Source: CRISP. Streptococcus pyogenes: A species of gram-positive, coccoid bacteria isolated from skin lesions, blood, inflammatory exudates, and the upper respiratory tract of humans. It is a group A hemolytic Streptococcus that can cause SCARLET FEVER and RHEUMATIC FEVER.
City of Elma, WA. Search. The City of Elma, incorporated on March 22, 1888, lies within the Chehalis River Valley in Eastern Grays Harbor County, about 30 miles West of Olympia and 40 miles East of the Pacific coast.
Yakima is located along Interstate 82, approximately 143 miles southeast of Seattle (2hr 15min), 204 miles southwest of Spokane (3hr 30min), 80 miles northwest of the Tri-Cities (Richland-Kennewick-Pasco) (1hr 30min) and 186 mi northeast of Portland (3hrs).