Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO Scarlet fever, or scarlatina, is a bacterial infection that causes a distinctive ...

Objectives: To evaluate reports that describe relapse or recurrence following treatment of perineal streptococcal dermatitis (PSD), we studied a large cohort of children with these perianal or ...

Hyatt writes that Maddie "didn't have some of the typical strep A symptoms like: sore / red throat strawberry tongue rash (scarlet fever)." According to the CDC, "Group A strep bacteria can cause ...

The second - and more serious - type of Strep A infection is iGAS (invasive Group A Strep) where the bacteria gets through the body's defences and into places it shouldn't, such as the blood or lungs.