Prevalence of Candida dubliniensis among the stored vaginal Candida isolates in a Turkish hospital.
In this study, 600 stored Candida species, isolated from vaginal samples of immunocompetent women, and phenotypically identified as C. albicans on the basis of a positive germ tube test, were screened for the presence of C. dubliniensis by three phenotypical methods. Only one strain (0.17%) failed to grow at 45 degrees C, and produced abundant chlamydospores on both the cornmeal-Tween 80 agar and the Staib agar. This strain was identified as C. dubliniensis by using the ID-32C kit (bioMerieux Vitek) and confirmed by DNA sequencing of internal transcript spacer (ITS) region.
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Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Fatih University Medical School, Emek, Ankara, Turkey. zcacikgoz@yahoo.com
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Gamberzade
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D002175:Candida / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology*
D003470:Culture Media