Performance of chromogenic candida agar and CHROMagar candida in recovery and presumptive identification of monofungal and polyfungal vaginal isolates

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-34

  Ozcan, Kadri ^a   Ilkit, MacIt ^a   Ates, Aylin ^a   Turac Bicer, Aygul ^a   Demirhindi, Hakan ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; CHROMagar Candida; Chromogenic Candida agar; Identifi cation; Vagina

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CHROMAGAR CANDIDA; CHROMOGENIC CANDIDA AGAR; SABOURAUD CHLORAMPHENICOL AGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA COLLICULOSA; CANDIDA FAMATA; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDA ZEYLANOIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; VAGINA SMEAR; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA;

AGAR; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYCOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDA ZEYLANOIDES; FUNGI;

EID: 74949099504     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693780802713224     Document Type: Article

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