After incubation of the epiglottic swab specimen on 5% sheep blood agar plates at 37°C in 5% carbon dioxide, the predominant colonies found were large and beta-hemolytic. Samples of these ...

THE danger of hemolytic streptococcus respiratory infection to persons who are susceptible to rheumatic fever is well recognized. Since with present knowledge there are inherent difficulties in ...

Preliminary observations showed that the common respiratory pathogens present were the hemolytic streptococcus, Haemophilus influenzae and the pneumococcus. Also included in the study was H.