Isolation of Arcanobacterium haemolyticum by the ReverseCAMP Test in a Primoculture
Authors:
J. Juránková 1; M. Votava 2
Authors‘ workplace:
Oddělení klinické mikrobiologie, Fakultní nemocnice Brno, pracoviště Bohunice 2 Mikrobiologický ústav, Lékařská fakulta Masarykovy univerzity a Fakultní nemocnice u sv. Anny
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Epidemiol. Mikrobiol. Imunol. , 1999, č. 2, s. 71-73
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Overview
Arcanobacterium haemolyticum was isolated from 8 641 throat swabs in 49 cases (0.56%), frompatients aged 16 to 24 years only, twice more often from men than from women. The isolation wasachieved on sheep blood agar supplemented with streak with Staphylococcus aureus strain produ-cing beta-lysine. In all cases the presence of A. haemolyticum colonies was disclosed by the irregularperiphery of haemolysis around the staphylococcal streak after the 48-hour incubation. The tech-nique described should be used as a standard procedure for examining throat swabs.
Key words:
Arcanobacterium haemolyticum – isolation – reverse CAMP test – primoculture.
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