Gram-positive cocci and diseases
Name of Gram-positive cocci | Diseases |
Staphylococcus aureus | Surgical-site infections, skin infection, hospital-acquired pneumonia, osteomyelitis, toxic-shock syndrome, necrotizing fasciitis, food-poisoning, infective arthritis |
Streptococcus pyogenes | Acute pharyngitis (strep-sore throat), impetigo, erysipelas, necrotizing fasciitis, myositis, |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | Bacterial pneumonia, meningitis, otitis media, sinusitis, bronchitis, bacteremia, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome |
Streptococcus agalactiae | Postpartum infection and neonatal sepsis |
Enterococcus faecalis | Urinary tract infections, bacteremia, ocular infections, mitral valve endocarditis, meningitis (rarely) |