| Literature DB >> 17852917 |
Jacob Gilad1, Michael Giladi, David Schwartz.
Abstract
We report misidentification of Candida albicans as Gram-negative bacilli owing to colony morphology on MacConkey agar and subsequent inoculation into GN-ID/VITEK-2. ATCC and clinical Candida strains (n = 24) masqueraded as various bacterial species when experimentally inoculated into GN-ID cards. This phenomenon should be considered when peculiar taxa or susceptibility are encountered.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17852917 DOI: 10.1080/00365540701402996
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Scand J Infect Dis ISSN: 0036-5548