{"id":8512,"date":"2024-02-17T15:52:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T13:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kremenopoulos.gr\/?p=8512"},"modified":"2024-02-17T15:52:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T13:52:58","slug":"%cf%80%ce%bf%cf%84%ce%b5-%ce%b5%ce%bb%ce%b5%ce%b3%cf%87%ce%bf%cf%85%ce%bc%ce%b5-%ce%b3%ce%b9%ce%b1-%cf%83%cf%84%cf%81%ce%b5%cf%80%cf%84%ce%bf%ce%ba%ce%bf%ce%ba%ce%ba%ce%bf-%ce%bc%ce%b5-strep-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kremenopoulos.gr\/en\/%cf%80%ce%bf%cf%84%ce%b5-%ce%b5%ce%bb%ce%b5%ce%b3%cf%87%ce%bf%cf%85%ce%bc%ce%b5-%ce%b3%ce%b9%ce%b1-%cf%83%cf%84%cf%81%ce%b5%cf%80%cf%84%ce%bf%ce%ba%ce%bf%ce%ba%ce%ba%ce%bf-%ce%bc%ce%b5-strep-test\/","title":{"rendered":"WHEN DO WE CHECK FOR STREPOCOCCUS WITH A STREP TEST?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When do we check for strep with a strep test?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There has been a lot of talk lately about pyogenic streptococcus, a common bacterium that has lived with us since ancient times. Recently it seems to have gained momentum and alarmed scientists<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Streptococcus in addition to clinical signs is diagnosed with two laboratory tests, the strep test and the culture of the pharyngeal smear. It is treated with simple and inexpensive antibiotics if one or both tests are positive.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A frequent and I would say serious problem that arises is when to do the strep test and on which people. In many nurseries or even schools, all students in a class are asked to undergo a control test if a student is sick with strep. This is a basic mistake. It is possible that in this way some children will be found to be positive. These are usually asymptomatic, are carriers of the microbe and do not transmit. However, they may be given antibiotics, which will increase the cost but most importantly potentially increase antimicrobial resistance.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A strep test should only be done in children who are sick, have specific symptoms and a specific age.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Children ill with one or more of the following points (each point is scored as 1) :\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Absence of cough<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Swollen lymph nodes<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Fever 38 0 C and above<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Tonsillitis or swelling<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Age of patients &gt;3-15 years<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every child with a score of 2 and above is tested. Of course, a child with one criterion may be submitted, but in these cases the probability of a positive test is very small. Children under the age of three do not get sick from strep, but even if they do, they do not develop rheumatic fever.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u03a4\u03b5\u03bb\u03b5\u03c5\u03c4\u03b1\u03af\u03b1, \u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03cd\u03c2 \u03bb\u03cc\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b5\u03bd\u03ad\u03c1\u03b3\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03bb\u03b7\u03c0\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03cd strep test \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf \u03c3\u03c7\u03bf\u03bb\u03b5\u03af\u03bf \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf \u03c3\u03cd\u03bd\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf \u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03bc\u03b1\u03b8\u03b7\u03c4\u03ce\u03bd \u03cc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03ac\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bd\u03bf\u03c3\u03b5\u03af \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03b5\u03c0\u03c4\u03cc\u03ba\u03bf\u03ba\u03ba\u03bf. \u0395\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bb\u03ac\u03b8\u03bf\u03c2, \u0394\u0395\u039d \u03c5\u03c0\u03ac\u03c1\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bc\u03af\u03b1 \u03b5\u03c0\u03af\u03c3\u03b7\u03bc\u03b7 \u03bf\u03b4\u03b7\u03b3\u03af\u03b1 \u03ae guideline. &#x274c; \u03a3\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03b8\u03ad\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bc\u03b5 \u03ba\u03b5\u03af\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03b7 <<\u039b\u039f\u0399\u039c\u03a9\u039e\u0397>> \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03b1\u03b9\u03b4\u03af\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5-\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03c9\u03be\u03b9\u03bf\u03bb\u03cc\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03cd\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c5 \u039a\u03b1\u03b2\u03b1\u03bb\u03b9\u03ce\u03c4\u03b7.\u00a0 \u03a0\u03cc\u03c4\u03b5 \u03b5\u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03c7\u03bf\u03c5\u03bc\u03b5 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03b5\u03c0\u03c4\u03cc\u03ba\u03bf\u03ba\u03ba\u03bf \u03bc\u03b5 strep test; \u03a0\u03bf\u03bb\u03cd\u03c2 \u03bb\u03cc\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b5\u03bb\u03b5\u03c5\u03c4\u03b1\u03af\u03b1 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03c0\u03c5\u03bf\u03b3\u03cc\u03bd\u03bf [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":8511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[191],"tags":[275,242,235,276,230,244],"class_list":["post-8512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-191","tag-guidelines","tag-strep-test","tag-235","tag-276","tag-230","tag-244"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kremenopoulos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kremenopoulos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kremenopoulos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kremenopoulos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kremenopoulos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kremenopoulos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kremenopoulos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kremenopoulos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kremenopoulos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kremenopoulos.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}