Comparison of 12 liquid media for germ tube production of Candida albicans and C. tropicalis

Mycoses

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 282-285

  Hilmioglu, Süleyha ^a   Ilkit, Macit ^b   Badak, Zühre ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Candida tropicalis; Germ tube

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GERM TUBE TEST; HEART; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MORPHOGENESIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34250360711     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01359.x     Document Type: Article

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