An investigation is being carried out into the death of a child in Ireland to see if it is linked to strep A bacterial infection.
On Wednesday, Dr. Eamonn O’Moore, director for national health protection at the HSE and the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC), said that strep A could be linked to the 4-year-old child’s death, though it hasn’t been confirmed.
Scarlet fever is caused by a bacteria called Group A streptococci, which also causes other respiratory and skin infections such as strep throat and impetigo. On some rare occasions, it can get into the bloodstream and cause an illness called invasive Group A strep (iGAS)….