"Strep Throat" usually only refers to Beta Hemolytic Strep Group A. Most other groups are not resulted from Labs as Strep Throat; most doctors won't tell you that you have Strep if it's not Group A. I work in an ER and I seldom see anyone given antibiotics if anything other than Group A is found. The doc may prescribe antibiotics prior to the culture result if they "suspect" Gp A, but I've never done a callback if they weren't treated and some other (not Group A) strep strain came up on culture.
Does anyone know if you can contract this in your throat from performing oral sex on some one that has it. or maybe some other infection like Strepthroat
Group B Strep (GBS) is historically a serious and potentially fatal disease of pregnant women, neonates (infants less than 1 month of age), nursing home patients, and older (> 65 yoa) adults with chronic serious diseases (such as heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer and liver disease, alcoholism, etc,etc.
However, the disease can occur in the younger and healthier adult, nonpregnant population though with an incidence of only about 2-4 per 100,000 (very small percentage).[1][2]
GBS has been isolated from cultures of the human rectum, vagina, cervix, urethra, penis, skin, and pharynx.[3] Although transmission rates are quite low for otherwise healthy people, the offending organism likes to live in the body environment frequented by the hobbyist and provider.
So my advise (from Hill Street Blues): "You all just be careful out there!"
--------------------------------------------------------- References: [1] Schwartz B, et al: Invasive group B streptococcal disease in adults. A population-based study in metropolitan Atlanta. JAMA 1991 Aug 28;266(8):1112-4
[2] Farley MM, et al: A population-based assessment of invasive disease due to group B Streptococcus in nonpregnant adults. N Engl J Med 1993 Jun 24;328(25):1807-11
[3] Dunne DW & Quagliarello V: Group B streptococcal meningitis in adults. Medicine (Baltimore) 1993 Jan;72(1):1-10
"Strep Throat" usually only refers to Beta Hemolytic Strep Group A. Most other groups are not resulted from Labs as Strep Throat; most doctors won't tell you that you have Strep if it's not Group A. I work in an ER and I seldom see anyone given antibiotics if anything other than Group A is found. The doc may prescribe antibiotics prior to the culture result if they "suspect" Gp A, but I've never done a callback if they weren't treated and some other (not Group A) strep strain came up on culture.
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