Streptocococcus pyogenes
OVERVIEW: What every clinician needs to know. Pathogen name and classification. Streptococcus pyogenes is a Gram-positive bacterium (Figure 1) that causes several diseases in humans, including pharyngitis, skin infections, acute rheumatic fever, scarlet fever, poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis, a toxic shock–like syndrome, and necrotizing fasciitis. Figure 1. GAS is a Gram-positive that occurs in chains or in…
