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Description and Symptoms of Streptococcal infection
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Tags: streptococcal infection, streptococcus bacterium, Streptococcus pyogenes, chickenpox, cellulitis, diabetes, symptoms
The group A streptococcus bacterium (Streptococcus pyogenes, or GAS) is a form of Streptococcus bacteria responsible for most cases of streptococcal illness. Other types (B, C, D, and G) may also cause infection.
| | If you have strep throat infection, you will have a red and painful sore throat and may have white patches on your tonsils. |
| | You also may have swollen lymph nodes in your neck, run a fever, and have a headache. |
| | Nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain can occur but are more common in children than in adults. |
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