Can serums be replaced by Mueller-Hinton agar in germ tube test?


Atalay M. A., Koc A. N., Parkan O. M., Aydemir G., Elmali F., Sav H.

NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE, cilt.20, sa.1, ss.61-63, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4103/1119-3077.180046
  • Dergi Adı: NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.61-63
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: The germ tube test (GTT) is inexpensive, easy, and well-defined test that differentiates Candida albicans (excluding Candida dubliniensis and Candida africana) from other species. The aim of this study was to evaluate various serums (i.e., human, rabbit, horse, and fetal bovine serum) used in the GTT and Mueller-Hinton agar (MHA).