title: Presumptive identification of Candida kefyr on levine formulation of eosin methylene blue agar.
abstract: Three hundred thirty-one yeast and yeast-like isolates were cultivated on eosin methylene blue agar. While the sensitivity rate for Candida kefyr isolates producing a metallic green sheen was 81.8%, the high positive predictive value (100%) for yeast isolates with this phenotype belonging to C. kefyr suggests that these isolates can be presumptively identified as C. kefyr.
authors.affiliation: Medical Microbiology Division, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.
authors.forename: Erik L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Munson
authors.forename: Dennis R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Troy
authors.forename: Joanne K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Shawn A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Messer
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pfaller
mesh_terms: D000362:Agar; D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003470:Culture Media; D004801:Eosine Yellowish-(YS) / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008751:Methylene Blue / Q000378:metabolism*; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D000362:Agar; D008751:Methylene Blue; D004801:Eosine Yellowish-(YS)