GAS infections can cause over 500,000 deaths per year. Despite the emergence of antibiotics, infections of GAS is an increasing problem, particularly on the continent of Africa. Hardy Diagnostics has made the identification of GAS easy with the release of HardyCHROM™ Group A Strep Agar, the easy-to-read, chromogenic media recommended for the selective cultivation and differential isolation of S. pyogenes from specimens based on colony color. HardyCHROM™ Group A Strep Agar can identify Group A Streptococcus by colony color in just 24 hours. When S. pyogenes is present, it will display red to red-orange colonies on a bright white background. Non-GAS isolates should appear as blue, clear, or white colonies. Easily confirm colonies in just a few steps, in just one minute and with no incubation needed, with this easy-to-use latex agglutination test, StrepPRO™Streptococcal Group Kit for Streptococcus Lancefield grouping.