Stephanie2 Posted September 7, 2010 Report Posted September 7, 2010 DS2 had sudden onset psychotic behavior in the middle of the night the other night (he is on zithro prophylactic once a week, sure enough he is at the end of the week...). This morning I took him in for a rapid and a culture. The rapid showed a faint pink line for strep. The doctor (walk-in clinic) said that means he doesn't know if he has strep. In your experiences, is that a positive strep test? Will the culture most likely come back positive? Oh, I guess I should mention that the doc looked in his throat and said it looks very red and raw, and his ear looks "irritated". I am most likely going to start abx tonight...
Kayanne Posted September 7, 2010 Report Posted September 7, 2010 DS2 had sudden onset psychotic behavior in the middle of the night the other night (he is on zithro prophylactic once a week, sure enough he is at the end of the week...). This morning I took him in for a rapid and a culture. The rapid showed a faint pink line for strep. The doctor (walk-in clinic) said that means he doesn't know if he has strep. In your experiences, is that a positive strep test? Will the culture most likely come back positive? Oh, I guess I should mention that the doc looked in his throat and said it looks very red and raw, and his ear looks "irritated". I am most likely going to start abx tonight... My daughter's ped once said to me, "you either have strep or you don't...there is no such thing as a little bit of strep...just like there is no such thing as a little bit of pregnant" I can't remember the exact context of his statement, but we were discussing the accuracy of rapid-strep tests and cultures.
colleenrn Posted September 7, 2010 Report Posted September 7, 2010 Yes, the faint pink line on the rapid test does mean it is positive. The culture should come back positive too, but I would treat based on the rapid. This has happened to us a few times. Colleen
thereishope Posted September 7, 2010 Report Posted September 7, 2010 If I ever saw a faint strep test, I would assume it is strep.
Stephanie2 Posted September 7, 2010 Author Report Posted September 7, 2010 Spoke to our DAN doctor today and he agreed that the test was positive. He called in abx for both of us since I have a sore throat.
philamom Posted September 8, 2010 Report Posted September 8, 2010 Spoke to our DAN doctor today and he agreed that the test was positive. He called in abx for both of us since I have a sore throat. What abx did he prescribe?
AmySLP Posted September 8, 2010 Report Posted September 8, 2010 We had a faint pink line and a postitive throat culture 3 days later. I'd insist the doctor treat now & not wait for the culture.
Stephanie2 Posted September 8, 2010 Author Report Posted September 8, 2010 He prescribed amoxicillin but I asked for augmentin b/c he also has clostridia (which augmentin fights). I am taking amoxicillin for myself and I started ds5 on augmentin, too.
philamom Posted September 9, 2010 Report Posted September 9, 2010 He prescribed amoxicillin but I asked for augmentin b/c he also has clostridia (which augmentin fights). I am taking amoxicillin for myself and I started ds5 on augmentin, too. I didn't realize augmentin was good for clostridia. May i ask why your boys aren't on proph augmentin? thanks!
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