These symptoms include: “a sudden, severe sore throat, pain when you swallow, fever over 101°F, swollen tonsils and lymph nodes, and white or yellow spots on the back of a bright red throat” (WebMD.com). Another important aspect of this illness to look at is the amount of cases per year. According to a 2016 article by Androulla Efstratiou titled “Epidemiology of Streptococcus Pyogenes”, sore throats are diagnosed in approximately 11 million people in the United States each year. Most cases are viral, however, group A streptococcal bacteria is the culprit in, “15–30% of the pharyngitis cases in children and 5–20% in adults”
These symptoms include: “a sudden, severe sore throat, pain when you swallow, fever over 101°F, swollen tonsils and lymph nodes, and white or yellow spots on the back of a bright red throat” (WebMD.com). Another important aspect of this illness to look at is the amount of cases per year. According to a 2016 article by Androulla Efstratiou titled “Epidemiology of Streptococcus Pyogenes”, sore throats are diagnosed in approximately 11 million people in the United States each year. Most cases are viral, however, group A streptococcal bacteria is the culprit in, “15–30% of the pharyngitis cases in children and 5–20% in adults”