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Comparison of three differential media for the presumptive identification of yeasts.

Yucesoy M, Ozbek OA, Oztek AO, Marol S

Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey. Mine.Yucesoy@deu.edu.tr

This study evaluated three differential media, CHROMagar Candida, BiGGY agar and Albicans ID2 agar, for the presumptive identification of yeast species. In total, 215 yeast isolates were included in the study. The sensitivity and specificity of CHROMagar Candida, BiGGY agar and Albicans ID2 agar for the detection of Candida albicans were 100% and 100%, 91% and 92.7%, and 99.2% and 92.7%, respectively. CHROMagar Candida was a reliable tool for the presumptive identification of C. albicans, Candida tropicalis, Candida krusei and Candida glabrata. Albicans ID2 agar was useful for the detection of C. albicans.

Published 17 February 2005 in Clin Microbiol Infect, 11(3): 245-7.
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