Efficacy of Chromogenic Candida Agar for isolation and presumptive identification of pathogenic yeast species

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-147

  Ghelardi, E ^a   Pichierri, G ^a   Castagna, B ^a   Barnini, S ^a   Tavanti, A ^a   Campa, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Candida; Chromogenic Candida Agar; Diagnosis; Identification; Selective medium; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GUILLIERMONDII; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PULCHERRIMA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GEOTRICHUM CAPITATUM; GRAM STAINING; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOSPORON; TRICHOSPORON MUCOIDES;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; DIPODASCUS CAPITATUS; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS; METSCHNIKOWIA PULCHERRIMA; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRICHOSPORON MUCOIDES;

EID: 38049014972     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01872.x     Document Type: Article

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