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group A streptococcus

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group A streptococcus
n.
A common but virulent streptococcus that kills the tissue it infects and produces toxins that trigger a form of shock that affects the vital organs.
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Assessing the relationship between the use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and necrotizing fasciitis caused by group A streptococcus.
Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and group A streptococcal ... by Mulla, Zuber D. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Group A streptococcus bacteria can cause diseases ranging from throat infections to scarlet fever to flesh-eating disease, and they're highly resistant to the neutrophils' traps.
Degrading a defense: bacteria use enzyme to escape trap by Gramling, Carolyn / Science News
Descending necrotizing mediastinitis caused by group A streptococcus (serotype M1T1).
Descending necrotizing mediastinitis: ten years' experience by Barbieri, Marco / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
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