The usefulness of the CHROM-agar culture medium in the differentiation and presumed identification of yeast of clinical interest;Utilidad del medio de cultivo CHROM-agar Candida para la diferenciacion e identificacion presuntiva de levaduras de interes clinico

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 70-72

  García Martos, Pedro ^a,c   Mira Gutiérrez, José ^a   Galán Sánchez, Fátima ^a   Hernández Molina, Juan Manuel ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL LA INMACULADA   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Candida; fungi; sabouraud agar; yeasts

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNGUS CULTURE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; YEAST;

CANDIDA; CULTURE MEDIA; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YEASTS;

EID: 0030950514     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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