Comparison of standard phenotypic assays with a PCR method to discriminate Candida albicans and C. dubliniensis

Mycoses

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-61

  Mahnss B ^a   Stehr, F ^b   Schafer W ^b   Neuber, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Candida dubliniensis; Polymerase chain reaction; Staib agar

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CHLAMYDOSPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STAIB AGAR; TEMPERATURE;

AGAR; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; FUNGI;

EID: 13844281731     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2004.01054.x     Document Type: Article

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