Cunningham tests while on antibiotics & with low titers.

[worriedmommy]

I'm very interested in getting the Cunningham tests for my daughter. Her titers are low, and she's been on antibiotics for over 1 month now. (Amox...followed by Biaxin). Has anyone out there had these done on a child with low titers while on antibiotics, and still have the results in the PANDAS range?

[dcmom]

Yes. My daugher had low titers and had been on zithromax for 5 mos, and came back in the high pandas range. She was in an exacerbation at the time- that seems to be what affects the results.....

[thereishope]

Have you done a steroid? That's one thing that can affect the test results.

[worriedmommy]

No, we have not done steroids. She takes a nasal spray with a steroid for seasonal allergies, but I'm told that this does not enter the blood stream like an oral one.

 

Have you done a steroid? That's one thing that can affect the test results.

[jayjay]

I'm very interested in getting the Cunningham tests for my daughter. Her titers are low, and she's been on antibiotics for over 1 month now. (Amox...followed by Biaxin). Has anyone out there had these done on a child with low titers while on antibiotics, and still have the results in the PANDAS range?

We had the Cunningham test done on day 15 of a 21 day steroid burst and he had also been on Augmentin for 3 weeks. His titers were high tho. He tested in the middle of the PANDAS range at 150.

[EAMom]

Our dd tested in the high pandas range April 09. At the same time her ASO was undectable (strep titers had always been low). She had been on abs for 1 year at that point (Azith. 250mg/day since June 08) and was not in an exacerbation. We restested her during an exacerbation a couple of months later (still on abs) and her CaM kinase ll was in the high SC range (the highest Dr. C. had ever seen).

[EAMom]

I'm very interested in getting the Cunningham tests for my daughter. Her titers are low, and she's been on antibiotics for over 1 month now. (Amox...followed by Biaxin). Has anyone out there had these done on a child with low titers while on antibiotics, and still have the results in the PANDAS range?

We had the Cunningham test done on day 15 of a 21 day steroid burst and he had also been on Augmentin for 3 weeks. His titers were high tho. He tested in the middle of the PANDAS range at 150.

 

I suspect your son's Cam kinase ll would have been even higher if you had tested b-4 the burst.