Evaluation of the auxacolor system for biochemical identification of medically important yeasts.
We compared the Auxacolor yeast identification system (Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur) with the API 20C Aux (bioMerieux-Vitek) using 105 isolates of medically important yeasts. The Auxacolor system provided more rapid, accurate results and displayed less interobserver variability than the API 20C Aux.
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Division of Microbiology, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. dshepp@po-box.mcgill.ca
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D003124:Colorimetry; D015003:Yeasts / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism