COMPARISON OF 3 METHODS FOR RECOVERY OF YEASTS FROM HANDS OF HEALTH-CARE WORKERS

Authors
STRAUSBAUGH LJ SEWELL DL TJOELKER RC HEITZMAN T WEBSTER T WARD TT PFALLER MA
Citation
Lj. Strausbaugh et al., COMPARISON OF 3 METHODS FOR RECOVERY OF YEASTS FROM HANDS OF HEALTH-CARE WORKERS, Journal of clinical microbiology, 34(2), 1996, pp. 471-473
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
34
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
471 - 473
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1996)34:2<471:CO3MFR>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
This study compared three methods for the detection of yeasts on the h ands of 30 nurses: (i) direct finger impressions on inhibitory mold ag ar plates, (ii) bag washes in brain heart infusion broth, and (iii) ba g washes in brain heart infusion broth supplemented with gentamicin an d vancomycin. The antimicrobial agent-supplemented bag wash method ide ntified the greatest number of yeast carriers and yielded the most yea st isolates, especially non-C. albicans Candida spp.