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Does taking antibiotics treat scarlet fever? can i take antibiotics to treat scarlet fever or does it need further medical attention?
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Strep symptoms: Scarlet fever is one of the presentations of a group a streptococcus infection.The antibiotics used to treat the strep will kill off the germ & end the production of the chemical that produces the rash. Most respond rather well to initial abx rx.
Answered 9/28/2016
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