scarlet fever

noun

, Pathology.

a contagious febrile disease caused by streptococci and characterized by a scarlet eruption.

scarlet fever

an acute communicable disease characterized by fever, strawberry-coloured tongue, and a typical rash starting on the neck and chest and spreading to the abdomen and limbs, caused by all group A haemolytic Streptococcus bacteria Technical namescarlatina

scarlet fever

/ skär′lĭt /

A severe acute infectious disease caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes, occurring mainly in children, and marked by high fever, sore throat and a red skin rash.

scarlet fever

An acute and contagious disease caused by a kind of streptococcus . Characterized by fever, sore throat, and a bright red rash, scarlet fever can be treated with penicillin .

First recorded in 1670–80

His optimism led him to compare ending poverty to eradicating scarlet fever and diphtheria.

Scarlet fever is frequently accompanied by eosinophilia, which may help to distinguish it from measles.

Hardly had the boys mother left St. Petersburg, when an epidemic of scarlet fever broke out in the school.

Scarlatina or scarlet fever first appeared in North America in Massachusetts in 1735.

In severe cases of smallpox and scarlet fever the entire outer skin of the hand may peel off like a glove.

Insist upon keeping a scarlet fever or measles patient out of school until all scaling has ceased.

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