History of Streptococcus Pyogenes :: Biomedical

History of Streptococcus PyogenesAbstractWith the earliest recordings coming from the Fifth Century B.C., streptococcus pyogenes, and more than frequently, its symptoms have been prevalent among doctors and historians for hundreds of years. The first mentioning of streptococcus pyogenes is to be credited to Hippocrates, in which he describes the relative symptoms of the flesh-eating bacteria in its early stages. Then render by Billroth in 1874, patients carrying erysipelas were determined to have this certain bacterial infection. In 1883, the chain-forming bacteria were isolated by Fehleisen and in the following year, Rosenbach applied the S. pyogenes name. Further advances in hemolytic and non-hemolytic studies were made by Lancefield in the 1930s, in which the alpha, beta, and gamma subgroups of the hemolytic structures detailed and defined by Schottmueller and Brown - were divided into serotypes.Although he lived four centuries in the beginning the birth of Christ, a man named Hippocrates recorded the symptoms of diseases we still see to this day. Known as the Father of Medicine (Hippocrates), Hippocrates was an ancient physician who studied and recorded his observances of the trunks infections and physiology. He set forth the foundation for future physicians, and in doing so, is accredited for our knowledge of infectious diseases in earlier centuries. During this time however, many believed the man and its inhabitants were composed of four general elements air, water, fire, and dirt. They also believed that any one person who fell ill was being punished by the gods. As a recollective thinker though, Hippocrates encouraged the idea that humans became ill due to natural causes. In that wisdom, he recorded all his observances of his patients and their illnesses, taking careful note of the embodied symptoms and their progression.Described in his works, Hippocrates mentioned scarlet fever-like symptoms, 2those that correlate to the flesh-eating bacteria n ow known as streptococcus pyogenes. Due to Hippocrates acts as a induct in the medical field, these chronicles are the first recordings we have of the existence of the bacteria.Centuries later, another man began to outline more thoroughly the features and symptoms of several afflictions. Theodor Billroth, a Viennese surgeon described streptococci, staphylococci, diplococci, and even rods found in pus as intervals regarded in a distinct species Coccobacteria septica (Breed). He investigated the roles of the bacteria and entwined their origin. Billroth noticed specific bacteria in those with erysipelas he named the bacteria streptococcus from the two Greek words strepto meaning a chain formed of links, and coccus meaning berry.