It has been reported that some patients have been misdiagnosed with Slapped Cheek Syndrome, when in fact the correct diagnosis in their specific case was Scarlet Fever.
Scarlett fever is a complication that develops in some cases of bacterial infection with strep throat. It results in a characteristic bright red rash that covers the majority of the body and is also accompanied with a sore throat and high fever. It’s an illness of childhood that if not treated the infection can spread to throughout the body and cause abscesses (pockets of pus) around the tonsils, ear, sinus and skin infections, pneumonia, rheumatic fever (heart disease), kidney disease and arthritis. As with infections that present with vague rashes it can be misdiagnosed as measles or rubella; other common diseases of childhood.