How to Use strep in a Sentence

strep

noun

• The strep and staph that Schmidt’s team found had been there for years, maybe decades.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2023
• After a bout of strep that fall, my throat remained sore and swollen.
  — Francesca Fontana, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2020
• Some bacteria, like strep, can last for weeks or even months.
  — Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 28 June 2026
• Johnson wasn't able to wait, though, and he was tested for strep and flu.
  — Amir Vera, CNN, 20 Nov. 2020
• Worthley was feeling lousy, too, so she got tested for strep.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2020
• 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
• Because of that variance, Lye tests for strep even when there isn't a sore throat.
  — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
• Among pathogens, group A strep is something of a Swiss Army knife.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 3 Dec. 2019
• These strep bacteria eat sugars from starchy foods, such as roots, seeds and tubers.
  — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
• The last pediatric death from group A strep in the state was in 2018.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2022
• Amoxicillin has also been used to treat a rise in severe strep cases dating to the fall.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2023
• 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
• Lymph nodes in the gut may become inflamed during a strep infection, causing pain in small children.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2023
• 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
• But other common antibiotics also can be used to treat strep, Malley said.
  — Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2022
• And someday, mothers might use it to determine whether their kids are suffering from strep throat or allergies.
  — Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, 20 Aug. 2014
• If the severe throat pain symptoms are explained by a positive strep test, a patient starts antibiotics.
  — Eva Flowe april 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2026
• 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
• Bacterial infections like pneumonia and strep can also lead to a dip in hunger.
  — Melissa Matthews, Men's Health, 1 May 2023
• Having rapid tests such as those currently available for strep and influenza would be ideal, Box said.
  — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 29 Apr. 2020
• Hawkins noted that Crain had strep and a urinary tract infection, wrote up a prescription and discharged her.
  — Lizzie Presser and Kavitha Surana, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
• Through the skin, transmission tends to be typical skin bacteria, such as staph infections and strep.
  — Rebecca Gale, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2020
• 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
• Rates of invasive group A strep infections have also been higher than usual.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 19 Apr. 2023
• 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
• 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
• Sometimes the strep triggered nephritis, an inflammation of the kidneys.
  — Emily Anthes, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
• Historically, researchers have linked group A strep to the spread of chickenpox.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2023
• 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
• 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