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Examination of Oral Candida Infection in Primary Sjögren's Syndrome Patients
Published on: March 1, 2024
Four cases of Candida albicans infections with isolates developing pink colonies on CHROMagar Candida plates
D M Saunte1, L Klingspor, S Jalal
1Unit of Mycology and Parasitology, Department for Bacteriology, Mycology and Parasitology, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark. dms@ssi.dk
Abstract:
Candida albicans, the most commonly isolated yeast species, is typically identified by its green colony-colour on CHROMagar Candida plates. We here report four cases of Candida albicans infections, in which the initial identification was non-albicans isolates due to a clear pink colour of the colonies on CHROMagar Candida plates. However, classical phenotypic criteria, biochemical assimilation pattern and molecular characterisation identified all four isolates as C. albicans isolates.

