Symptoms of bacterial diseases often include fever and chills. For more information on symptoms, refer to symptoms of bacterial diseases. Bacterial infections can lead to serious, even life-threatening complications, such as sepsis, kidney failure, toxic shock syndrome, and death.
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) is an infectious fever, characterised by a sore throat, a red, diffuse eruption on the skin, followed by shedding of the superficial part of the skin. Inflammation of the ears and kidneys are common complications.
Noun. 1. fever-a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection. febricity, febrility, feverishness, pyrexia. symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease.