Evaluation of six commercial tests and the germ-tube test for presumptive identification of Candida albicans

被引：32

作者：

Hoppe J.E. ^{[1
]}

Frey P. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] University Children's Hospital, D-72076 Tübingen

来源：

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | 1999年 / 18卷 / 3期

关键词：

Candida Albicans; Candida Species; Clinical Microbiology; Candida Tropicalis; Candida Glabrata;

D O I：

10.1007/s100960050256

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摘要：

Six commercial tests (Albicans ID®, bioMerieux, France; CandiSelect®, Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur, France, CHROMagar® Candida, Becton Dickinson, USA; Fluoroplate® Candida, Merck, Germany, Fongiscreen® 4H, Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur; and Murex Candida albicans, Murex Diagnostics, USA) and the germ-tube test for presumptive identification of Candida albicans were evaluated using clinical isolates of Candida albicans (n = 350) and of non-albicans yeasts (n = 135). Sensitivities and specificities of all tests regarding the identification of Candida albicans were greater than 97%. The two tests that also allow presumptive identification of some non-albicans yeasts (CHROMagar® Candida and Fongiscreen® 4H) did not identify all isolates of Candida glabrata and Candida tropicalis. In addition, CHROMagar® Candida identified as Candida glabrata some isolates belonging to different species of non-albicans yeasts.

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页码：188 / 191

页数：3

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