What Is The Disease Caused By Streptococcal Infection And Damages The Heart Valves And Heart Muscle?
Streptococcal bacteria are extremely versatile and common. Able to invade almost any part of the body, streptococci cause a host of diseases. These microbes are divided into more than a dozen different groups, based on the proteins they harbor in their cell walls and their characteristics as determined by laboratory tests.
A list of some of the most troublesome categories or species of streptococcus and the diseases for which they are well known includes:
- Group A:
strep throat ,scarlet fever ,rheu...
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