TABLE 1.

Clinical features in 178 patients with S. mitis-related scarlet fever-like pharyngitis

Clinical features	No. of patients (%)
Temp ≥38.9°C	153 (86.0)
Hypotension (<90/60 mm Hg)	87 (49.9)
Clinically diagnosed shock	71 (39.9)
Gastrointestinal tract involvement
Vomiting	109 (61.2)
Diarrhea	53 (29.8)
Mucous membrane involvement
Injected pharynx	107 (60.1)
Conjunctivitis	21 (11.8)
Strawberry tongue	11 (6.2)
Erythematous macular or maculopopular rash	178 (100.0)
Desquamation	178 (100.0)
Complications
Acute respiratory distress syndrome	2 (1.1)
Acute renal failure	17 (9.6)
Laboratory findings
White blood cell count at ≥15.0 × 103     cells/mm3	93 (52.2)
Platelets at ≤100 × 103 cells/mm3	30 (16.9)
Creatinine at ≥2 times upper limit of normal	34 (19.1)
Transaminases at ≥2 times upper limit of     normal	39 (21.9)