Lancefield grouping and smell of caramel for presumptive identification and assessment of pathogenicity in the Streptococcus milleri group

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 332-335

  Brogan, O ^a   Malone, J ^a   Fox, C ^a   Whyte, A S ^a  

^a Fife Area Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caramel smell; Lancefield group; Streptococcus milleri

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI;

EID: 0031002410     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.50.4.332     Document Type: Article

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