Streptococcus, how to recognize symptoms in children

There are now seven children who have died in the United Kingdom due to an epidemic of invasive streptococcus A infections, the bacterium that causes scarlet fever, a disease that is almost always benign but is on the increase in the country.

The UK’s Health Security Agency has urged parents to be vigilant. But what are the signs to watch out for? Is it possible to distinguish this disease from the flu?

What is scarlet fever

Scarlet fever is one of the so-called exanthematic infectious diseases of children because it causes a widespread rash (exanthema), reads the website