Abstract:SUMMARYTwo hundred and fifty clinical strains ofCandida albicansand six isolates from a cross-infection outbreak were studied for their ability to assimilate 19 carbohydrates in the API-20C system (API Laboratory Products Ltd., Basingstoke, UK). The assimilation profiles were stable on repeat testing; at intervals in the 72 h duration of the test; and when incubated at different temperatures.Although not a complete system of biotyping, the API-20C system shows high typability, and fair reproducibility and disc… Show more
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