Comparison of the API Candida system with the AUXACOLOR system for identification of common yeast pathogens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 821-823

  Campbell, Colin K ^a   Davey, Kate G ^a   Holmes, Ann D ^a   Szekely, Adrien ^a   Warnock, David W ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

CANDIDA; FUNGI;

EID: 0033037516     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.3.821-823.1999     Document Type: Article

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