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
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.