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Klinik Şüpheden Tanıya : Aile Sağlığı Merkezinde Kızıl Tanısı Konulan İki Kardeş Vaka Sunumu

Year 2025, Volume: 11 Issue: 3, 262 - 267, 30.08.2025

Abstract

Kızıl, Streptococcus pyogenes tarafından neden olan ve özellikle çocukluk çağında sıklıkla görülen döküntülü bir hastalıktır. Aile hekimlerinin kızıl hastalığının hızlı tanı ve tedavisinde oynadıkları rolün önemini vurgulamaktadır. Klinik bulgular, karakteristik döküntüler ve çilek dil görünümü ile tanı konuldu ve uygun antibiyotik tedavisi başlandı. Olguların seyri ve aile sağlığı merkezinde yapılan ilk değerlendirme, kızılın birinci basamakta tanınmasının, erken müdahale ile komplikasyonların ve toplumda bulaşıcılığın önlenmesi açısından gerekliliğini göstermektedir. Bu vakada, aynı evde yaşayan kardeşlerde eş zamanlı gelişen kızıl hastalığı olguları üzerinden, birinci basamakta aile hekimlerinin bütüncül bakış açısı, multidisipliner düşünme ile tanı, tedavi ve izlem süreçleri ele alınacaktır.

Ethical Statement

Olgu Sunumu için vakaların babasından bilgilendirilmiş onam alınmıştır.

References

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  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Scarlet Fever [Internet]. [cited 2025 Apr 15]. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/group-a-strep/about/scarlet-fever.html
  • Managing scarlet fever. Drug Ther Bull. 2017;55(9):102. https://doi.org/10.1136/dtb.2017.8.0529
  • Guy R, Williams C, Irvine N, Reynolds A, Coelho J, Bennett E, et al. Increase in scarlet fever notifications in the United Kingdom, 2013/2014. Euro Surveill. 2014;19(12):20749. doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.12.20749
  • Public Health England. Guidelines for the public health management of scarlet fever outbreaks in schools, nurseries and other childcare settings [Internet]. 2017 [cited 2025 Apr 15]. Available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/scarlet-fever-managing-outbreaks-in-schools-and-nurseries
  • Lamagni T, Guy R, Chand M, Henderson KL, Chalker V, Lewis J, et al. Resurgence of scarlet fever in England, 2014–16: a population-based surveillance study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2018;18(2):180–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30693-X
  • Wu R, Xiong Y, Wang J, Li Y, Zhang X, Liu H, et al. Epidemiological changes of scarlet fever before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Chongqing, China: a 19-year surveillance and prediction study. BMC Public Health. 2024;24:2674. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20116-5

From Clinical Suspicion to Diagnosis: A Case Report of Two Siblings Diagnosed with Scarlet Fever at a Family Health Center

Year 2025, Volume: 11 Issue: 3, 262 - 267, 30.08.2025

Abstract

Scarlet fever is an eruptive disease caused by Streptococcus pyogenes and is particularly common in children. It highlights the importance of the role of general practitioners in the rapid diagnosis and treatment of scarlet fever. The diagnosis was made based on clinical findings, characteristic rashes, and strawberry tongue, and appropriate antibiotic treatment was started. The course of the cases and the initial assessment at the family health center demonstrate the need for recognition of scarlet fever in primary care to prevent complications and community transmission through early intervention. In this case, the holistic perspective of family doctors in primary care, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up processes with multidisciplinary thinking are discussed through the cases of scarlet fever developing simultaneously in siblings living in the same house

Ethical Statement

Informed consent was obtained from the father of the cases for the case report.

References

  • Pardo S, Perera TB. Scarlet fever [Internet]. In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan– [updated 2025 Feb 6; cited 2025 May 25]. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK507889/
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Scarlet Fever [Internet]. [cited 2025 Apr 15]. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/group-a-strep/about/scarlet-fever.html
  • Managing scarlet fever. Drug Ther Bull. 2017;55(9):102. https://doi.org/10.1136/dtb.2017.8.0529
  • Guy R, Williams C, Irvine N, Reynolds A, Coelho J, Bennett E, et al. Increase in scarlet fever notifications in the United Kingdom, 2013/2014. Euro Surveill. 2014;19(12):20749. doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.12.20749
  • Public Health England. Guidelines for the public health management of scarlet fever outbreaks in schools, nurseries and other childcare settings [Internet]. 2017 [cited 2025 Apr 15]. Available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/scarlet-fever-managing-outbreaks-in-schools-and-nurseries
  • Lamagni T, Guy R, Chand M, Henderson KL, Chalker V, Lewis J, et al. Resurgence of scarlet fever in England, 2014–16: a population-based surveillance study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2018;18(2):180–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30693-X
  • Wu R, Xiong Y, Wang J, Li Y, Zhang X, Liu H, et al. Epidemiological changes of scarlet fever before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Chongqing, China: a 19-year surveillance and prediction study. BMC Public Health. 2024;24:2674. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20116-5
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Primary Language English
Subjects Infectious Diseases
Journal Section Case reports
Authors

Dilara Canbay Özdemir 0000-0003-1835-6497

İzzet Fidancı 0000-0001-9848-8697

Publication Date August 30, 2025
Submission Date April 16, 2025
Acceptance Date May 29, 2025
Published in Issue Year 2025 Volume: 11 Issue: 3

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Vancouver Canbay Özdemir D, Fidancı İ. From Clinical Suspicion to Diagnosis: A Case Report of Two Siblings Diagnosed with Scarlet Fever at a Family Health Center. Mid Blac Sea J Health Sci. 2025;11(3):262-7.

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