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Rheumatic Fever Learning Center

Scarlet fever is an infection that is caused by a bacteria called streptococcus. The disease is characterized by a sore throat , fever, and a sandpaper-like rash on reddened skin. It is primarily a childhood disease. If scarlet fever is untreated,...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Scarlet fever is a disease caused by infection with the group A Streptococcus bacteria (the same bacteria that causes strep throat.
Source:ADAM
Date:August 12, 2008
Scarlet fever is an infection caused by a streptococcus bacterium. It can be transmitted through the air or by physical contact and primarily affects children between four and eight years of age. In temperate climates, scarlet fever is most common...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
An acute, contagious, bacterial disease characterized by sore throat, fever, enlarged lymph nodes, and a bright red, non-itchy rash. Also called scarlatina. Scarlet fever occurs most often during the winter months. Children between the ages of thr...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Scarlet fever is a rash that complicates a bacterial throat infection called strep throat .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Streptococcal sore throat , or strep throat as it is more commonly called, is an infection of the mucous membranes lining the pharynx. Sometimes the tonsils are also infected ( tonsillitis ). The disease is caused by group A Streptococcus bacteria...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Strep throat is caused by Group A Streptococcus bacteria. It is the most common bacterial infection of the throat.
Source:ADAM
Date:March 14, 2009
Streptococcal sore throat , or strep throat, as it is more commonly called, is a bacterial infection of the mucous membranes lining the throat or pharynx.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Strep throat (streptococcal pharyngitis) is a throat infection caused by a bacteria called Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus (GAS).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Strep throat is a contagious infection caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Strep throat is an infection of the mucous membranes lining the pharynx. Sometimes the tonsils are also infected (tonsillitis). The infection is caused by group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus bacteria , commonly known as strep. This bacterial infe...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
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