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Comparison of chromogenic and fluorogenic membrane filtration methods for detection of four Candida species
1Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Ghent University, Harlebekestraat 72, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|May 1, 2002
Abstract:
CHROMagar Candida medium was inoculated with a variety of clinical samples (n = 282) by using membrane filtration instead of swabbing or streaking. This modified CHROMagar procedure increased the ability to detect yeast by 16.7%. Compared to an enzymatic two-step membrane filtration method with fluorogenic substrates, it yielded similar recovery but was slower.