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Microbe Expert of Microbiology 2. By Matthew Finn. Inside a Person’s Mouth with a Soar Throat.
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Microbe Expert of Microbiology 2 By Matthew Finn
Inside a Person’s Mouth with a Soar Throat The bacteria in this picture that is causing the soar throat is commonly called Group A Streptococcus (GAS) or just Streptococcus and it causes strep throat. This bacteria is scientifically known as Streptococcus Pyogenes.
How to Get it • You can get this bacteria by direct contact of mucus through the nose and/ or throat of people who have wounded or infected skin. • People with infected skin and/ or strep throat are most likely to get the bacteria. • People who carry the bacteria but don’t have any symptoms are much less contagious but that doesn’t mean you can’t get the bacteria from them. • It’s not likely for household objects like dishes and toys to spread this bacteria.
What is this GAS? • GAS is a bacteria that has very little affect like a soar throat or it could have huge affect like a life threatening disease. It also causes skin infections and other infections that could be very harmful or not harmful at all. These infections can be treated with antibiotics. • This bacteria can be found world wide. • People with diseases like diabetes, people with cancer, people with long term illnesses, and people that take medications like steroids are at high risk for invasive disease. • Sometimes GAS disease occurs because the bacteria gets into places in the body it shouldn’t be.
Is GAS Harmful? • GAS as stated before can be very harmful but it can also have very little affect. • It can cause invasive diseases if you have the right symptoms. • This bacteria is very common in the United States and a few million people get strep throat and minor skin infections each year. About 10,000 people develop a disease and about 2,000 people die each year from GAS. • When you have GAS in your body, symptoms start to show about 1-3 days after it gets into your body.
