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What is the scientific name for streptococci?
Streptococci are bacteria that belong to the genus Streptococcus. There are 27 species of Streptococcus bacteria. The most well known bacteria in the group is Streptococcus pyogenes which is the bacteria that causes Strep throat.
The effect of streptococci on human health?
Streptococcus is a bacteria belonging to the phylum Frimicutes and lactic acid group. One of the effects of streptococci is strep throat.
What is the purpose of a throat culture?
A throat culture is performed to detect the presence of bacteria or viruses causing infections in the throat, such as streptococcus bacteria responsible for strep throat. This test helps to determine the most effective treatment for the infection by identifying the specific organism causing the illness.
Can you eradicate the strep throat causing bacteria?
Man is the only known reservoir for strep throat causing bacteria. These bacteria are universally sensitive to penicillin. The persons, who are allergic to penicillin can be given clarithromycin or azithromycin. You can simultaneously treat the whole population to eradicate the bacteria. You have experience of eradication of smallpox and polio. With such ideal conditions, you can eradicate the all the strains of group A beta hemolytic streptococci or streptococcus pyogenes, probably.
What type of micro-organism causes strep throat?
Streptococcal bacteria cause strep throat.
The chain-forming bacteria that cause the severe pharyngitis known as a strep throat?
Streptococci is the chain-forming bacteria that cause the severe pharyngitis known as a strep throat.
What is the name of the bacteria that causes strep throats?
Streptococcus
When does acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis develop?
after certain streptococcal bacteria (group A beta-hemolytic streptococci) have infected the skin or throat. Antigens from the dead streptococci clump together with the antibodies that killed them. These clumps are trapped in the kidney tubules
How is Sydenham's chorea described?
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.
What is Spherical bacteria?
a.) spherical is cocci that form a chain is streptococci (responsible for strep throat)b.) group or cluster- staphylococci (responsible for boils, skin infection and endocarditis)
What causes Sydenhams's?
Sydenham's is caused by certain types of streptococci called Group A beta-hemolytic streptococci or GAS bacteria.
Does strep thoat have a cilia?
Strep throat is a disease not a bacteria. However the bacteria that causes the disease is called strep throat is caused by group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus ( S. pyogenes). Other bacteria such as non–group A beta-hemolytic streptococci and fusobacterium may also cause pharyngitis ("strep throat"). It is a Gram+ bacterium that looks like a string of pearls under the microscope and it has no cilia.
