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. 1978 Oct;70(4):689-90.
doi: 10.1093/ajcp/70.4.689.

Pyridoxine inhibition of a symbiotic streptococcus

S P Sherman, J A Washington 2nd

Pyridoxine inhibition of a symbiotic streptococcus

S P Sherman et al. Am J Clin Pathol. 1978 Oct.

Abstract

A symbiotic, alpha-hemolytic streptococcus that showed satellitism about a Staphylococcus aureus was recovered from blood cultures of a patient with endocarditis. Previously reported as being required for growth of symbiotic streptococci, pyridoxine hydrochloride was found to inhibit the growth of this organism.

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