Pus‐producing substance or agent.
Producing pus; pyopoietic (= liquid inflammation product made up of cells and a thin fluid called liquor puris).
Causing the formation of pus. Pyogenic bacteria include Staphylococcus aureus. Streptococcus hemolyticus, and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
A term applied to those bacteria which cause the formation of PUS and so lead to the formation of abscesses. Although many bacteria have this property, the most common cause of abscess is one of the rounded forms of bacterium (e.g. streptococcus).
Bacterial strains such as Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, and the microorganisms found in the gastrointestinal tract possess the capability of producing purulent discharge, commonly known as pus.