Voorbeelden van strep

• A researcher discovers that there is an association between strep throat in puberty and coronary problems in middle age.

• It causes a wide array of infections, the most frequent of which is acute pharyngitis (strep throat).

• For example, a patient who thinks she has strep throat cannot get penicillin when she feels like she should have it.

• She then learns from the doctor that due to ignoring a case of strep throat for too long, the infection spread to her kidneys.

• While the rapid strep test is quicker, it has a lower sensitivity (70%) and statistically equal specificity (98%) as throat culture.

• Strep throat does not usually cause runny nose, voice changes or cough.

• It is characteristic of rheumatic carditis, but is seen in all severe injuries such as strep throat and bacterial pneumonia.

• Persons who have suffered a case of rheumatic fever have a tendency to develop flare-ups with repeated strep infections.