Pulvirenti J, Dorigan F, Chittom A L, Kallick C, Kocka F E
Division of Infectious Disease, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 60612.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1988 Feb;7(1):56-7. doi: 10.1007/BF01962175.
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.