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A spherical Gram-positive bacterium that causes Group A Streptococcal infections.
What is Streptococcus pyogenes?
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First described S. pyogenes in 1874.
Who is Billroth?
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Bacterium eats blood and blood components around and underneath it in blood agar.
What is Beta Haemolysis?
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The most common result of S. pyogenes
What is acute pharyngitis?
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Most common antibiotics used to treat S. pyogenes infections.
What is penicillin?
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where the S. pyogenes displays the Group A antigen.
What is the cell wall?
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Chains of S. pyogenes isolated by Fehleisen in 1883, as well as another person.
Who is Pasteur?
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Metabolism allows lactic acid to be produced.
What is fermentation?
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Direct contact, exchange of infected fluids, & contaminated foods
How is S. pyogenes transmitted?
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Maintain this to prevent spreading by open wounds.
What is reduced contact/non-contact?
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S. pyogenes does not move and does not form spores.
What is non-motile & non-sporeforming coccus?
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This gene causes severe invasive streptococcal infections.
What is SPY_SF370?
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Reducing this allows S. pyogenes to growth further.
What is Oxygen?
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Strep throat can lead to this.
What is rheumatic fever?
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Type of food you don't want to eat that may have S. pyogenes.
What is contaminated food?
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This is composed of Hylauronic Acid.
What is the capsule?
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Gene produces extracellular proteins that increase virulence.
What is GAS gene?
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Type of media used to grow S. pyogenes.
What is Complex Media/ Blood Agar?
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Causes rapid tissue destruction.
What is necrotizing fasciitis?
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Is done daily to maintain hygiene and reduce spread of S. pyogenes.
What is Daily Bathing/Washing Hands?
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Another term for Catalase-negative aerotolerant anaerobe.
What is facultative anaerobe?
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How S. pyogenes was sequenced.
What is Whole-Genome Shotgun approach?
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The temp. is 37C and pH of 7.4-7.6
What are growth conditions?
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The meaning of STSS.
What is Streptococcus Toxic Shock Syndrome?
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Works by detecting the prescence of carbohydrate antigens unique to Group A streptococcus.
What is Rapid Strep Test?
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