ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year : 2010 | Volume
: 53 | Issue : 1 | Page : 93--95
Hichrom candida agar for identification of candida species
VP Baradkar, M Mathur, S Kumar
Department of Microbiology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai-400 002, India
Correspondence Address:
V P Baradkar
Department of Microbiology, L.T.M.M.C and L.T.M.G.H, Sion, Mumbai-400 022
India
Chromogenic media are frequently used in direct and rapid identification of yeasts because different Candida species produce unique colors on these media. We used 60 isolates of Candida species including 30 C. albicans, 10 C. parapsilosis, 11 C. glabrata, five C. tropicalis, and four C. dubliniensis, isolated from various clinical specimens, to evaluate the performance of HiChrome Candida agar. These strains had been identified by germ tube test, morphology on cornmeal agar, chlamydospore formation on tobacco agar and sugar assimilation tests. The sensitivity and specificity results were: C. albicans (96.55 and 96.42%); C. parapsilosis (80 and 98.03%), C. glabrata (90.90 and 88.23%), C. tropicalis (100 and 100%) and C. dubliniensis (60 and 96.55%) respectively. HiChrom Candida agaris medium has been useful and capable of presumptive, rapid identification of Candida species within 48 hours.
How to cite this article:
Baradkar V P, Mathur M, Kumar S. Hichrom candida agar for identification of candida species.Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2010;53:93-95
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Baradkar V P, Mathur M, Kumar S. Hichrom candida agar for identification of candida species. Indian J Pathol Microbiol [serial online] 2010 [cited 2021 Jan 28 ];53:93-95
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