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Isolation Table

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Streptococcal disease, (group A streptococcus, Streptococcus pyogenes)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
Pneumonia	Droplet Standard	Until 24 hours after initiation of effective therapy
Scarlet Fever, in infants and young children	Droplet Standard	Until 24 hours after initiation of effective therapy

Strongyloidiasis (Strongyloides stercoralis)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	Standard

Syphilis
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
Skin and mucous membrane, including congenital, primary, secondary	Standard		*Vesicular lesions with drainage that cannot be contained: add Contact
Latent (tertiary) and seropositivity without lesions	Standard

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