Comparative study of ability for growth support and species differentiation by colony features on commercial chromogenic agar, Pourmedia Vi Candida and CHROMagar Candida

Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-38

  Shibata, Akiyoshi ^a   Kaneko, Takamasa ^b   Makimura, Koichi ^b   Onozaki, Masanobu ^b   Ogihara, Toshihiko ^c   Shibata, Hiroko ^d   Kikuchi, Ken ^e   Abe, Shigeru ^b  

^a Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d LSI MEDIENCE CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ability for growth support; CHROMagar Candida; Differentiation; Pourmedia Vi Candida Agar; Yeast

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN;

CANDIDA; CULTURE MEDIA; TIME FACTORS;

CANDIDA;

EID: 42549148087     PISSN: 09164804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.49.33     Document Type: Article

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