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bearpics16 t1_ism6x35 wrote
Reply to If strep A can produce necrotizing fasciitis, how come strep throat with any cuts on your mouth and tongue does not translate to it? Is it because the saliva has antibacterial qualities? by 4_max_4
Bacteria can be quite diverse even amongst the same species. Bacteria in the same species can have difference virulence factors, which describe genes that cause disease and evade host defenses. For example, one isolate of group A strains can have genes that code for Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome which causes severe shock. Most strains do not
There’s some evidence that nec fasc is caused by group a strep with certain proteases. It probably also has to do with what body part gets exposed. The mouth and GI tract is super good at fighting bad bacteria
Basically it’s largely due to different strains of the same bacteria. Same reason there is antibiotic resistance
bearpics16 t1_iu0fots wrote
Reply to What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in The Good Nurse by dedemovie
“Jessica Chastain as the world’s most improbably good-looking (even with unflattering normie haircuts) ICU nurses.”
At my hospital, the ICU nurses are definitely the best looking at my hospital. I respect them all as professionals, but it’s hard to not notice…