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Strep Exposure

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  • Close contact with strep: the child lives in a home where a sibling, parent or other household member has a throat culture or rapid-strep test that is positive for strep throat. Usually the contact is within the previous 7 days (Reason: incubation period for strep is 2 to 5 days). NOTE: Someone taking antibiotics for over 24 hours is no longer contagious.
  • Limited contact with strep: Exposed to someone outside the home with a positive strep test.
  • Sometimes the contact is with a person who was treated for clinical symptoms of a strep infection without any culture or testing.
  • Throat cultures and rapid strep tests are not urgent. Most can be done in your doctor's office.

If not, see these other symptoms

  • See options under MOUTH, TEETH, THROAT SYMPTOMS and select a more appropriate topic.
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