Production of white colonies on CHROMagar Candida medium by members of the Candida glabrata clade and other species with overlapping phenotypic traits

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3498-3500

  Bishop, Justin A ^a   Chase, Nancy ^a,c   Lee, Richard ^a   Kurtzman, Cletus P ^b   Merz, William G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA BRACARENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA INCOSPICUA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA NIVARIENSIS; CANDIDA NORVEGENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PICHIA; PICHIA FERMENTANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSCESS; BLOOD; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CARRIER STATE; CULTURE MEDIA; FECES; MYCOLOGY; PHARYNX; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; URINE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA INCONSPICUA; PICHIA FERMENTANS;

EID: 53649101018     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00982-08     Document Type: Article

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