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Specimens are cultured to a sheep blood agar plate and/or a Columbia colistin-nalidixic acid agar plate as appropriate based on the anatomic location. Cultures are incubated for 2 days. Streptococcus pyogenes or no growth of S pyogenes is reported.(Church DL: Group A Streptococcus: Culture and Nonculture Tests. In Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook. Edited by AL Leber. ASM Press 2016, section 3.11.8)
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