title: [Identification of varieties of Cryptococcus neoformans by the use of culture media].
abstract: Ten Cryptococcus neoformans strains of human origin were studied in order to know their variety by using 2 different culture mediums: creatinine-bromothymol-blue-dextrose and glycine-cycloheximide-phenol red. The results obtained in the two mediums were not totally coincidental. The possible causes and the specificity of these mediums for identifying C. neoformans varieties are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Micología, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fernández Andreu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Martínez Machín
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Menéndez de San Pedro
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oramas Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D001979:Bromthymol Blue; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D003404:Creatinine / Q000378:metabolism; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D003470:Culture Media; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D010637:Phenolsulfonphthalein; D013194:Staining and Labeling
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D003513:Cycloheximide; D003404:Creatinine; D010637:Phenolsulfonphthalein; D001979:Bromthymol Blue
vernacular_title: Identificación de variedades de Cryptococcus neoformans mediante la utilización de medios de cultivo.