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pharyngitis = “strep throat”
usually self-limited
but, can produce paratonsillar or retropharyngeal abscess
toxin-mediated disease: scarlet fever, with sandpapery rash and scarlet tongue
impetigo
deeper skin infections: cellulitis or erysipelis
adenitis
bone/joint infection
pneumonia/empyema
postinfectious immunologic diseases: glomerulonephritis and rheumatic fever
necrotizing fasciitis, “flesh-eating virus”: photo of necrotizing fasciitis in primary varicella
toxic shock syndrome
Serotype distribution of invasive Group A Streptococci disease
M1, M3, M28 are the cause of most basic infections
Category: Microbiology Notes
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