Comparison of a new commercial test, GLABRATA RTT, with a dipstick test for rapid identification of Candida glabrata

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 499-501

  Willinger, Birgit ^a   Wein, Susanne ^a   Hirschl, Alexander M ^a   Rotter, Manfred L ^a   Manafi, Mammad ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TREHALOSE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA GUILLIERMONDII; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA LUSITANIAE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA RUGOSA; CANDIDA SAKE; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; DIPSTICK TEST; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GLABRATA RTT TEST; HYDROLYSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YEAST;

CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREHALOSE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA RUGOSA; CANDIDA SAKE; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLAVISPORA LUSITANIAE; FUNGI; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII;

EID: 11844296768     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.1.499-501.2005     Document Type: Article

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