Scarlet fever, or scarlatina, is a bacterial infection that causes a distinctive bright red sandpaper-like rash.

Bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus pyogenes infect the outer layer ... Impetigo often begins in minor cuts, insect bites, or a rash such as eczema — any place where your ...

Rheumatic heart disease is a chronic condition that results years after acute rheumatic fever, which is caused by group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes ... as well as a rash that starts ...

Most children with scarlet fever do not experience any complications. However, while rare, complications can occur during or in the weeks after the infection and include ear infection, throat abscess, ...

Investigators in Canada have discovered that molecular changes to an infectious bacterium (Group A Streptococcus pyogenes [GAS]) underlie a post-pandemic surge of coinfections with a respiratory ...