Breakthrough Strep...

[CandKRich]

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Edited August 12, 2013 by CandKRich

[peglem]

Hi-

 

I'm just wondering - for those who have dealt with it:

 

When your child was already on abx daily, and then they got strep - - did you add an additional antibiotic (say, 10-day short course) on top of your current daily abx? Or, did you stop your daily abx - give a 10-day short course for the infection - and then go back to your daily abx again?

 

I just am wondering what the general concensus is on dealing with this when it happens? I tried using the search function, as I know I've read about this on the forum before - but I could not find the info.

 

Thanks!!

Karen

We did a 10 day course of rifampin/augmentin, then returned to a higher dose prophylactic (zith). It makes sense to me to hange the prophylaxis as well, because if it was doing what its supposed to you wouldn't have gotten strep.

[airial95]

Our Dr. did an injection of roceferin (sp?) and a 10 day course of full strentgh omnicef. Then we dropped back to our prophylactic dose of azith. We saw a significant decrease in his PANDAS symptoms with the change, but it took a couple of weeks for us to get back to the point we were at prior to getting the infection (we were still dealing with residual OCD prior to the infection.)