UTILITY OF ALBICANS-ID PLATE FOR RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF CANDIDA-ALBICANS IN CLINICAL-SAMPLES - RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF CANDIDA-ALBICANS

Authors
CONTRERAS I SANMILLAN R AGUSTINBARRASA A PONTON J QUINDOS G
Citation
I. Contreras et al., UTILITY OF ALBICANS-ID PLATE FOR RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF CANDIDA-ALBICANS IN CLINICAL-SAMPLES - RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF CANDIDA-ALBICANS, Mycopathologia, 136(1), 1996, pp. 17-20
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Mycology,Pathology
Journal title
Mycopathologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
0301486X
Volume
136
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
17 - 20
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-486X(1996)136:1<17:UOAPFR>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Albicans ID (bioMerieux, Marcy l'Etoile, France) is a ready-to-use med ium that contains a chromogenic substrate that allows rapid detection and specific identification of Candida albicans. We have evaluated its clinical performance by culturing 846 clinical specimens from pregnan t women and neonates. A 99.2% sensitivity and a 100% specificity were observed in the identification of C. albicans isolates from primary cu lture.