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Species identification of invasive yeasts including Candida in Pakistan: limitations of phenotypic methods.
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association - 1 Oct 2012
Farooqi Joveria, Jabeen Kauser, Saeed Noureen, Zafar Afia, Brandt Mary Eleanor, Hasan Rumina
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OBJECTIVE: To compare phenotypic and genotypic methods of yeast identification. METHODS: The in-vitro cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2006 to May 2009. Invasive yeasts isolated at the clinical microbiology laboratory at the Aga Khan University (AKU), Karachi, Pakistan, were identified. Speciation by phenotypic and molecular methods was compared. All yeasts isolated during the study period from...
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