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Characterization of multidrug-resistant group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility forming small non-Beta-hemolytic colonies on sheep blood agar plates.

ABSTRACT: We isolated and characterized three multidrug-resistant clinical isolates of group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility (PRGBS) that formed small non-beta-hemolytic colonies on sheep blood agar plates but grew well on chocolate agar plates. They can be overlooked in the bacterial identification step, leading to clinical misdiagnosis and treatment failure.

SUBMITTER: Banno H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4042806 | biostudies-other | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Characterization of multidrug-resistant group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility forming small non-Beta-hemolytic colonies on sheep blood agar plates.

Banno Hirotsugu H   Kimura Kouji K   Tanaka Yosuke Y   Kitanaka Hiromitsu H   Jin Wanchun W   Wachino Jun-ichi J   Yamada Keiko K   Shibayama Keigo K   Arakawa Yoshichika Y  

Journal of clinical microbiology 20140312 6

We isolated and characterized three multidrug-resistant clinical isolates of group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility (PRGBS) that formed small non-beta-hemolytic colonies on sheep blood agar plates but grew well on chocolate agar plates. They can be overlooked in the bacterial identification step, leading to clinical misdiagnosis and treatment failure. ...[more]