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What does the scarlet fever bacteria look like?
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Scarlet fever: Scarlet fever is caused by group A Streptococcus also known as Streptococcus pyogenes. Coccus identifies the bacteria as sphere shaped. The spheres occurs in chains. Click link for enlarged photo of the cocci in chains. https://goo.gl/images/bJSTac
Answered 5/7/2017
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