Scarlet fever Flashcards
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Caused by the toxin of Streptococcus pyogenes.
Treated with phenoxymethylpenicillin:
10 mg/kg up to 500 mg (o) 12 hrly for 10 d.
Childhood: common infectious diseases (13 decks)
- Measles
- Rubella
- Scarlet fever
- Viral exanthema (fourth syndrome)
- Erythema infectiosum (fifth syndrome)
- Roseola infantum (exanthema subitum or sixth syndrome)
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Hand, foot and mouth (HFM) disease
- Kawasaki disease
- Mumps (epidemic parotitis)
- Pertussis (whooping cough)
- Croup
- Skin eruptions caused by viruses
