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. 1973 Feb;26(2):154-6.
doi: 10.1136/jcp.26.2.154.

Gentamicin as a selective agent for the isolation of beta haemolytic streptococci

W A Black, F Van Buskirk

Gentamicin as a selective agent for the isolation of beta haemolytic streptococci

W A Black et al. J Clin Pathol. 1973 Feb.

Abstract

The isolation of beta haemolytic streptococci was compared using Columbia sheep blood agar with and without gentamicin in a final concentration of 5.5 micrograms per ml. The inclusion of gentamicin gave greatly improved results whenever the isolation of this organism in pure culture was complicated by overgrowth with Gram-negative bacilli or staphylococci.

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