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An Investigation into the Incidence of Re‐infection of Scarlet Fever Patients attended in common Wards
Author(s) -
BIE C. H.,
GAUSTAD V.
Publication year - 1943
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1943.tb16214.x
Subject(s) - medicine , scarlet fever , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , dermatology , optics , physics
Summary. The incidence of re‐infection in scarlet fever patients has been examined in a material of 35 patients. Re‐infection occurred rarely—a total of two definite and three indefinite cases. All cases occurred in the same room in which nineteen children were accommodated during the period of examination. The author discusses the possible causes of the low incidence of re‐infection. Four of the re‐infected patients had complications.