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My son is having some little flares right now and we just found out that 2 kids and a staff member from his class had strep this week. I know I talked to another mom who said her child exhibits flares when exposed to strep but doesn't actually have strep. Anyone else see this in their child? My son is already on prophylactic antibiotics. Anything else to do for it?

We've been seeing a dr for possible PANDAS. He put us on a prophylactic antibiotic (cephalexin) about 5 weeks ago. We've seen some improvements in my son's behavior for about 3 weeks. This week my 6 y/o started c/o ear aches and stomach aches and requested to go to dr today. I took him to a clinic and they did strep test which came back positive but the line was a super faint pink. They are going to send it off for a culture. I'm just curious if this is a false positive since he's been on antibiotics or if other people have had positive streps when their child is on antibiotics? My pediatrician in the past said that strep tests can pick up "dead strep cells". Just curious if other people have had this? Thanks!