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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1970 January; 19(1): 47-52
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Method for Isolation and Identification of Corynebacterium vaginale (Haemophilus vaginalis)

Venereal Disease Research Laboratory, National Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, Georgia 30333
Third U.S. Army Medical Laboratory, Ft. McPherson, Georgia 30330

ABSTRACT

A method for the clinical isolation and recognition of Corynebacterium vaginale (Haemophilus vaginalis) is presented. Wet mount and stained characteristics of genital tract discharges, cellular and colonial morphology of the bacilli, inhibition by H₂O₂, lack of a catalase, and fermentation of particular carbohydrates are the determinant factors. The method enables differentiation of the species from unclassified diphtheroids common to the genitourinary tract.