Microbiology 9th Edition by Laura Black, Jacquelyn Black

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What is the most likely explanation of how Streptococcus pyogenes causes rheumatic fever?
(a) Strep throat infections migrate down to the heart.
(b) Endotoxin production causes septicemia.
(c) Vegetation followed by fibrin deposition.
(d) Cross-reactivity of an antibody for a Streptococcus pyogenes antigen to a heart cell antigen.
(e) It is an opportunistic infection triggered by coronary ar tery disease and atherosclerosis.