Identification of local clinical Candida isolates using CHROMagar Candida TM as a primary identification method for various Candida species

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 269-274

  Madhavan, P ^a   Jamal, F ^a   Chong, P P ^a   Ng, K P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80052139448     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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