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Jan 24, 2023 · While epidemics of scarlet fever raged through Europe and North America through the 17th and 18th centuries, it was not until the 1920s that the significance of the patient’s sore throat would be fully realized. In 1924, American bacteriologists Gladys and George Dick demonstrated that the cause of scarlet fever was the beta-hemolytic ...
The association of scarlet fever and bacteriophages was described in 1926 by Cantacuzène (Ioan Cantacuzino) and Bonciu. There was a widespread epidemic of scarlet fever in 1922. Amongst the victims of this epidemic was Agathe Whitehead. An antitoxin for scarlet fever was developed in 1924. The discovery of penicillin and its subsequent ...
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- Alan C. Swedlund, Alison K. Donta
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Dec 27, 2016 · While the first major epidemic appears to have begun in ancient times and lasted until the late eighteenth century, scarlet fever was either endemic (always present at a low level) or occurred in relatively benign outbreaks separated by long intervals. In the second phase (~1825-1885), scarlet fever suddenly began to recur in cyclic and often ...
The London Fever Hospital (LFH) had been treating between 200 and 300 scarlet fever cases annually in the 1860s, far more in the epidemic years 1868–70 (see Table 3.2). In the years up to 1871 the LFH had treated all classes of patient, but with the advent of the MAB hospitals it ceased to accept pauper patients.
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Apr 1, 2024 · scarlet fever, acute infectious disease caused by group A hemolytic streptococcal bacteria, in particular Streptococcus pyogenes. Scarlet fever can affect people of all ages, but it is most often seen in children. It is called scarlet fever because of the red skin rash that accompanies it. Before the advent of antibiotics, scarlet fever was ...
Scarlet fever is caused only by certain strains that produce (or release) a soluble toxin, whose absorption causes the rash characteristic of the disease. Different strains of streptococci produce different amounts of toxin. Epidemics thus vary greatly in severity, with mortality rates ranging from 0 to 30 percent.
