%0 Journal Article %A N Maliwan %A R Reid %A R Katzen %T Rapid diagnosis of beta-haemolytic streptococcus group B endocarditis by buffy-coat examination and gas-liquid chromatography. %D 1979 %R 10.1136/jcp.32.8.760 %J Journal of Clinical Pathology %P 760-763 %V 32 %N 8 %X A semicomatose 34-year-old man had fever, heart murmur, and multiple gangrenous lesions. Several blood cultures were negative. Cultures of the heart valve grew beta-haemolytic streptococcus group B. The organism was seen in buffy-coat examination of the venous blood. The gas-liquid chromatogram of the serum was different from those of normal controls and of patients with invasive candida infection; it closely mimicked the one obtained from the organism itself. These studies promise to be valuable diagnostic adjuncts. %U https://jcp.bmj.com/content/jclinpath/32/8/760.full.pdf