Hi, My son is a patient of Dr. Trifilletti's and we are just now getting his results in. He also has not only strep, but mycoplasma issues. Have you had the immunoglobulins and subclasses checked as well as the lyme westerblots done? We are using amox now, and I have tested the whole family for co-infection, 1 sister, 1 brother and both of us parents. We will be using colloidal silver and oil of oregano as our prophylactic antibiotics. I am a holistic nutritionist and am hoping to manage this situation without drugs if possible. Just wondering how your daughter was, or if you had learned anything new. Swedo has out a recent study that disputes OCD and such disorders, except for certain subsets, with strep infections.
Conclusions: The present study does not support a strong relationship between streptococcal infections and neuropsychiatric syndromes such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette syndrome. However, it is possible that a weak association (or a stronger association in a small susceptible subpopulation) was not detected due to nondifferential misclassification of exposure and limited statistical power. The data are consistent with previous reports of greater rates of diagnosis of Tourette syndrome or tics in white populations.
http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstr...13e3181bd10fdv1
Disappointing to read, as it seems completely at odds with all of the other findings, unless I'm misreading it.
Hope you're progressing with your daughter, Cynthia
