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Microbiology reagents intended to identify species of Streptococcus, a genus of coccoid bacteria of the family Streptococcaceae with a tendency to grow in pairs or chains; they are divided into many serogenic groups according to their cell wall (e.g., A, B, C). Streptococcus bacteria include many pathologic species, such as S. pneumoniae and S. pyogenes, that cause a wide range of suppurative diseases (e.g., pharyngitis, otitis media, sinusitis, endocarditis) and nonsuppurative sequelae (e.g., acute rheumatic fever). These reagents may be specific for either manual or automated tests; reagents for identification of particular groups (e.g., A, B) of streptococci are available.
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