학술논문

Carbohydrate assimilation profiles of Brazilian Candida dubliniensis isolates based on ID 32C system
Document Type
article
Source
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo. April 2005 47(2)
Subject
Candida dubliniensis
ID 32C
Phenotypic identification
Language
English
ISSN
0036-4665
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the identification of 19 Brazilian C. dubliniensis based on the biochemical profile exhibited when tested by the commercial identification kit ID 32C (bioMerieux). Thirteen of the isolates were rigorously identified as C. dubliniensis and the remaining isolates (six) were considered as having a doubtful profile but the software also suggested that there was 83.6% of chances for them to be C. dubliniensis. As well as pointed by the literature the identification obtained by phenotypic tests should be considered presumptive for C. dubliniensis due to variability of this new species.