title: Comparison of Vitek Yeast Biochemical Card with conventional methods for speciation of Candida.
abstract: The ability of the Vitek Yeast Biochemical Card to identify yeast isolates was compared with conventional methods. Of the fifty yeast isolates tested same species identification was obtained in thirty-four isolates. The Vitek yeast biochemical card identified 13 isolates which could not be identified by the conventional tests. Though the Vitek Yeast biochemical card gave a good rapid identification the high cost of each test severely limits its routine use in most of the laboratories.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi-110 002.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sood
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dogra
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mandal
mesh_terms: D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
chemical_list: D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic