How to Use strep in a Sentence
strep
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The last pediatric death from group A strep in the state was in 2018.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2022
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Stone was home with strep throat, but VF.com was there with cough drops.
—Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 3 Jan. 2017
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The girl was diagnosed with strep throat and a high fever and stayed home from school the rest of the week.
—Josh Verges, Twin Cities, 31 May 2017
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Among pathogens, group A strep is something of a Swiss Army knife.
—Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 3 Dec. 2019
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Johnson wasn't able to wait, though, and he was tested for strep and flu.
—Amir Vera, CNN, 20 Nov. 2020
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After a bout of strep that fall, my throat remained sore and swollen.
—Francesca Fontana, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2020
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Thames hit his 13th homer on May 9, then was slowed by a hamstring injury and strep throat.
—Associated Press, courant.com, 31 May 2017
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Group A streptococcus, the same bug that causes strep throat.
—Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 24 July 2017
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Worthley was feeling lousy, too, so she got tested for strep.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2020
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Then, at the end of September, about a month after her kids started in-person school, her 10-year-old came down with strep.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2020
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Amoxicillin has also been used to treat a rise in severe strep cases dating to the fall.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2023
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The next day Josiah was taken to the emergency room and was tested for flu, Covid-19, and strep, but all three were negative.
—Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 28 Sep. 2020
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CV started Emily Mulcahey, who is still suffering from strep throat, kept the Bulldogs off the board in the bottom of the frame.
—Nathan Cambridge, Glendale News-Press, 4 May 2017
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It is found most everywhere, from water and mud to hospitals, but is not as common a cause of the disease as strep.
—Todd Ackerman, Houston Chronicle, 23 Oct. 2017
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Hospital staff tested the boy for strep, diagnosed him with a common cold and gave him Tylenol, the timeline said.
—Dan Frosch, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2018
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This year, Bryant said, some children have been infected with the flu along with invasive Group A strep disease.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 20 Dec. 2022
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The patient had recently returned from New York with a fever and cough, but tested negative for flu and strep.
—Allie Morris, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2020
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As a precaution, I was tested for strep, influenza, and Covid-19.
—Lauren Hines, STAT, 27 Nov. 2020
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Lymph nodes in the gut may become inflamed during a strep infection, causing pain in small children.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2023
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Viruses can also spread on phones if one person is sick with strep throat or influenza and coughs on their cell phone before handing it off to a friend.
—Abigail Abrams, Time, 23 Aug. 2017
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Left untreated, strep can turn into the full-body infection known as rheumatic fever, and the bacteria can then damage the heart.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2023
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The vest comes with attached arm bands, a safety shoulder harness and an adjustable chest strep, plus a quick release safety buckle.
—Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2022
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First, doctors need to figure out if there are specific strains of group A strep that are more likely to cause necrotizing fasciitis.
—National Geographic, 3 Oct. 2017
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Historically, researchers have linked group A strep to the spread of chickenpox.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2023
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She has been tested for strep and flu, treated for thrush and checked for less common ailments that might cause this cluster of symptoms, but all have come back negative.
—Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2020
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How did repeated strep infection alter the integrity of the BBB?
—Pamela Weintraub, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2019
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Having rapid tests such as those currently available for strep and influenza would be ideal, Box said.
—Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 29 Apr. 2020
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But other common antibiotics also can be used to treat strep, Malley said.
—Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2022
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Through the skin, transmission tends to be typical skin bacteria, such as staph infections and strep.
—Rebecca Gale, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2020
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Jones says that group A strep is the same bacteria that causes strep throat and can sometimes cause secondary infections like the flesh-eating infection that Brown suffered.
—Fox News, 16 Feb. 2023
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