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Uncommon yeastlike zoopathogens and commercial systems for their identification.

Mycopathologia ·Vol. 99 ·No. 3 ·1987-09-00 ·Pages 155-71

Land GA, Salkin IF

Abstract

Opportunistic infections caused by yeasts or yeastlike fungi have increased in incidence in recent years as a result of clinical and therapeutic factors. Several formerly uncommon yeastlike zoopathogens--Candida lusitaniae, Candida paratropicalis (sucrose-negative variant of Candida tropicalis), Trichosporon beigelii, Blastoschizomyces capitatus, and Rhodotorula species--have been isolated from patients with invasive infections. The increased isolation of such opportunistic pathogens from a variety of clinical specimens has created a demand for simple, rapid, reliable, and accurate commercial systems to assist laboratorians in identification. Here we summarize the manual and automated systems currently available and present detailed descriptions of three representative commercial products, i.e., API 20C, Abbott Quantum II, and API Yeast-Ident.

MeSH Terms
Animals Fungi/classification,isolation & purification Humans Mycology/methods Mycoses/diagnosis Opportunistic Infections/diagnosis
Authors & Affiliations
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Land G A
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Methodist Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75208.
Salkin I F
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Article Info
Journal
Mycopathologia
Abbr.
Mycopathologia
ISSN
0301-486X
DOI
10.1007/BF00437438
Published
1987-09-00
Pages
155-71
Language
English
Region
Netherlands
NLM ID
7505689
Subset
IM
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