Evaluation of Candida ID, a new chromogenic medium for fungal isolation and preliminary identification of some yeast species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1647-1649

  Fricker Hidalgo, H ^a   Orenga, S ^a   Lebeau, B ^a   Pelloux, H ^a   Brenier Pinchart, M P ^a   Ambroise Thomas, P ^a   Grillot, R ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; GENTAMICIN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EVALUATION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; YEAST;

CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGI; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; MYCOSES;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0035057866     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.4.1647-1649.2001     Document Type: Article

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