strep A
Causes scarlet fever
Strep A is shorthand for group A streptococcus, a bacterium responsible for strep throat, scarlet fever, and skin infections like impetigo.
Most strep A infections are mild and treatable with antibiotics, but invasive strep A can cause severe, life-threatening conditions including necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease) and toxic shock syndrome: The hospital reported a rise in invasive strep A cases.
- group A strepFlesh-eating disease pathogen
- bacterial infectionIllness from harmful microorganisms
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- sore throatIrritated, aching airway
- throatNeck's inner passage
infection · strep test · scarlet fever · tonsillitis · swab · fever · antibiotics · penicillin · contagious · stay home · sore · swollen · glands · rheumatic · necrotizing · fasciitis · flesh-eating · rapid test
- bacterial infectionsanthrax, botulism, cholera, diphtheria, lockjaw
strep Aviral infection
Disease caused by microbes
virus · influenza · common cold · COVID-19 · fungal infection
strep Astaphylococcus
Spherical bacteria in clusters
MRSA · E. coli · pseudomonas · salmonella