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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2002, p. 1508-1510, Vol. 40, No. 4
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.4.1508-1510.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Prospective Evaluation of the New Chromogenic Medium Candida ID, in Comparison with Candiselect, for Isolation of Molds and Isolation and Presumptive Identification of Yeast Species

Valerie Letscher-Bru,* Marie-Helene Meyer, Anne-Cecile Galoisy, Jocelyn Waller, and Ermanno Candolfi

Institut de Parasitologie et de Pathologie Tropicale, Strasbourg, France

Received 19 November 2001/ Returned for modification 20 December 2001/ Accepted 20 January 2002

We conducted a prospective evaluation of Candida ID chromogenic medium (bioMérieux, Marcy l'Etoile, France) with 786 clinical specimens in comparison with Candiselect medium (Bio-Rad, Marnes la Coquette, France). Candida ID chromogenic medium identified 97.7% of Candida albicans strains; enabled presumptive identification of C. tropicalis, C. lusitaniae, C. guillermondii, and C. kefyr and better detection of yeast combinations (11.4% more often); and was more sensitive for the isolation of filamentous fungi (17.7% more often). However, Candida ID chromogenic medium appeared to be less selective vis-à-vis bacteria, with bacterial colonies sometimes pigmented blue.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut de Parasitologie et de Pathologie Tropicale, 3 rue Koeberlé, 67000 Strasbourg, France. Phone: 00 33 3 90 24 37 00. Fax: 00 33 3 90 34 36 93. E-mail: valerie.letscher{at}medecine.u-strasbg.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2002, p. 1508-1510, Vol. 40, No. 4
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.4.1508-1510.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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