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Streptococci Journals

 Strep is brief for Streptococcus, a kind of bacteria. There are several types. Two of them cause most of the strep infections in people: A and B . Group A strep causes Strep throat - a sore, red throat. Your tonsils may be swollen and have white spots on them. Scarlet fever - an illness that follows streptococcal sore throat . It causes a red rash on the body. mpetigo - a skin infection, Toxic shock syndrome, Cellulitis and necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease) Group B strep can cause blood infections, pneumonia and meningitis in newborns. A screening test during pregnancy can tell if you've got it. If you do, intravenous antibiotics during labor can save your baby's life. Adults also can get B strep infections, especially if they're 65 or older or have already got health problems. Strep B can cause tract infections, blood infections, skin infections and pneumonia in adults. Antibiotics are used to treat strep infections. Streptococci are individuals from the typical greenery. Destructiveness elements of gathering A streptococci incorporate M protein and lipoteichoic corrosive for connection; a hyaluronic corrosive container that represses phagocytosis; other extracellular items, for example, pyrogenic (erythrogenic) poison, which causes the rash of red fever; and streptokinase, streptodornase (DNase B), and streptolysins. A few strains are nephritogenic. Safe intervened sequelae don't reflect spread of microorganisms. Nongroup A strains have no characterized harmfulness factors.   

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