Baby rash
The examples given so far describe diseases of childhood or adulthood. However, babies can also become infected with streptococci and other germs and develop skin irritations and rashes as a result. Particularly feared is the so-called sepsis, colloquially blood poisoning, of a newborn child.
This is very often associated with streptococci and describes a highly acute clinical picture in which the baby very quickly feels very bad. Typically, the babies are pale, the skin is marbled in gray and possibly spotted red. However, the focus here is on the severe general symptoms and the rash merely facilitates diagnosis without causing any symptoms itself.
Other streptococcal infections can also directly affect the skin and lead to eczema, such as impetigo contagiosa, colloquially known as puss lichen or bark lichen. Here, streptococci and possibly other germs trigger an unattractive inflammation of the skin, which can look very dramatic. Streptococci can therefore also directly affect the skin of babies or lead to a skin reaction due to systemic diseases.
