title: Utility of the germ tube test for direct identification of Candida albicans from positive blood culture bottles.
abstract: We compared the germ tube test for the direct identification of Candida albicans from positive blood culture bottles, with results obtained from subcultured colonies. The direct germ tube test was 87.1% sensitive and 100% specific for the identification of C. albicans when the results obtained from fungal colonies were compared.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Duff Medical Building, Room 502, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada. donald.sheppard@mcgill.ca
authors.forename: Donald C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Sheppard
authors.forename: Marie-Claude
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Locas
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Restieri
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Laverdiere
mesh_terms: D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016469:Fungemia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D009172:Mycology / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity