[Utilization of tomato juice agar (V8 agar) in the presumptive identification of Candida dubliniensis].
We evaluated the capacity of tomato juice agar (V8 agar) to differentiate Candida dubliniensis from Candida albicans based on chlamydospore production. Candida albicans (n= 93) and Candida dubliniensis (n= 26) were studied; 100% of Candida dubliniensis showed chlamydospores and in 92.5% of Candida albicans isolates these elements were absent. These results suggest this medium as an alternative tool for presumptive differentiation between these species.
Alves
Sydney Hartz
SH
Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. hartza@ccs.ufsm.br
Linares
Carlos Eduardo
CE
Loreto
Erico Silva de
ES
Rodrigues
Magnus
M
Thomazi
Diego I
DI
Souza
Felipe
F
Santurio
Janio M
JM
D000362:Agar; D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D003470:Culture Media; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods; D010936:Plant Extracts; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000254:growth & development
D003470:Culture Media; D010936:Plant Extracts; D000362:Agar