red, irritated eyes
There has never been a report of a clinical isolate of group A strep that is resistant to penicillin
Medication Summary Treatment is aimed at providing adequate antistreptococcal
Overview What is scarlet fever? Scarlet fever (scarlatina) is an infection caused by
Scarlet fever rarely happens in children younger than 3 years old
Severe diarrhea, fever; Unusual vaginal discharge, itching, or odor; Side effects that
What you can do
Group A Streptococcus (GAS), or Streptococcus pyogenes, is the leading
You may take amoxicillin, clarithromycin, azithromycin, clindamycin, or a cephalosporin such as cephalexin
; If the person does not need hospital
Scarlet fever, a bacterial infection caused by group A Streptococcus bacteria, causes symptoms and signs such as fever
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Scarlet fever is treated with prescription antibiotics, which fight bacterial infections
Clindamycin
Once antibiotics were discovered, outbreaks of scarlet fever became less frequent
General principles: • Encourage use of solid oral dosage formulations in older children A staphylococcal infection is a common bacterial skin infection
Symptoms vary with the organ Sore throat, fever (high temperature) and swollen tonsils and neck glands are the typical first symptoms
In some cases, the antibiotic itself may be causing your child to run a fever
This is the same germ that causes strep throat
Antibiotics may prevent complications of scarlet fever such as rheumatic fever
1 The skin manifestations of GAS infection are well known as scarlet fever
cramps
Symptoms of C
Infection Prevention and Control
diff) infections, which cause severe diarrhea that can be life-threatening
pyogenes is diagnosed in 20 to 40% of pharyngitis cases in children, and in 5 to 15% in adults