S. Pyogenes (Group A Strep)

I am a gram-positive bacteria in the genus Streptococcus. I am made up of non-motile and non-sporing cocci linked in chains. I am beta hemolytic. Discovered 1883. BENZYLPENECILLINS DNI!!!! she/her; it/its

[charl0ttan]

to be honest i do have beef with some microbes

[streptococcus-pyogenes]

:(

[notahorseindisguise]

my eyebrow piercing is itchy

[streptococcus-pyogenes]

which could mean nothing

[virtualgirladvance]

It still thinks it and the mould are seperate beings and not forever entwined...

IM NOT FUSED WITH THE MOULD LIKE SOME SORT OF NURGLE'S CHOSEN MAGICALGIRL

[streptococcus-pyogenes]

join us....

[mizuthe-dog]

There’s a gimmick blog right behind me with a gun to my head

[typo-spotter]

This post does not contain typos!

Of course, it is still incorrect, so how about I fix the error!

"There's a gimmick blog right behind me…"

Should be:

"There are gimmick blogs right behind me…"

[mizuthe-dog]

[unyieldingsilence]

‎

[ominous-signs]

Calling all gimmick blogs

[eggblackoutpoetry]

“Egg”

[streptococcus-pyogenes]

multiplies

[centers-for-disease-control]

Anytime I answer asks on Tumblr, I feel like I’m working in childcare again,but I have no control over the children so thy are just setting fire to the building while all I can do is tell them to not do that

[streptococcus-pyogenes]

hi

[centers-for-disease-control]

a friend told me that meat tastes better raw, im going to try it

Don’t

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do, my cousin needs a new host

[cryptotheism]

Dahling you simply must explore the backrooms they're just brimming with all sorts of delightful little entities.

[dragongirlsweetie]

otay mattie let's play rooms together yayyy

[cryptotheism]

Don't you just love the gauche wallpaper? It's so camp- what the fuck is that

[streptococcus-pyogenes]

hi

[charl0ttan]

it honestly feels good as hell to take medicine

[streptococcus-pyogenes]

no it doesnt

[charl0ttan]

medicine>>

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booo 👎👎👎

[notahorseindisguise]

relatable post bc its me but if i were a gimmick blog "is-the-alcohol-post-cute" the answer would be NO❌ bc sorry to suck the fun out of it but that joke plays on the idea of beer being a mans drink and cider being feminine . obviously its playing like against and subverting that but the fact remains im against gendering of alcohol bc i think everyone should drink a beer

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multiplies

[coelii]

An (incomplete) List of Things That Could Kill Me

Bullet 1

Bullet 2

Bullet 3

Bullet 4

A really poisonous snake

[streptococcus-pyogenes]

hi i bet i could do a decent job

[virtualgirladvance]

we may not have hamsters or raccoons but we also dont have rabies so i guess im not that mad here

[streptococcus-pyogenes]

don't worry ill always be here

[virtualgirladvance]

What are you selling with this post LAN?

timeshares for my shoebox apartment in sydney 🙂‍↕️

[athena-cat-wizard-official]

actually all of Australia doesn't have rabies. we have a related virus called Australian Bat Lyssavirus

[streptococcus-pyogenes]

I'm there too

[virtualgirladvance]

moving in a week and cant wait to find out how much of my health problems are from the mold i found growing in my closet

[streptococcus-pyogenes]

why would you blame the mould

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

Wait, so you’re not supposed to leave tampons in too long because the tampons have toxins in them that it takes time to absorb, or because the blood it soaks up was supposed to be carrying toxins out of the body?

hi anon,

those are both incorrect understandings of toxic shock syndrome. toxic shock syndrome is caused by overgrowth of specific types of bacteria commonly found in and on the body, which will in turn release toxins. the version affiliated with tampons, which is probably what toxic shock syndrome is most well-known for, happens because tampons provide a great place for that bacteria to grow.

leaving tampons in longer increases the risk of bacteria growing and releasing toxins, which is why it's recommended to change them frequently. the same is true of anything placed in the vagina for extended periods (no pun intended) of time, including other menstrual collection items such a menstrual cups or disks or forms of birth control such as the sponge or diaphragm, both of which have become less popular with the availability of hormonal birth control.

it's important to stress that toxic shock syndrome stemming from tampons and other devices have decreased sharply in the last few decades, ever since the health risks became widely known in the 1980s, and the majority of toxic shock syndrome reported today is not affiliated with any menstrual complications.

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

okay this is going to sound nitpicky, but menstrual cups do not cause toxic shock syndrome. toxins released by excessive growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes cause toxic shock syndrome. that can happen whether you use a menstrual cup or not, whether you menstruate or not, in a vagina or not. you are in fact more likely to develop toxic shock syndrome in an infected wound than from a menstrual device.

again, I know this sounds like quibbling, but saying that a menstrual cup or tampon "causes" toxic shock syndrome makes it sound like they're not perfectly safe menstrual collection tools, which they both are. they can very slightly increase the risk of toxic shock syndrome but they aren't the cause, in the same way that... I don't know, people going jogging outdoors isn't the cause of people being hit by cars. there's a difference! important difference!

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

hey, that's a really good practice! a lot of health and wellness grifters get by using terms that sound scary without being able to back them up at all (or even define them), and it's smart to look out for that.

I'm happy to report that the toxins affiliated with toxic shock syndrome are literally just called toxic shock syndrome toxin-1

Toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 - Wikipedia

[streptococcus-pyogenes]

its true! great post op

[notahorseindisguise]

hi everybody how are we

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lurking

[reallyreallyreallytrying]

the new viral trend is swimming in the river with an abdominal wound! take an #AbdominalWoundRiverSwim and post your results

[streptococcus-pyogenes]

it's true!!