Evaluation of new colorimetric Vitek 2 yeast identification card by use of different source media

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3784-3787

  Valenza, Giuseppe ^a   Strasen, Jörn ^a   Schäfer, Frauke ^a   Frosch, Matthias ^a   Kurzai, Oliver ^a   Abele Horn, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA GUILLIERMONDII; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA RUGOSA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; COLORIMETRY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

COLORIMETRY; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; MYCOSES; YEASTS;

CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA RUGOSA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII; PICHIA NORVEGENSIS;

EID: 55849135744     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01318-08     Document Type: Article

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