Evaluation of anaerobic incubation for recovery of group A streptococci from throat cultures.
No statistical differences were found in the recovery of group A streptococci from throat culture specimens after overnight incubation of blood agar plates in 5% CO2 compared with anaerobiosis. Anaerobic incubation required many more subcultures and resulted in considerably greater technical time and expense.
D000693:Anaerobiosis; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans; D010614:Pharynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D003470:Culture Media; D002245:Carbon Dioxide