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. 1990 Feb;28(2):165–169. doi: 10.1128/jcm.28.2.165-169.1990

Suitability of throat culture procedures for detection of group A streptococci and as reference standards for evaluation of streptococcal antigen detection kits.

J A Kellogg 1
PMCID: PMC269569  PMID: 2179252

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