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My son has no symptoms, but has +ve strep throat, wbc 14000, esr 18, crp 15. now what ?he just finished augmentin 10 days ?

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Do a true throat cul: Need to see if the streptococcus is cleared A strep screen is not enough and a culture is needed

Answered 6/19/2017

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