dee45 Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Hello everyone, was just looking through some articles and my sons lab work and need some help--my son had increase in tics in March--we had a strept test done which was positive also had them draw a DNASE-B AB titer which came back elevated at 960--my question is would it be that elevated with strept or would it be that high in relation to scarlet fever which could also produce chore type movements.. any help would be appreciated. Deanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colleenrn Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Deanna- There are lots of different strains of strep A. The scarlet fever strain produces an erythrogenic toxin, which is what causes the skin to turn red. It will elevate your titers just as strep throat does. There have been times when my children have had untreated strep (it was untreated b/c I did not they had it b/c they don't get the typical physical symptoms) and have resultd in a red, scarlatina rash. Colleen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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