Evaluation of Albicans ID2 and Biggy agar for the isolation and direct identification of vaginal yeast isolates

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 762-765

  Ilkit, Macit ^a   Hilmioglu, Suleyha ^b   Tasbakan, Meltem ^b   Aydemir, Sohret ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; AGAR;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA GUILLIERMONDII; CANDIDA KEFYR; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; INOCULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; YEAST; BACTERIUM; CANDIDA; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOLOGY; VAGINA;

AGAR; BACTERIA; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; COLOR; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYCOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA;

EID: 34250363141     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46625-0     Document Type: Article

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