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- 2. Isolate can be identified as Group A strep or S.pyogenes.
- 3. infections in the urinary tract, and upper and lower respiratory tracts (URT/LRT).
- 4. is the most common cause of S.pyogenes
- 6. pyrogenic exotoxin
- 8. flora of Respiratory tractgastrointestinal, and urogenital tracts of humans.
- 9. anaerobe
- 10. red, spreading rash known as scarlet fever
- 11. is the type of hemolysis
- 13. is a rare infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissues observed frequently in elderly patients.
- 15. acid capsule allows antigen masking & prevents phagocytosis
- 16. is susceptible test
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- 1. is negative
- 5. Starts with pharyngitis and progresses to rash on trunk/extremities
- 7. A strep causes the lysis of fibrin clots through the action of streptokinase on plasminogen.
- 10. is a negative test that differentiate Staph from Strep
- 12. can develop following deeper invasion by streptococci.
- 14. is the positive