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Exotoxins include two haemolysins-O-streptolysin (oxygen-labile) and S-streptolysin (not oxygen sensitive)\u2014and erythrogenic toxin. Strains may also show leucocidin, fibrinolysin, and hyaluronidase. Any of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-s"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Streptococcus pyogenes - Definition of Streptococcus pyogenes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u03b2-haemolytic streptococcus of Lancefield\u2019s Group A, associated with scarlet fever, puerperal sepsis, and other forms of human infection. 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