Abstract
A bile medium was developed for rapid presumptive identification of beta hemolytic group B streptococci. Of 131 clinical isolates of group B streptococci, 125 (95.4%) yielded positive reaction within 6 h incubation. No false positive reaction was found in 134 clinical isolates of groups A, C, F, and G beta-hemolytic streptococci. The sensitivities of the bile medium, rapid hippurate hydrolysis and modified LAL-1 medium were 95.4, 98.5 and 93.1%, respectively. All three media showed 100% specificity. Therefore, the bile medium provides as an additional medium for rapid presumptive identification of group B streptococci.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 166-172 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Zhonghua Minguo wei sheng wu ji mian yi xue za zhi = Chinese journal of microbiology and immunology |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - Aug 1996 |