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Strep throat (or "[[Streptococcus|Streptococcal]] [[pharyngitis]]", or "Streptococcal Sore Throat") is a form of [[Group A streptococcal infection]] that affects the [[pharynx]].
Strep throat (or "[[Streptococcus|Streptococcal]] [[pharyngitis]]", or "Streptococcal Sore Throat") is a form of [[Group A streptococcal infection]] that affects the [[pharynx]].
==Historical perspective==
==Historical perspective==
In the 4th century BC, Hippocrates described scarlet fever epidemic cause as S.pyogenes(GAS). In 1874, Billroth described streptococcal infection for the first time. In 1879, Louis Pasteur isolated the bacteria from a pregnant woman’s blood who was septic.n that had contracted Perpueral Fever. In the late 19th century, Rosenbach designated it as S.pyogenes. Blood agar patterns of streptococcal hemolysis was described by the Brown in 1919. Rebecca Lancefield identified distinct serogroups of beta-hemolytic streptococci in the 1930s.<ref name="pmid9331588">{{cite journal| author=Alouf JE, Horaud T| title=Streptococcal research at Pasteur Institute from Louis Pasteur's time to date. | journal=Adv Exp Med Biol | year= 1997 | volume= 418 | issue=  | pages= 7-14 | pmid=9331588 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9331588  }} </ref><ref>{{Cite journal
| author = [[Joseph Ferretti]] & [[Werner Kohler]]
| title = History of Streptococcal Research
| year = 2016
| month =
| pmid = 26866232
}}</ref>
==Pathophysiology==
==Pathophysiology==
==Causes==
==Causes==

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Overview

Strep throat (or "Streptococcal pharyngitis", or "Streptococcal Sore Throat") is a form of Group A streptococcal infection that affects the pharynx.

Historical perspective

In the 4th century BC, Hippocrates described scarlet fever epidemic cause as S.pyogenes(GAS). In 1874, Billroth described streptococcal infection for the first time. In 1879, Louis Pasteur isolated the bacteria from a pregnant woman’s blood who was septic.n that had contracted Perpueral Fever. In the late 19th century, Rosenbach designated it as S.pyogenes. Blood agar patterns of streptococcal hemolysis was described by the Brown in 1919. Rebecca Lancefield identified distinct serogroups of beta-hemolytic streptococci in the 1930s.[1][2]

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  1. Alouf JE, Horaud T (1997). "Streptococcal research at Pasteur Institute from Louis Pasteur's time to date". Adv Exp Med Biol. 418: 7–14. PMID 9331588.
  2. Joseph Ferretti & Werner Kohler (2016). "History of Streptococcal Research". PMID 26866232.

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