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[quote=Anonymous]I'm currently recovering from my third case of strep this year--I've had it in February, May, and now in June. My husband had it in January.  My older kid had it three times over November and December.  All of the cases have been confirmed with a swab and positive rapid strep test in the doctor's office; we aren't just treating sore throats like strep.  Each and every one of us has finished our antibiotics each time.  If a dose was missed, it was made up ASAP. We've had different antibiotics--amoxicillin, augmentin, and clindamycin. We've changed all of our toothbrushes and wiped surfaces ad nauseum.

No one around us has had strep recently. Our younger kid (&gt;2) has never had it, and I've suspected him as a &quot;carrier&quot; but no one at his daycare has had strep in months and months so that theory is probably unlikely. Older kid is in ES, now in summer camp. We do have a dog--can dogs really carry strep, or is that just a myth?

I'm definitely planning to talk to all of our respective doctors about this, but wondered if any of you had been through this, too. It's absurd and it sucks and it hurts and I'm really tired of getting sick.  Any ideas? Anything that helped?[/quote]

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