[Anterior thoraco-abdominal mediastinal lipoma].
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Increased awareness of the importance of Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B streptococcus) in neonatal morbidity and mortality has demonstrated the need for a selective and differential primary plating medium. In this report we describe a selective pigment medium containing colistin and nalidixic acid that allows presumptive identification of S. agalactiae from the primary plate, even when specimens are polymicrobic. A preliminary study compared the value of three media for pigment production by 137 known S. agalactiae strains. This was followed by a clinical laboratory trial using the best of these pigment media at an obstetric hospital in which 581 specimens from neonates, female reproductive tracts, and urinary tracts were screened. Subsequent to the clinical laboratory trial, an epidemiological investigation using the selective pigment medium was conducted on a mother/infant population. Of the 1,331 specimens screened for S. agalactiae, 75 (5.6%) were positive on 5% sheep blood agar and 79 (5.9%) were positive on the selective pigment medium.