Pediatrics, Scarlet Fever: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

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Pediatrics, Scarlet Fever: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

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Overview: Scarlet fever is a syndrome characterized by exudative pharyngitis, fever, and scarlatiniform rash. It is caused by an infection with a pyogenic exotoxin-producing group A beta-hemolytic streptococci.{{mediatitle:1732751_1}}{{media:1732751_1}}{{mediacaption:1732751_1}}

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Tags: Skin Rash, Emergency, Infection, Fever, Sore Throat, Disease and Condition, Children's Health, Emergency Medicine

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Scarlet fever predominantly occurs in children aged 5-15 years. Learn the causes and symptoms. http://bit.ly/943irT

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Pediatrics, Urinary Tract Infections and Pyelonephritis: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: In the pediatric patient, urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common serious bacterial infections (SBI) encountered.1 They are a frequent cause of fever and can cause significant morbidity if not properly identified and ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Urinary tract infections are among the most serious bacterial infections encountered by pediatric patients. http://bit.ly/awTu3t

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Pediatrics, Fever: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Pediatric patients presenting in the ED with fever are sometimes the more challenging patients emergency physicians face. Patients with fever can be present in a wide variety of clinical presentations ranging from mild clinical conditions to ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Pediatric patients in the ER with fever are sometimes the more challenging patients emergency physicians face. http://bit.ly/97zbFn

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Scarlet Fever: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Scarlet fever (known as scarlatina in older literature references) is an exotoxin-mediated disease arising from group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infection. Ordinarily, scarlet fever evolves from a tonsillar/pharyngeal focus, although the rash develops in fewer than 10% ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Penicillin remains the drug of choice for scarlet fever. See eMedicine's Scarlet Fever topic. http://bit.ly/b0sAAE

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