EVALUATION OF PRIMARY PLATING MEDIA FOR ISOLATION OF GROUP-A STREPTOCOCCUS FROM DELAYED THROAT CULTURES
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 15 (4) , 189-191
Abstract
Sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim blood agar (SXT-BA), neomycin blood agar (NEO-BA) and plain sheep blood agar plates (SBA) were compared for isolating group A streptococci in 1954 throat cultures. SBA and SXT-BA had similar isolation rates (approximately 75% of all positive isolates). NEO-BA was significantly better (87% recovery). A combination of any 2 media gave 92-95% recovery of group A streptococci from throat specimens.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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