title: Comparison of three commercial media for direct identification and discrimination of Candida species in clinical specimens.
abstract: One hundred and ninety-two clinical specimens were used to compare the three chromogenic media Albicans ID, Candiselect, and CHROMagar Candida to a standard method using a Sabouraud-chloramphenicol agar medium and standard methods for identification of yeasts. The detection rates were 83.79, 83.24, 86.59 and 84.91% respectively. For the chromogenic media, the rates of direct identification (growth plus specific pigmentation) for Candida albicans were 56.50, 37.68 and 11.59% after 24 hours' incubation and 92.75, 91.30 and 88.57% after 72 hours' incubation respectively, with 100% specificity. Furthermore, CHROMagar Candida identified the five Candida tropicalis and the two Candida krusei strains detected after 48 hours' incubation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Hôpital de l'Antiquaille, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Freydière
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Buchaille
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gille
mesh_terms: D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003116:Color; D003470:Culture Media; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media