Scarlet fever outbreak in a public school in Granada in 2012

作者：Fernandez Prada M^*; Martinez Diz S; Colina Lopez A; Almagro Nievas D; Martinez Romero B; Huertas Martinez J

来源：Anales de Pediatria, 2014, 80(4): 249-253.

DOI：10.1016/j.anpedi.2013.05.020

• Streptococcus pyogenes
• Scarlet fever Outbreak
• School

Introduction: Scarlet fever is a streptococcal disease characterized by a skin rash in children. It can be endemic, epidemic or sporadic. In April 2012, the headmaster of a primary school in Granada reported an outbreak of scarlet fever in the school.
Objective: To describe an outbreak of scarlet fever, analyse its epidemiological and clinical characteristics, and present the preventive measures taken to control it.
Patients and methods: A case-control study was conducted using an ad hoc questionnaire, developed for this purpose. The R program, Epidat 3.1 and Microsoft Excel were used for the statistics analysis.
Results: There were 13 cases and 30 controls. The attack rate was 3.9%. There was a statistically significant difference for the variable "relative affected".
Conclusion: There has been a confirmed outbreak of person-to-person transmitted scarlet fever, and the main risk factor was having a relative with tonsillitis.

• 出版日期2014-4