Is this your child's symptom?
- Close contact with someone who has a Strep throat infection.
- Close contact means living in the same house with the infected person. It also includes close physical contact such as having a kissing relationship.
Strep Exposure (Close Contact)
- Household Close Contact. Lives with a person whose Strep test was positive. This can be a sibling, parent, or other household member.
- Kissing relationship with someone (boyfriend, girlfriend) who has a positive Strep test.
- Close contact should be within 10 days of onset of symptoms in exposed child. Reason: time from contact to Strep symptoms usually is 2 to 5 days.
- Throat cultures and rapid Strep tests aren't urgent. Most can be done in your doctor's office.
Types of Limited Contact with Strep
- Contact with someone outside the home with a positive Strep test. This type of contact occurs at school.
- Sometimes, the contact is with someone who was treated for Strep without testing.
- If fever is gone, children taking antibiotics for at least 12 hours do not spread Strep to others.
When to Call for Strep Throat Exposure
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