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A simple xylose-based agar medium for the differentiation of Candida dubliniensis and Candida albicans
Ziauddin Khan1, Suhail Ahmad, Rachel Chandy
1Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 24923, Safat Kuwait-13110, Kuwait. zkhan@hsc.edu.kw
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
|January 3, 2012
Abstract:
The utility of xylose-based agar medium for differentiation of Candida dubliniensis from Candida albicans is evaluated. All C. dubliniensis isolates failed to grow on this medium, while C. albicans isolates yielded good growth. This simple in-house medium offers an inexpensive alternative to commercial yeast identification systems for resource poor settings.
