Affiliation:
1. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat 13110, Kuwait
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Isolates of
Candida dubliniensis
may be misidentified as
Candida albicans
in microbiological laboratories if only the germ tube and/or the chlamydospore test is used for identification to the species level. In this study, we have evaluated the efficacy of tobacco agar for the differentiation of
C. dubliniensis
from
C. albicans
. On this medium at 28°C, all 30
C. dubliniensis
isolates produced yellowish-brown colonies with hyphal fringes and abundant chlamydospores, whereas 54
C. albicans
isolates formed smooth, white-to-cream-colored colonies with no chlamydospore production. This medium provides a simple tool for presumptive differentiation of
C. dubliniensis
from
C. albicans
.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Cited by
64 articles.
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