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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2004

Tobacco agar, a new medium for differentiating Candida dubliniensis from Candida albicans.

Zia U Khan, Suhail Ahmad, Eiman Mokaddas, Rachel Chandy

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Rapid and Accurate Identification of Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis by Real-Time PCR and Melting Curve Analysis.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Zia U KhanDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait. ziauddin@hsc.kuniv.edu.kw
Suhail Ahmad
Eiman Mokaddas
Rachel Chandy

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

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 degrees 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.

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AgarNicotianaCandidaCandida albicansCandidiasisCulture MediaHumansMycological Typing TechniquesSpecies SpecificityAgarCulture Media

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PMID15472343
PMCPMC522288

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