Suitability of throat culture procedures for detection of group A streptococci and as reference standards for evaluation of streptococcal antigen detection kits.
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CONTENT ALERTS Receive: RSS Feeds, eTOCs, free email alerts (when new articles cite this article), more» An erratum has been published regarding this article. To view this page, please click here CORRECTIONS Information about commercial reprint orders: http://jcm.asm.org/site/misc/reprints.xhtml To subscribe to to another ASM Journal go to: http://journals.asm.org/site/subscriptions/ JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, Feb. 1990, p. 165-169 Vol. 28, No. 2 0095-1137/90/020165-05$02.00/0 Copyright C 1990, American Society for Microbiology JAMES A. KELLOGG Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, York Hospital, York, Pennsylvania 17405 INTRODUCTION There have been numerous conflicting reports concerning the most efficient culture methods for detection of group A streptococci. Significant variables in this procedure have included the selection of inhibitory versus noninhibitory agar media and the atmosphere (, with 5 to 10% C02, or an) and duration (1 day versus 2) of incubation. This review documents studies that have addressed these variables, compares their methods and interpretations, and, in light of these comparisons, makes recommendations for the selection of suitable throat culture reference methods for optimal detection of group A streptococci and for precise evaluations of new rapid antigen detection kits. NEED FOR AN ACCURATE CULTURE METHOD The proper evaluation of any new diagnostic test requires that the investigator