This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowReprints and Permissions
Right arrow Copyright Information
Right arrow Books from ASM Press
Right arrow MicrobeWorld
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Sheppard, D. C.
Right arrow Articles by René, P.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Sheppard, D. C.
Right arrow Articles by René, P.

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 1998, p. 3726-3727, Vol. 36, No. 12
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Evaluation of the Auxacolor System for Biochemical Identification of Medically Important Yeasts

Donald C. Sheppard,* Edwige deSouza, Zubair Hashmi, Hugh G. Robson, and Pierre René

Division of Microbiology, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Received 7 July 1998/Returned for modification 6 August 1998/Accepted 22 September 1998

We compared the Auxacolor yeast identification system (Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur) with the API 20C Aux (bioMerieux-Vitek) using 105 isolates of medically important yeasts. The Auxacolor system provided more rapid, accurate results and displayed less interobserver variability than the API 20C Aux.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Microbiology---Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Ave. West---L5.06, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1A1. Phone: (514) 842-1231, ext. 5065. Fax: (514) 844-7256. E-mail: dshepp{at}po-box.mcgill.ca.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 1998, p. 3726-3727, Vol. 36, No. 12
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


This article has been cited by other articles:

  • Sheppard, D. C., René, P., Harris, A. D., Miller, M. A., Laverdière, M., deSouza, E., Robson, H. G. (1999). Simple Strategy for Direct Identification of Medically Important Yeast Species from Positive Blood Culture Vials. J. Clin. Microbiol. 37: 2040-2041 [Abstract] [Full Text]  


Copyright © 2009 by the American Society for Microbiology.   For an alternate route to Journals.ASM.org, visit: http://intl-journals.asm.org | More Info»