SCARLET FEVER

Course overview

SCARLET FEVER IS A BLANCHING, PAPULAR RASH, COMMONLY DESCRIBED AS A SANDPAPER RASH. IT IS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES PHARYNGITIS IN SCHOOL-AGE AND ADOLESCENT CHILDREN. THE FIRST-LINE TREATMENT IS PENICILLIN, THOUGH A FIRST-GENERATION CEPHALOSPORIN CAN BE USED IN PATIENTS WHO ARE ALLERGIC TO PENICILLIN. THIS ACTIVITY ILLUSTRATES THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF SCARLET FEVER AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN PREVENTING COMPLICATIONS IN THOSE WITH THIS CONDITION.