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Prevalence of <i>Candida dubliniensis</i> among germ tube‐positive <i>Candida</i> isolates in a maternity hospital in Kuwait
16 Aug 2005
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In this study, 1644 germ tube-positive Candida isolates from a maternity hospital was prospectively examined for the prevalence of Candida dubliniensis. Candida species were isolated from different clinical specimens, but majority (>90%) of them came from high vaginal swabs and urine specimens. The phenotypic and molecular identification methods for C. dubliniensis included production of rough colonies and...
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