Presumptive identification of an emerging yeast pathogen: Candida dubliniensis (sp. nov.) reduces 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-241

  Velegraki, Aristea ^a   Logotheti, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Candida dubliniensis; Candidiasis; Tetrazolium salt reduction

Indexed keywords

TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDIASIS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; YEAST;

EID: 0031919880     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(98)00010-8     Document Type: Review

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