Interpreting Strep Titer Results

[81lumberjack]

Recent ASO and Anti DNase B results are as follows:

 

ASO is 558.8 (0-200 is reference)

Anti DNase B is 1:960 (<1:170 is reference...school age children)

 

Any clue what it means when ASO is high and Anti DNase B is very low?

 

Thanks

[P_Mom]

I wouldn't say antiDNAase is low, still above limits. (if I am reading it right.) It means your child had a recent strep infection and he has high levels of antibodies, which children can have high levels of one, both, or none. If you are checking for PANDAS, this is definitely a result worth looking into. How long ago did your child have strep? Did tics/ocd/ or unusual behavior develop?

If so, is this behavior still continuing?

Kelly

[LisaM]

This site may help with some information explaining the titer numbers

 

http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/...ibody_tests.jsp

 

Is your child experiencing symptoms? Throat culture? Did your doc suggest antibiotics? If no, you may want to consider a second opinion soon - to perhaps try antibiotics to see if they help??? Is this the first time the titers were high?

 

Lisa