<prompt> cAMP test is used for diagnosis of?Streptococcus AStreptococcus BStreptococcus DStreptococcus G  <response>: ANSWER: B Streptococcus BREF: Jawetz Microbiology, 24th Ed, Ch. 15CHARACTERISTICS OF MEDICALLY IMPORTANT STREPTOCOCCINameGroup-SpedficSubstanceHemolysisHabitatImportantLaboratoryCriteriaCommon andImportantDiseasesStreptococcuspyogenesABetaThroat,skinLarge colonies 0.5 mm, PYR test positire, inhibited by bacitracinPharyngitis,impetigo,rheumatic fever, glomerulonephritisStreptococcusagalactiaeBBetaFemalegenitaltractHippurate hydrolysis, CAMP- positiveNeonatal sepsis and meningitisStreptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimiiis; othersC, GBeta human infections, alpha, noneThroatLarge 0.5 mm coloniesPharyngitis,pyogenic infections similar to group A streptococdEnterococcus faecalis and other enterococciDNone, alphaColonGrowth in presence of bile, hydrolyze esculin, growth in 6.5 NaCl, PYR- positiveAbdominalabscess, urinarytract infection, endocarditisStreptococcus bovis non-enterococcusDNoneColonGrowth in presence of bile, hydrolyzeescuiin, no growth in 6.5 NaCl, degrades starchEndocarditis, common blood isolate in colon cancerStreptococcus anginosus groupS anginosus,S intermedius,S constellatus,S milleri groupF A, C,G and untypableAlpha, beta, noneThroat,colon,femalegenitaltractSmall 0.5 mm colony variants of beta-hemolytic species. Group A are bacitradn- resistant and PYR-negative. Carbohydrate fermentation patternsPyogenic infections, induding brain abscessesViridansstreptococci many speciesUsuallynottyped or untypableAlpha,noneMouth, throat, colon, female genital tractOptochin-resistant.Colonies not soluble in bile. Carbohydrate fermentation patternsDental cariesS mutans, endocarditis,abscesses wit many otherbacterial spedesStreptococcuspneumoniaeNoneAlphaThroatSusceptible to optochin. Colonies soluble in bile, queliung reaction-positivePneumonia,meningitis,endocarditisPeptostreptococcus many speciesNoneNone, alphaMouth,colon,femalegenitaltractObligateanaerobesAbscesses with multiple other bacterial species 