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Comparative Study
. 1979 Jan;9(1):144-6.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.9.1.144-146.1979.

Improved reliability of the primary plate bacitracin test on throat cultures with sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim blood agar plates

T Kurzynski, C Meise, R Daggs, A Helstad
Comparative Study

Improved reliability of the primary plate bacitracin test on throat cultures with sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim blood agar plates

T Kurzynski et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1979 Jan.

Abstract

The primary plate bacitracin differentiation disk susceptibility test identified 85% of group A streptococci from throat cultures on SXT-BA(CO2) plates within 24 h, as compared to only 26% on a conventional sheep blood agar plate.

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