Among the beta-hemolytic streptococci, susceptibility to bacitracin combined with a positive PYR reaction is characteristic of Streptococcus pyogenes. Streptococcus agalactiae is bacitracin resistant and is identified with the CAMP test, and enterococci are PYR positive but differ in hemolysis and specimen source.
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