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. 1970 Jun;19(6):940–942. doi: 10.1128/am.19.6.940-942.1970

Rapid Fluorescent-Antibody Stain Technique with Group A Streptococci

Pat W Freeburg 1
PMCID: PMC376829  PMID: 4917193

Abstract

A rapid fluorescent-antibody stain technique used with young broth cultures of trypsinized group A streptococci is described. Results from 1,214 trypsinized cultures of group A streptococci employing the rapid stain method were equivalent, both in specificity and sensitivity, when compared to results obtained from identical non-trypsinized cultures stained with the longer standard technique of Cherry, Goldman, and Carski. Moreover, the rapid method requires less than 2 min to complete.

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