Bacteriological diagnosis of β-hemolytic streptococci of the upper respiratory tract
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Methods Between January 1 2014 – July 15 2014, 5038 throat swabs were sampled from patients hospitalized in INBI Matei Balş according to standard methods. All beta-hemolytic streptococci suspected colonies were tested with bacitracin (0.04%) disks and we used the latex agglutination kit Omega Latex Diagnostic Avipath Strep. Erythromycin resistance testing was performed by disc 2μg Oxoid and clindamycin 2μg Oxoid on the blood M-H medium.
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