Streptococcus pyogenes

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Whos at Risk?

  • Immunocompromised

  • Elderly

  • Children under 5

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Where does the bacteria infect? Geography/Body

Geography: Schools

Body: Tonsils/ Lungs

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When is isolation important?

When it gets in the body

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Virulent Factors?

  • Streptomycin O and S (hemolytic toxins)

  • M Protein

  • Capsule of hyaluronic acid

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What diagnostic test?

Rapid Group A test strip

Swab and culture infected area

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Treatment?

Penicillin/ Amoxicillin

Macrolides is allergic

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Prevention?

Handwashing/ Wound Washing

See Doctor Early

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Invasive Diseases

  1. Puerperal sepsis - infection of the genital tract

  2. Cellulitis - Underlying tissue that can cause redness, swelling, warmth, and pain

  3. Necrotizing fasciitis “flesh eating”

  4. Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome

  5. Pneumonia - infection that inflames the air sacs

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Autoimmune Disorders caused my Streptococcus pyogenes

  • Acute Rheumatic fever - Chest Pain, Fatigue, Heart Murmur

  • Glomerulonephritis - kidney disease where the glomeruli in the kidneys become inflamed