SCARLET FEVER, MORBIDITY AND FATALITY

Morbidity and Mortality from Scarlet Fever in the Negro.

Heart Disease in Scarlet Fever

The association of scarlet fever and cardiac injury has been a subject of discussion for many years. There is wide diversity of opinion concerning the frequencv of the cardiac lesions and the role which scarlet fever plays in their etiology. McCollomtT found 254 instances of cardiac damage of various sorts in a series of IOOO cases. He noted endocarditis in 3 individuals and pericarditis in 5. ...

The Comeback of Scarlet Fever

Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus, GAS) is arguably the clone (Tse et al., 2012; You et al., 2018). The emm12 type is not new most virulent of all clinically important streptococci with a propensity to cause severe invasive diseases, toxic shock syndrome, and immunopathological damages such as acute rheumatic fever. Since the 1980s, severe GAS infections such as necrotizing fasciiti...

Cardiac complications in scarlet fever.

Stegemann (1914) described pathological changes in the myocardium and nervous system of the heart. Siegmund (1931) found inflammation chiefly in the thebesian vessels. Brody and Smith (1936) found pathological changes in the heart of 90 per cent. of the fatal cases. They described three types of myocarditis: 1. Focal or diffuse interstitial myocarditis. 2. Arteritis or periarteritis of the smal...

A Case of Scarlet Fever

She was in bed with a temperature of 101 ?F. and pulse 120 per minute. The rash spread from head to foot and desquamation had already started. For the most part it consisted of fine scales, while on the palms and soles large flakes?complete glove-like casts?were about to be thrown off. The pharynx was very congested. The tongue was thickly furred and flabby, but not typical of scarlet fever. Th...