Differentiation between atypical isolates of Candida lusitaniae and Candida pulcherrima by determination of mating type.
We report on five clinical isolates routinely identified as Candida lusitaniae that the ID 32C system was unable to discriminate from the closely related species Candida pulcherrima. When additional tests did not allow accurate identification, the less usual mating type test identified all of them as Clavispora lusitaniae. Mating type testing appears to be a valuable tool for assessing the true incidence of this emerging non-albicans Candida species.
Noël
Thierry
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Laboratoire des Sciences Végétales, Faculté de Pharmacie, 4 Avenue de l'Observatoire, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France. thierry.noel@univ-paris5.fr
Favel
Anne
A
Michel-Nguyen
Annie
A
Goumar
Abdelhak
A
Fallague
Karim
K
Chastin
Christiane
C
Leclerc
Florence
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Villard
Jean
J
D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D010641:Phenotype