Pneumococcal infections are caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, a gram-positive, catalase-negative organism commonly referred to as pneumococcus.
Blood pressure is a measure of the changing fluid pressure within the circulatory system. It varies. from a peak pressure produced by contraction of the left ventricle, to a low pressure, which is. maintained by closure of the aortic valve and elastic recoil of the arterial system. The peak.
However, while blood pressure is parameter of the circulatory system as a whole, blood viscosity is a parameter specific to the fluid flowing through the system. Therefore, viscosity can be said to precede pressure and to be biophysically more fundamental than pressure.