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. 2020 Jun 22:96–107. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-02041-1.50017-1

Table 11-2.

Bacterial Causes of Pharyngitis

  • Streptococcus pyogenes (GAβHS)

  • Group C streptococci

  • Group G streptococci

  • Arcanobacterium haemolyticum

  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae

  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae

  • Chlamydia pneumoniae

  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae

  • Yersinia enterocolitica

  • Francisella tularensis

  • Coxiella burnetii

GAβHS, group A β-hemolytic streptococcus.