Scarlet fever

Scarlet fever is an infectious disease that is caused by bacteria. It is caused by exotoxin released by Streptococcus pyogenes. It was once a major cause of death. It is now treated with antibiotics. The term scarlatina can be used to mean scarlet fever. Scarlatina is a lesser form of scarlet fever. At the early times, this disease could not be cured and this was a common reason for death in that time which applies to many famous people of the world.

Scarlet Fever Media

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  Red cheeks and pale area around the mouth in scarlet fever

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  Characteristic red cheeks and rash of scarlet fever

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  Streptococcus pyogenes

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  Bad Füssing, Germany: Memorial to the local innkeeper's four children, who all died during a local wave of scarlet fever in 1858–59

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  Otto Kalischer wrote a doctoral thesis on scarlet fever in 1891.

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  A 1930s American poster attempting to curb the spread of such diseases as scarlet fever by regulating milk supply