Evaluation of Czapeck agar and Sabouraud dextrose agar for the culture of airborne Aspergillus conidia.
We compared the efficiency of Czapeck agar and Sabouraud dextrose agar irradiated to detect Aspergillus conidia in air. Both media were equally suitable. Czapeck agar should be used in institutions interested only in Aspergillus surveys, and Sabouraud agar should be used in those institutions interested in all sorts of filamentous fungi.
Guinea
Jesús
J
Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, University of Madrid, 28007 Madrid, Spain.
Peláez
Teresa
T
Alcalá
Luis
L
Bouza
Emilio
E
D000391:Air Microbiology; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003470:Culture Media; D009172:Mycology / Q000379:methods*; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000254:growth & development
D003470:Culture Media