Utility of Fluoroplate Candida for the rapid identification of Candida albicans;Utilidad de las placas de agar Fluoroplate Candida para la identificacion rapida de Candida albicans

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 586-589

  Quindós, Guillermo ^a   San Millán, Rosario ^a   Bikandi, Joseba ^a   Pontón, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; fluoroplate Candida; galactosaminidase; rapid identification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CULTURE MEDIA; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030467559     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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