Ali Faraz, Usama Bin Ghaffar, Tahir Ansari, Waqas Sami.
Evaluation Of Diagnostic Efficacy Of Chromagar Candida For Differentiation And Identification Of Common Candida Species.
Isra Med J Jan ;8(4):224-7.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate and validate the performance of a chromogenic Candida speciation medium (CHROMagar Candida). STUDY DESIGN: A Validation study PLACE & DURATION: The study was conducted at the microbiology laboratory of King Khalid Hospital Al Majmaah Saudi Arabia over a period of 6 months starting from 1st October 2015 to 29th February 2016 METHODOLOGY: A total number of 72 candida strains were included. The isolates were first identified by conventional methods and then API 20C aux which was taken as gold standard to identify candida species. They were then subsequently identified by CHROMagar Candida. The morphology and color of the candida colonies on CHROMagar Candida were compared with the results of API 20C aux. RESULTS: The CHROMagar candida is an excellent identification tool for three commonly isolated species of candida i.e. C.albicans, C.tropicalis, and C. glabrata . The diagnostic accuracy of CHROMagar Candida medium for these three commonly isolated candida species was 98.6% , 97.3% and 91.1% respectively. CONCLUSION: CHROMagar Candida identifies and differentiates commonly isolated Candida species with high degree of accuracy and we thus recommend the use of this rapid, cost effective and easy to interpret, identification tool in the routine microbiology laboratory.

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