title: DRBC agar: a new tool for Candida dubliniensis identification.
abstract: Candida dubliniensis pathogenic species, which shares many phenotypic features with C. albicans, may be misidentified in the microbiology laboratory. The growth on DRBC agar at 25 degrees C was shown to be a new tool for differentiation between C. dubliniensis and C. albicans. All 27 isolates of C. dubliniensis showed in this medium rough colonies (peripheral hyphal fringes) and abundant chlamydospore production, while all 103 isolates of C. albicans showed smooth colonies without fringes or chlamydospores. DRBC agar allowed the differentiation of C. albicans from C. dubliniensis with 100 % sensitivity and specificity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria (RS), 97010-033, Brazil.
authors.forename: L Alves
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Scheid
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Nunes Mario
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: E Silva
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Loreto
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Santurio
authors.forename: S Hartz
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Alves
mesh_terms: D000362:Agar / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000382:microbiology*; D003470:Culture Media / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D000362:Agar