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. 1971 Nov;22(5):942–943. doi: 10.1128/am.22.5.942-943.1971

Selective Medium for the Isolation of Streptococci from Clinical Specimens

William F Vincent 1, William E Gibbons 1, Hassan A Gaafar 1
PMCID: PMC376454  PMID: 4943595

Abstract

Incorporating neomycin and nalidixic acid into a blood-agar base resulted in a medium highly selective for beta-hemolytic streptococci under conditions in which detection of streptococcal colonies by conventional means would have been very difficult.

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