| Literature DB >> 16854187 |
Chethrapilly Purushothaman Girish Kumar1, Thangam Menon, Thangavel Sundararajan, Sarathy Nalini, Mandayam Anandampillai Thirunarayan, Sikhamani Rajasekaran, Manjetti Venkatadesikalu.
Abstract
A total of 149 clinical isolates of Candida species isolated from immunocompromised patients were examined to ascertain their esterase activity by the Tween 80 opacity test, which is a biochemical test used mainly to differentiate between Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis. Our results showed that C. albicans (92.3%), Candida tropicalis (92.3%), Candida parapsilosis (25%), C. dubliniensis (16.6%), Candida inconspicua (100%), and Candida lipolytica (100%) produced opacity halos through the 10-day post-inoculation period. The remaining Candida species did not produce a positive test response. These findings indicate that Tween 80 opacity test cannot be used as the sole phenotypic trait in the differentiation of C. albicans and C. dubliniensis.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 16854187
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rev Iberoam Micol ISSN： 1130-1406 Impact factor: 1.044