happen and I’ll miss it. Somebody might do card tricks, or shoot somebody else.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)
“It is the disease of not listening, the malady of not marking,
that I am troubled withal.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)