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Casein Agar: a Useful Medium for Differentiating Candida dubliniensis from Candida albicans
- Source :
- Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 41:1259-1262
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- American Society for Microbiology, 2003.
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Abstract
- Production of chlamydospores on casein agar at 24°C for 48 h provides a simple means for differentiating Candida dubliniensis from Candida albicans based on chlamydospore production. Of 109 C. dubliniensis isolates tested on this medium, 106 (97.2%) produced abundant chlamydospores and three produced few chlamydospores. In contrast, of the 120 C. albicans isolates tested, 111 (92.5%) failed to produce any chlamydospores, whereas the remaining nine isolates produced few chlamydospores. These findings indicate that abundant chlamydospore production on casein agar is a useful test for discriminating between C. dubliniensis and C. albicans.
Details
- ISSN :
- 1098660X and 00951137
- Volume :
- 41
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f239529b9957e54a3159c07db1e7a90c