Fernández-Prada M, Martínez-Diz S, Colina López A, Almagro Nievas D, Martínez Romero B, Huertas Martínez J
Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Medicina Preventiva, Vigilancia y Promoción de la Salud, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Granada, España.
Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Medicina Preventiva, Vigilancia y Promoción de la Salud, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, España.
An Pediatr (Barc). 2014 Apr;80(4):249-53. doi: 10.1016/j.anpedi.2013.05.020. Epub 2013 Jul 3.
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.
To describe an outbreak of scarlet fever, analyse its epidemiological and clinical characteristics, and present the preventive measures taken to control it.
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.
There were 13 cases and 30 controls. The attack rate was 3.9%. There was a statistically significant difference for the variable "relative affected".
There has been a confirmed outbreak of person-to-person transmitted scarlet fever, and the main risk factor was having a relative with tonsillitis.
猩红热是一种由链球菌引起的疾病,其特征为儿童出现皮疹。它可以是地方性、流行性或散发性的。2012年4月,格拉纳达一所小学的校长报告该校爆发了猩红热。
描述一次猩红热疫情,分析其流行病学和临床特征,并介绍为控制疫情所采取的预防措施。
使用为此专门设计的临时问卷进行了一项病例对照研究。采用R程序、Epidat 3.1和Microsoft Excel进行统计分析。
有13例病例和30名对照。发病率为3.9%。变量“相对受影响者”存在统计学上的显著差异。
已确诊发生了人际传播的猩红热疫情,主要危险因素是有亲属患扁桃体炎。