Comparison of three differential media for the presumptive identification of yeasts

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-247

  Yucesoy, Mine ^a   Oztek, A O ^a   Marol, S ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Albicans ID2 agar; BiGGY agar; Candida spp.; CHROMagar Candida; Media; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; YEAST;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 14844355492     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.01058.x     Document Type: Article

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