Hichrom candida agar for identification of candida species

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-95

  Baradkar, V P ^a   Mathur, M ^a   Kumar, S ^a  

^a LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE AND GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Candida species; HiChrome candida agar; Rapid identification

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CHLAMYDOSPORE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HICHROME CANDIDA AGAR; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YEAST;

AGAR; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COLOR; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77749313036     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.59192     Document Type: Article

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