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Putrid throat: a historic term for a severely inflamed throat, with tissue destruction, and fetid odor, often due to strep throat (streptococcal pharyngitis) or diphtheria. REFERENCE: Kasper, D., et al. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine..
Strep throat is a disease caused by a tiny ball-shaped type of bacteria (say: bak-TEER-ee-uh) c alled group A streptococcus (say: strep-tuh-KAH-kus). If a kid has strep throat, the doctor will give him or her medicine called an antibiotic (say: an-tye-bye-AH-tik) to kill the strep bacteria.