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Pus specimen revealing numbers of chain-linked Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus) bacteria (photomicrograph)

(Pappenheim's stain, 900x) (Courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Image Library. Image 2110. 1954. Public domain.)

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