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 | On 16 February 2025, it was proposed that this article be moved to Strep throat. The result of the discussion was not moved. |
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In the Streptococcal pharyngitis#Cause section, S. pyogenes is displayed unitalicized. As a binomial name of a bacterium, it should be italicised. In fact, in that section, "streptococcus", "streptococci", and "fusobacterium" should also be italicised. Adding in the use of Greek letters, I request that you please change:
- Strep throat is caused by group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus (GAS or S. pyogenes).<ref name=Review10> Other bacteria such as non–group A beta-hemolytic streptococci and fusobacterium may also cause pharyngitis.<ref name=Review09/><ref name=Review2001/>
- Wikicode: Strep throat is caused by [[group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus]] (GAS or S. pyogenes).<ref name=Review10>{{cite journal | author = Baltimore RS | title = Re-evaluation of antibiotic treatment of streptococcal pharyngitis | journal = Curr. Opin. Pediatr. | volume = 22 | issue = 1 | pages = 77–82 |date=February 2010 | pmid = 19996970 | doi = 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32833502e7 }}</ref> Other bacteria such as [[non–group A beta-hemolytic streptococci]] and [[fusobacterium]] may also cause [[pharyngitis]].<ref name=Review09/><ref name=Review2001/>
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- Strep throat is caused by group A β-hemolytic streptococcus (GAS or S. pyogenes).<ref name=Review10> Other bacteria such as non–group A β-hemolytic streptococci and fusobacterium may also cause pharyngitis.<ref name=Review09/><ref name=Review2001/>
- Wikicode: Strep throat is caused by [[group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus|group A β-hemolytic ''streptococcus'']] (GAS or ''S. pyogenes'').<ref name=Review10>{{cite journal | author = Baltimore RS | title = Re-evaluation of antibiotic treatment of streptococcal pharyngitis | journal = Curr. Opin. Pediatr. | volume = 22 | issue = 1 | pages = 77–82 |date=February 2010 | pmid = 19996970 | doi = 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32833502e7 }}</ref> Other bacteria such as [[non–group A beta-hemolytic streptococci|non–group A β-hemolytic ''streptococci'']] and ''[[fusobacterium]]'' may also cause [[pharyngitis]].<ref name=Review09/><ref name=Review2001/>
125.168.41.242 (talk) 06:13, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
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Change "Humans are the only known natural reservoir for group A streptococcus.[14] " to "Humans are the primary natural reservoir ..." ACCORDING TO THE SOURCE, "Humans are the primary reservoir for group A strep. There is no evidence to indicate that pets can transmit the bacteria to humans." 27.34.22.4 (talk) 13:23, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Done ItcouldbepossibleTalk 08:50, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
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Requested move 16 February 2025
- The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: not moved. (non-admin closure) Sophisticatedevening (talk) 16:03, 2 March 2025 (UTC)
Streptococcal pharyngitis → Strep throat – per WP:COMMONNAME. "Strep throat" is way more commonly used than the scientific name, so I believe it should be renamed to get rid of any possible confusion. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 05:13, 16 February 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Andrewa (talk) 06:35, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
- Weak oppose, is there evidence of such? while Ngrams does weakly support it since 2019 due to a decrease in using SP. Post-2021 articles on Google Scholar and ScienceDirect still lean to the current, (GS SP 4,160 , ST 3,410, SST 327) (SD SP 498, ST 284, SST 31), and same order of results for articles published this year so far with SP still being most commonly used in academia. Although believe "strep throat" should not be in parenthesis in the lead, considering it is more used that the non-parenthesised alt name? DankJae 17:04, 16 February 2025 (UTC)
- Note: WikiProject Medicine has been notified of this discussion. Kolano • talk 21:39, 17 February 2025 (UTC)
- oppose per DankJae--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 13:04, 21 February 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose. It's slang, an Americanism and not used globally. Graham Beards (talk) 14:03, 21 February 2025 (UTC)
- I'm Australian, and the name "strep throat" is in common use here, so no, it's not restricted to America. And here it's no more regarded as "slang" than the expression flu is. It's just a common name. Andrewa (talk) 08:13, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
- I said "globally". And our Influenza article is not named "'flu", (which redirects to Influenza). Graham Beards (talk) 09:54, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
- I guess 'sore throat' is the most common term in the UK, but 'strep throat' would certainly be understood. However, would you go to the chemist and ask for something for your 'streptococcal pharyngitis'? YorkshireExpat (talk) 10:39, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
- No you would ask for something for a sore throat. But that's a red herring. Would you go in to a chemist and ask for something for pancreatic cancer? Strep throat redirects here, and that's good enough. This is an encyclopaedia, not a dictionary of slang terms. I don't thinkWP:COMMONNAME applies here. "Strep throat" is a colloquialism that is not globally used. Should we rename diarrhoea "the runs"? Graham Beards (talk) 11:06, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
- I guess 'sore throat' is the most common term in the UK, but 'strep throat' would certainly be understood. However, would you go to the chemist and ask for something for your 'streptococcal pharyngitis'? YorkshireExpat (talk) 10:39, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
- I said "globally". And our Influenza article is not named "'flu", (which redirects to Influenza). Graham Beards (talk) 09:54, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
- I'm Australian, and the name "strep throat" is in common use here, so no, it's not restricted to America. And here it's no more regarded as "slang" than the expression flu is. It's just a common name. Andrewa (talk) 08:13, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
- Relisting comment: I cannot close this either way. The only !votes are opposing, yet they all seem to miss the point. I have commented on one of them, the others seem equivocal. Andrewa (talk) 08:16, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose: the technical term is best when dealing with a confition that has a number of common names. YorkshireExpat (talk) 11:21, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose: per others in this discussion, and a redirect already exists. 13:47, 23 February 2025 (UTC) - RichT|C|E-Mail 13:47, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.