Streptococcus pyogenes

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A bacterium that causes the formation of pus or of fatal septicemias.

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By far the most frequent exciting causes of acute otitis media are the pneumococcus and the streptococcus.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The least trace of Gomenol prevents the growth in vitro of the streptococcus, the tuberculous bacillus and the gonococcus.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2|Various
Erysipelas is a much-dreaded disease which is the result of infection with the blood-poisoning germ—streptococcus.
The Mother and Her Child|William S. Sadler
Cultivations from the liver gave a pure growth of what appeared to be a typical (non-capsulated) Streptococcus pyogenes longus.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique|John William Henry Eyre

If the resulting growth resembles that of the streptococcus, make subcultivations upon nutrient agar.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique|John William Henry Eyre