Infectious Disease Specialist Questions Streptococcal Infections

Streptococcus infection

In the fall of 2018, there was a company in a military imitation war game on a former Soviet base. Slept for 4 days in barracks, where the life of the Soviet-era army was fully imitated. After the games ended with three of my friends, I found pubic lice. Eight people participated, but only four of us got infected. We immediately realized that the cleanliness of the sheets and the bloodshed in this institution was to blame. But lice are not terrible, all of whom found them on the ground bites appeared furuncles and began urethritis. As it turned out, the lice were suffering from strep. All descended to the doctor, revealed the sensitivity of the bacterium to antibiotics and were treated with a combination of ciprolet with doxycycline. But after a while, the disease manifested itself again, but it is much weaker. I, unlike my friends, started an autoimmune reaction. Inflamed joints all over the body, arthralgia and petechial hemorrhages. Thought vasculitis, but immunoglobulins, c-reactive protein, rheumatoid factor and other indicators were normal. We all were treated with cetrifaxone and the symptoms passed. Autoimmune manifestations have not gone anywhere and I have passed the analysis on antistreptolizin. It turned out that streptolysin in my area of ​​800 units, which is four times higher than normal. The most surprising is that the other three were extremely high. After a while, mild symptoms of urethritis again began to manifest in everyone, and I had on my back focal scleroderma. And again a new course from a heap of antibiotics, all began to be afraid to receive the same autoimmune manifestation. An easy temporary drop in the anti-streptolysin index and again an upward upward trend. And now one of our quartet started rheumatoid arthritis. The most interesting - streptococcus is not manifested in anyone in the urine or the secret of the prostate. Therefore, sensitivity to antibiotics can not be tested again. Medicine in Russia, to put it mildly, is so-so, so I really hope for your help. We will be glad for any advice.

Male | 29 years old
Complaint duration: 365 days
Conditions: Fair

2 Answers

If Strept infection was detected so autoimmune reaction to Strept antigen is very possible.
I would advise to follow with specialist familiar with autoimmune disease like rheumatologist.
I would check with an infectious disease specialist and a rheumatologist. If a major center like The Mayo or Cleveland Clinic is available, that would be good.