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Scarlet fever in kid   Scarlet fever (SF) is an acute infection of the tonsils, skin, or other sites by an erythrogenic exotoxin-producing strain of group A streptococcus (GAS), associated with a characteristic toxigenic exanthem. Scarlet fever as a sunburn rush of the body   Erythrogenic toxin production depends on the presence of a temperate bacteriophage. Patients with prior exposure to the erythrogenic toxin have antitoxin immunity and neutralize the toxin. The Scarlet fever /SF/...