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1: Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1988 Feb;7(1):56-7.Links

Vaginitis caused by nutritionally variant Streptococcus pyogenes.

Pulvirenti J, Dorigan F, Chittom AL, Kallick C, Kocka FE.

Division of Infectious Disease, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 60612.

A nutritionally variant Streptococcus pyogenes was isolated from a vaginal specimen. The organism was isolated in essentially pure culture with a few colonies of normal vaginal flora. The bacterium was identified as Streptococcus pyogenes with the use of rapid test kits and the presence of group A antigen.

PMID: 3132379 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]