PANDAS Terry Re: Strep Strain-Free Yogurt Starter--Please Help

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Oops Terry -forgot to cite for group this link:

http://intramural.nimh.nih.gov/pdn/web.htm

for this one, scroll down halfway for updates on ANDAS from an 07 ASD

confreence:

http://drohara.com/information/documents/Newsletter-Fall2007.pdf

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> > > Hi All,

> > > My son who is on the Autism Spectrum was diagnosed with strep

> > > yesterday. He has been really ill and running a temperature of

> > > 105 degrees.

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> > > He loves his yogurt and tolerates it just fine. However, I have

> > > heard that using a probiotic or yogurt starter with a strep

> > > strain in not a good thing for someone who is infected with

> > > strep and can lead to reinfection. The starter that we use currently

> > > has strep. thermophilus as one of the strains.

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> > > I need to find a quick alternative to this starter, perhaps one that

> > > contains only acidophilus. The GI prohealth starter is on back order.

> > > Are there any options that I could buy locally?

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> > > Thanks for any help. My son doesn't have much of an appetite and the

> > > only thing he's asking for is his yogurt.

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