Streptococci is the chain-forming bacteria that cause the severe pharyngitis known as a strep throat.
Group A strep, AKA Strep pyogenes.
Streptococci is the chain-forming bacteria that cause the severe pharyngitis known as a strep throat.
Streptococcus is a genus of bacteria that causes strep throat (streptococcal pharyngitis).
Pharyngitis is an infection of the pharynx in the throat. The bacteria that causes pharyngitis is called Streptococcus. Pharyngitis that is caused by a bacterium usually requires antibiotic treatment.
The term strep is short for "streptococcus" a genus of parasitic bacteria. The medical term is "streptoccal pharyngitis."
These are often the same thing: bacterial growths of the genus Streptococcus are a potentially severe form of throat infection (pharyngitis). However, most cases of strep throat are not serious. They are usually treated to avoid complications such as rheumatic fever.
Sore throat
Pharyngitis
Pharyngitis can lead to otitis media when bacteria or viruses from the throat travel through the Eustachian tube to the middle ear, causing infection and inflammation. The close proximity of the throat to the ear allows for this spread of infection, leading to otitis media in some cases.
Pharyngitis
Pharyngitis is the medical name for a sore throat. Pharyngitis is contagious through direct contact with mucus, nasal discharge, or saliva.
A neurologic complication of rheumatic fever triggered by a throat infection (pharyngitis) caused by particular strains of bacteria known as group A beta-hemolytic streptococci or as GAS bacteria.
streptococcal pharyngitis