Direct identification and recognition of yeast species from clinical material by using albicans ID and CHROMagar Candida plates
- 1 February 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 34 (2) , 454-6
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.34.2.454-456.1996
Abstract
Two chromogenic media, Albicans ID and CHROMagar Candida agar plates, were compared with a reference medium, Sabouraud-chloramphenicol agar, and standard methods for the identification of yeast species. This study involved 951 clinical specimens. The detection rates for the two chromogenic media for polymicrobial specimens were 20% higher than that for the Sabouraud-chloramphenicol agar plates. The rates of identification of Candida albicans for Albicans ID and CHROMagar Candida agar plates were, respectively, 37.0 and 6.0% after 24 h of incubation and 93.6 and 92.2% after 72 h of incubation, with specificities of 99.8 and 100%. Furthermore, CHROMagar Candida plates identified 13 of 14 Candida tropicalis and 9 of 12 Candida krusei strains after 48 h of incubation.Keywords
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