Septic Scarlet Fever due to Streptococcus pyogenes Cellulitis

1 November 1988

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Vol. 69 (2) , 921-925
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.qjmed.a068255

Abstract

We report three cases of septic scarlet fever due to Streptococcus pyogenes Group A (serotype M1/T1/OF—) cellulitis in healthy young adults. Despite prompt treatment two of the patients died. Such cases of cellulitis associated with scarlet fever, severe toxaemia and septicaemia have not been reported in the post-antibiotic era.

Keywords

TREATMENT
ADULTS
STREPTOCOCCUS
SEPTIC
CELLULITIS
SCARLET FEVER
PYOGENES
FEVER DUE

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