Evaluation of the new chromogenic medium candida ID 2 for isolation and identification of Candida albicans and other medically important Candida species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3340-3345

  Eraso, Elena ^a   Moragues, María D ^a   Villar Vidal, María ^a   Sahand, Ismail H ^a   González Gómez, Nagore ^a   Pontón, José ^a   Quindós, Guillermo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CHROMOGENIC MEDIUM; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; MIXED CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 33748772289     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00213-06     Document Type: Article

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