[Identification of varieties of Cryptococcus neoformans by the use of culture media].
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.
Fernández Andreu
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Laboratorio de Micología, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri.
Martínez Machín
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Menéndez de San Pedro
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Oramas Rodríguez
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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
D003470:Culture Media; D003513:Cycloheximide; D003404:Creatinine; D010637:Phenolsulfonphthalein; D001979:Bromthymol Blue
Identificación de variedades de Cryptococcus neoformans mediante la utilización de medios de cultivo.