Candida dubliniensis: an appraisal of its clinical significance as a bloodstream pathogen.

A nine-year prospective study (2002-2010) on the prevalence of Candida dubliniensis among Candida bloodstream isolates is presented. The germ tube positive isolates were provisionally identified as C. dubliniensis by presence of fringed and rough colonies on sunflower seed agar. Subsequently, their...

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Main Authors: Ziauddin Khan, Suhail Ahmad, Leena Joseph, Rachel Chandy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3292580?pdf=render