EVALUATION OF BICHRO-LATEX ALBICANS, A NEW METHOD FOR RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF CANDIDA-ALBICANS

Authors
QUINDOS G SANMILLAN R ROBERT R BERNARD C PONTON J
Citation
G. Quindos et al., EVALUATION OF BICHRO-LATEX ALBICANS, A NEW METHOD FOR RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF CANDIDA-ALBICANS, Journal of clinical microbiology, 35(5), 1997, pp. 1263-1265
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
35
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1263 - 1265
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1997)35:5<1263:EOBAAN>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A method for identification of Candidia albicans within 5 min was eval uated by using 4,643 yeast isolates. Six false-positive and three fals e-negative reactions were observed. The specificity (99.87%) and sensi tivity (99.74%) obtained indicate that the Bichro-latex albicans test is a useful method for the rapid identification of C. albicans colonie s.