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  1. Strep throat - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Strep throat is caused by infection with a bacterium known as Streptococcus pyogenes, also called group A streptococcus. Streptococcal bacteria are contagious.

  2. Group B strep disease - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Group B strep (streptococcus) is a common bacterium often carried in the intestines or lower genital tract. The bacterium is usually harmless in healthy ...

  3. Toxic shock syndrome - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    The syndrome can also be caused by group A streptococcus (strep) bacteria. ... Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome occurs in people of all ages. Toxic shock ...

  4. Rheumatic fever - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Strep throat and scarlet fever are caused by an infection with streptococcus (strep-toe-KOK-us) bacteria. Rheumatic fever most often affects children ages 5 ...

  5. Strep throat in young children: A common diagnosis? - Mayo Clinic

    Strep throat is an infection caused by a bacterium known as Streptococcus pyogenes, also called group A streptococcus. ... Streptococcal infections. Merck ...

  6. Strep throat - Diagnosis & treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Treatment and prevention of streptococcal pharyngitis. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed Dec. 2, 2020. AskMayoExpert. Streptococcal pharyngitis ...

  7. Know the signs of strep throat in children - Mayo Clinic News Network

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring an increase in invasive group A Streptococcus infections in children. "Group A streptococcal ...

  8. Epiglottitis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Streptococcus A, B and C. This group of bacteria can cause diseases from strep throat to blood infection. Staphylococcus aureus. This bacterium causes skin ...

  9. Group B strep disease - Diagnosis & treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Group B streptococcus (GBS) infection. Mayo Clinic; 2021. Puopolo KM, et al. Group B streptococcal infection in neonates and young infants. https://www ...

  10. Scarlet fever - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Scarlet fever is caused by the same type of bacteria that causes strep throat — group A streptococcus ... streptococci (PANDAS). Children with this ...