27Feb 2017

EVALUATION OF CANDIDA SPECIES FROM CLINICAL SPECIMENS BY USING CHROMAGAR.

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Candida species especially Non albicans Candida are increasingly being isolated from clinical specimens. Candida spp. are the most common cause of fungal infections and are the fourth leading cause of health care associated infections. The main aim of the study is to isolate and identify the various Candida species from clinical samples by both Conventional and chromgenic method and to check which one is better and specific method. Samples such as blood, urine and pus received in laboratory from patients of all age group and both sexes with suspected Candida infection and the positive isolates were identified by conventional as well as chromogenic method. Total 80 isolates of Candida species were recovered from the clinical specimens. C.krusei was most commonly isolated yeast followed by C.albicans. CHROMagar falsely identified C.parapsilosis as C.glabrata. Species identification using CHROMagar is rapid, technically simple, and easy as compared to conventional method.

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[Preeti Sharma, Sorabh Singh Sambyal and Divya Shrivastava. (2017); EVALUATION OF CANDIDA SPECIES FROM CLINICAL SPECIMENS BY USING CHROMAGAR. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Feb). 1750-1755] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Preeti Sharma
Jaipur National University

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3337      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3337

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