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5th straight positive for strep after 4 different rounds of antibiotics. keeps coming back 2 days later. can my gerd be causing this if i'm a carrier?

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Dr. Marsha Davis answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Shouldn't : Maybe you should see an ENT and be evaluated for a tonsillectomy. Depends on your total number of infections in a year.

Answered 6/10/2014

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Get a throat: Culture ; sensitivity- dought gerd the cause. I've had pt's that were carriers ; when we found right antibiotic , it did the trick.

Answered 9/28/2016

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Throat culture,: And make sure you are not getting reinfected, after 3 days on antibiotics get a new toothbrush, you may need to see if anyone around you is an asymptomatic carrier, .

Answered 3/23/2014

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