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Post by beckybee on Nov 18, 2008 16:34:39 GMT -5
So my sister has had a sore throat, fever, etc., so she went to the doc. They did a culture for strep throat and sure enough, she has strep - only it is strep c! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptococcus#Group_CI don't know if it's S. equi or S. zooepidemicus. None of her horses have strangles, so it's probably not S. equi. Weird though, huh? |
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Post by pnp4kidz on Nov 18, 2008 16:54:08 GMT -5
really weird, since most labs don't even do a specific typing for strep... not a throat culture, they do a wet plate, and if it grows the strep, they call it positive without further 'adu'
that is yukky to think you might have s equi!
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Post by piopico on Nov 18, 2008 21:23:33 GMT -5
What will be REALLY weird, is if her horse catches it from HER!!!!I hope she feels better soon.......
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Post by lorsadoon on Nov 18, 2008 21:47:19 GMT -5
Does she have a sick dog or puppy? I am fairly certain a friend of mine had a puppy that came down with strangles. And I think he said his kids had to be careful not to handle the puppy till it was well.
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Post by beckybee on Nov 19, 2008 12:02:30 GMT -5
She has cows and chickens. Probably got the S. zooepidemicus from the cows.
mta: I'll ask her why they did the specific type testing
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Post by atticus on Nov 21, 2008 1:21:27 GMT -5
I just got diagnosed with Strep Throat too, must be going around.  |
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