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Scarlet fever (also called scarlatina in older literature) is an infectious disease which most commonly affects children. Signs and symptoms include sore throat, fever, and a characteristic red rash. Scarlet fever is usually spread by inhalation.
This illness usually occurs in a few people (about 10%) who have strep throat and occasionally streptococcal skin infections or even wound infections. Scarlet fever is also known as scarlatina; group A Streptococcus is often shortened to read as group-A strep or group a beta-hemolytic streptococci (GABHS).Scarlet fever is mainly known for its sunburned-skin-colored sandpaper-like skin rash that is associated with fever. Scarlet fever is a bacterial infection caused by group A Streptococcus bacteria that results in a rash and fever. 2  Group a beta hemolytic streptococci produce an erythrogenic toxin that causes scarlet fever. 3  The incubation period for scarlet fever is about 12 hours to seven days.