I thought I had misheard. Scarlet fever sounds like something from a different century. Many people today are only vaguely ...

Scarlet fever is a bacterial infection that causes a bright red rash. It looks and feels like sandpaper, and it's sometimes called "sandpaper rash." The infection, also called scarlatina, spreads ...

Scarlet fever causes a rash. It can happen after a strep infection, such as strep throat or impetigo. Complications are rare now, but they can be severe.

HEALTH chiefs have alerted the public to a “highly contagious” disease with “serious” complications. Scarlet fever was the leading cause of infant death during the Victorian… ...

Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — A Bacteriological Study of Four Hundred Cases of Inflammation of the Throat, Occurring in Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever, with Especial ...

Scarlet fever has been as prevalent as 15 per 100,000 or higher in the past four weeks, statistics show, and it can cause ear infections, throat abscesses and sinusitis.

Scarlet fever is known for causing a rash, but as cases of the bacterial illness spike in Britain people are being advised that this is not in fact the first sign to keep an eye out for.

Scarlet fever is a contagious infection that more commonly affects children. Caused by strep A bacteria, which is often found in the nose or mouth, it is typically spread through respiratory ...