Evaluation of a rapid trehalase test for the identification of candida glabrata;Candida glabrata'nm tanisinda hizli trehalaz testi̇ni̇n deǧerlendi̇ri̇lmesi̇

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 303-307

  Kirdar, Sevin ^a   Gültekin, Berna ^a   Evcil, Gonca ^a   Özkütük, Aydan ^b   Şener, Asli Gamze ^c   Aydin, Neriman ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Candida glabrata; Rapid test; Trehalase

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; TREHALASE; TREHALOSE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREHALASE; TREHALOSE;

EID: 67649513692     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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