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Candida nivariensis as an etiologic agent of vulvovaginal candidiasis in a tertiary care hospital of New Delhi, India.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 May 2013
Sharma Cheshta, Wankhede Sandeep, Muralidhar Sumathi, Prakash Anupam, Singh Pradeep K, Kathuria Shallu, Kumar Deepa Anil, Khan Nilofar, Randhawa Harbans S, Meis Jacques F, Chowdhary Anuradha
Abstract excerpt
Candida nivariensis is a cryptic species, phenotypically indistinguishable from Candida glabrata and identified by molecular methods. Aside its isolation from broncho-alveolar lavage, we report for the first time the etiologic role of C. nivariensis in 4 patients with vulvovaginal candidiasis. Of 100 phenotypically identified C. glabrata isolates originating from vaginal swabs, 4 were identified as C. nivariensis...
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