Identifification of Different Candida Species Isolated in Various Hospitals in Ankara by Fungichrom Test Kit and Their Differentiation by SDS-PAGE

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 355-358

  Osmanağaoğlu, Özlem ^a   Altinlar, Nurten ^b   Saçilik, Sefa C ^b   Çökmüş, Cumhur ^b   Akin, Ahmet ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Candida spp; Fungichrom test kit; Identification; Isolation; SDSPAGE

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949386579     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: 13036165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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