searching_for_help Posted June 15, 2014 Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 Hubby's ASOtiter is still positive, but throat culture negative. Should he still be taking abx until he gets a negative ASO? I'm concerned he could still be affecting PANDAS/PANS dd. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qannie47 Posted June 15, 2014 Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 The titers can still be elevated for a long long time. If his culture is negative, stop abx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayzoo Posted June 15, 2014 Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 (edited) Are his titers rising or falling? If his titers are falling, you can try dropping the abx and retest his titers again later. If they are rising, then I would suspect the infection is somewhere besides his throat. Strep can be in many different parts of the body, and it is hard to culture for them all. Sinuses can be cultured. I have also heard of strep in joints, kidneys (Urine analysis), teeth (rapid strep test on teeth only), and other places as well. Edited June 15, 2014 by mayzoo LNN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DsMom Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 DH had strep 'below the belt' and was playing ping pong Strep w/DS for months and months until we got into PANDAS Ped Dr. C. K., she knew where to look and 4 months later he was finally clear. Good luck and I hope he's rid of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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