Utility of the germ tube test for direct identification of Candida albicans from positive blood culture bottles |
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| Authors: | Sheppard Donald C Locas Marie-Claude Restieri Christiane Laverdiere Michel |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Duff Medical Building, Room 502, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada. donald.sheppard@mcgill.ca |
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We compared the germ tube test for the direct identification of Candida albicans from positive blood culture bottles, with results obtained from subcultured colonies. The direct germ tube test was 87.1% sensitive and 100% specific for the identification of C. albicans when the results obtained from fungal colonies were compared. |
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