Rapid Hippurate Hydrolysis Method for Presumptive Identification of Group B Streptococci
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 1 (1) , 114-5
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.1.1.114-115.1975
Abstract
A rapid test to detect the hydrolysis of sodium hippurate by beta-hemolytic streptococci within 2 h was developed. All group B streptococci tested were positive using this method and all other groups were negative.Keywords
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