What is a strep carrier?

Re: What is a strep carrier?

• Mrs.Reem

  September 2011

  About 10% of kids have Strep in their mouth, not causing an infection but registering on a strep test as positive still since it's there. They are strep carriers. Carriers are actually no more likely than anyone else to develop Strep throat but it looks to a Dr like the kid is getting recurrent strep infections because it always registers positive. Even if you give these kids antibiotics to try and eliminate the Strep from their mouth, it will come right back in about 25% of kids. The problem is that it's hard to tell a real infection from the basic amount that's always in there. If the kid is truly in pain, etc then generally an antibiotic is given but if not, then sometimes it's not treated. Kind of crazy, huh? We're dealing with the same thing, even though Katen re-tested a week after antibiotics as negative, then positive again the following week.
  

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• Penny Pie

  September 2011

  So crazy, and so interesting.  I had never heard of this.  Can they out grow it?
  

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