title: [Serological identification of medically significant yeasts].
abstract: The authors describe possibilities of serological identification of medically significant yeasts by means of agglutination with specific monofactorial sera. This method permits identification of different species within several minutes and has, as compared with laborious biochemical methods which take several days, considerable advantages. The authors examined 265 clinical isolates of yeasts by means of slide agglutination and 11 morphological and biochemical tests. Agreement between results of serological and conventional identifications was recorded in 98.5% of the tested strains. One of the advantages of serological assessment of yeasts is also the possibility of rapid differentation of serotypes of the very frequently occurring species Candida albicans.
authors: Ustav pro mikrobiologii a imunologii lékarské fakulty KU, Plzen.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Tomsiková
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Otcenásek
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D000946:Antigens, Fungal / Q000276:immunology; D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology; D011817:Rabbits; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D000946:Antigens, Fungal
vernacular_title: Moznosti sérologické identifikace lékarsky významných kvasinek.