Distribution of hemolytic streptococci in respiratory specimens
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Distribution of hemolytic streptococci in respiratory specimens.
One hundred thirty-seven isolates of beta-hemolytic streptococci were recovered from 623 pharyngeal cultures. Twenty-nine percent of these were group A, 10% were group B, 31% were group C, 11% were group F, 12% were group G, and 7% could not be grouped. The significance of non-group A isolates in pharyngitis could not be evaluated in the absence of viral and serological studies. Hemolytic strep...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.10.1.69-71.1979