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Candida albicans identification: comparison among nine phenotypic systems and a multiplex PCR.
Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene - 1 Sept 2010
Liguori G, Di Onofrio V, Gallé F, Lucariello A, Albano L, Catania M R, Guida M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Candida albicans is the most common fungal pathogen isolated from clinical samples and is also the most common yeast species carried as a commensal by healthy individuals although some non-C. albicans species account for an important number of infections. OBJECTIVES: To compare nine phenotypic systems for C. albicans identification [API 20C AUX; RapID Yeast Identification panel (RYIP); Vitek2 ID-YST...
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