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Selective medium for isolation ofArcanobacterium haemolyticum andStreptococcus pyogenes

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Sheep blood agar using tryptic soy agar base and containing 3.5 % sodium chloride was found to facilitate isolation ofArcanobacterium haemolyticum and improve isolation of Voges-Proskauer negative group A (Streptococcus pyogenes) and group C and G β-haemolytic streptococci. Commensal oropharyngeal flora such as viridans streptococci,Neisseria species, non-haemolytic streptococci and β-haemolytic streptococci not belonging to groups A, B, C or G were significantly inhibited.

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  1. Central Public Health Laboratory, Terminal “A”, PO Box 9000, M5W 1R5, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    L. L. Wat, C. A. Fleming & C. Krishnan

  2. Regional Public Health Laboratory, Orillia, Ontario, Canada

    D. S. Hodge

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Wat, L.L., Fleming, C.A., Hodge, D.S. et al. Selective medium for isolation ofArcanobacterium haemolyticum andStreptococcus pyogenes . Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 10, 443–446 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01968026

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