Phenotypic identification of Candida albicans by growth on chocolate agar

Medical Mycology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 735-738

  Sheth, Chirag C ^a   Johnson, Elizabeth ^b   Baker, Mark E ^c   Haynes, Ken ^d   Mühlschlegel, Fritz A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^c WILLIAM HARVEY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Chocolate agar; Differentiation

Indexed keywords

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; MYCOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 27844612613     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780500265998     Document Type: Article

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