I had bout after bout of what I mistakenly thought was called “stripe throat” I lay in bed drinking cold water and imagining my throat in alternating stripes of red and white (this was probably not so far wrong) .

闹了一场接一场的链球菌喉炎，误以这毛病叫“炎”；躺在床上喝着冷水，想象着自己喉咙呈白一道红一道的（可能这想法也错不到哪儿去）。

The vast majority of these are caused by the streptococcus pneumoniae.

其中绝大部分是由肺炎链球菌引起的。

They'd then inject a different type of that streptococcus, a virulent type.

然后他们会注射另一种类型的链球菌，一种毒性较强的链球菌。

So, your gums separate from your teeth forming pockets that quickly become extra space for strep and his friends, which further infects your gums causing your teeth to fall out.

所以你的牙龈和牙齿就会分离开来，给变形链球菌和他的朋友们更多的空间。这让你的牙龈收到更强烈的侵害，致牙齿脱落。

According to the Encyclopedia of Infectious Diseases, Rheumatic Fever only afflicts about three percent of streptococcal infections, but it is more common in young children between the ages of 5 to 14.

根据《传染病百科全书》，风湿热只会折磨大约3%的链球菌感染，在5到14岁的儿童中更常见。

It just so happens that strep and his friends are a downright threat to your life.

变形链球菌和他的朋友们恰好也能威胁你的生命。

And to make matters worse, strep and his buddies may enter your blood stream where they'll wreak havoc on your organs too.

更糟糕的是，变形链球菌和他的朋友们还有可能进入你的血液中，对你的器官造成破坏。

You see, strep and all his roommates live inside your mouth.

变形链球菌和他的室友们生活在你的口腔里。

Cause we got a couple of strep, strep throat cases in my house.

们家有几个得了链球菌性喉炎的病例。

We're seeing a lot more invasive streptococcus out there.

们发现周围侵袭性链球菌感染的情况明显增多。

Like, when we think about antibiotic-related bacterial infections, a lot of times we're thinking about, like, a strep infection in our throats or that kind of thing, which can be treated with seven to ten days of antibiotics.

就像，当们想到与抗生素相关的细菌感染时，很多时候们想到的是，比如，喉咙里的链球菌感染那类情况，这种情况可以用七到十天的抗生素治疗。

And in 1937, there was this Tennessee pharma startup that hit upon this idea for a new cough syrup, a cure for strep throat actually, targeted at children.

1937 年，这家田纳西州的制药初创公司想到了一种新的止咳糖浆的想法，实际上是一种针对儿童的链球菌性喉炎的治疗方法。

In 1891, when Coley injected live Streptococcus bacteria into a patient who had only weeks to live, the patient made a full recovery and lived for eight years.

1891年， 当科利向一名仅剩几周生命的患者注射活的链球菌时，该患者完全康复并存活了八年。

They isolated a mix of small sugars, called oligosaccharides, from each sample, then applied them to a bacterium called Group B Streptococcus, or Group B Strep.

他们从每个样本中分离出一种称低聚糖的小糖混合物，然后将其应用于一种名B组链球菌的细菌上。

Now this germ called strep or strep A is a very common germ that causes the common school sores.

这种被称链球菌或链球菌A型的细菌，是一种非常常见的细菌，会导致常见的学校溃疡。

Well, it could have been either E. coli or Streptococcus, which are both found in the bowel tracts.

嗯，刚才播放的可能是大肠杆菌或链球菌的早期录音和生长模式，这两种细菌都存在于肠道中。

They will all be replaced with new signs that say, a teenager with strep coughed on this sandwich.

它们将被替换新的标识，上面写着：“一位患有链球菌性喉炎的青少年对着这个三明治咳嗽了。”

Of course, their ATEC scores come down and we're documenting that.

PANS和PANDAS都是自身免疫性疾病， 且发病突然。 PANS的全称是小儿急性发作性神经精神综合征， 而PANDAS则与一种名链球菌的细菌有关。 这些原本正常发育的孩子， 可能在7、8岁左右， 突然间发生了某种变化。

Diets high in sugary foods cause an explosion of bacteria called mutans streptococci in our mouths.

高糖食品的饮食习惯会导致们口腔内一种名变形链球菌的细菌大量繁殖。

It’s believed purple nut sedge may have the ability to inhibit the growth of Streptococcus mutans.

据信紫坚果苔草可能具有抑制变异链球菌生长的能力。