Abraham Lincoln became the United Statesâ 16th President in 1861, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863. Lincoln warned the South in his Inaugural Address: âIn your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war.
Risk factors include (CDC): 1  Testing positive for group B strep late in the current pregnancy (35 to 37 weeks gestation) 2  Detecting group B strep in urine during the current pregnancy. 3  Delivering early (before 37 weeks gestation)  Developing fever during 1  labor. Having a long period between water breaking and delivering.
Typical colonies of group A streptococci appear as small, white, and convex surrounded by a clear zone of beta-hemolysis after 24-48 hours of incubation. Refer to the listed references for more information. (12,13,16) First determine if the organism is a beta-hemolytic Streptococcus .