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A member asked:
How early can the rapid strep test detect the bacteria? can it be done to soon and show a false neg result?
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When you: are symptomatic it can be done. If there is bacteria it will show . Doing it to soon is not a concern and will not give false negative.
Answered 5/21/2015
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