Comparison of the MUREX Candida albicans CA50 test with germ tube production for identification of C. albicans

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-35

  Fenn, JoAnn P ^a   Segal, Helene ^b   Blevins, Lisa ^b   Fawson, Shawn ^a   Newcomb Gayman, Patty ^b   Carroll, Karen C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029966479     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0732-8893(95)00199-9     Document Type: Article

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