Comparison of the new API Candida system to the ID 32C system for identification of clinically important yeast species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1846-1848

  Pricker Hidalgo, Hélène ^a   Vandapel, Odile ^b   Duchesne, Marie Armelle ^c   Mazoyer, Marie Andrée ^b   Monget, Daniel ^c   Lardy, Bernard ^a   Lebeau, Bernadette ^a   Freney, Jean ^b   Ambroise Thomas, Pierre ^a   Grillot, Renée ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANDIDA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 8944262049     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.7.1846-1848.1996     Document Type: Article

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