Comparison of three commercial systems for identification of yeasts commonly isolated in the clinical microbiology laboratory

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1967-1970

  Wadlin, Jill K ^a   Hanko, Gayle ^a   Stewart, Rebecca ^a   Pape, John ^a   Nachamkin, Irving ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOTORULA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

CANDIDA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032960616     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.6.1967-1970.1999     Document Type: Article

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