Multicenter evaluation of the new VITEK 2 advanced colorimetric yeast identification card

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1087-1092

  Hata, D Jane ^a,e   Hall, Leslie ^a   Fothergill, Annette W ^b   Larone, Davise H ^c   Wengenack, Nancy L ^a,d  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA GUILLIERMONDII; CANDIDA KEYFR; CANDIDA LUSITANIAE; CANDIDA UTILIS; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PICHIA FARINOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOTHECA ZOPFII; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHODOTORULA MINUTA; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRICHOSPORON ASAHII; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

COLORIMETRY; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; MYCOSES; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; YEASTS;

EID: 34247189161     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01754-06     Document Type: Article

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