Improved diagnostic medium for separation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans (serotypes A and D) and Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii (serotypes B and C)
- 1 March 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 15 (3), 535-537
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.15.3.535-537.1982
Abstract
A simple new agar medium containing L-canavanine, glycine and bromthymol blue was found to give a clearer and more accurate distinction between serotype A or D (C. neoformans var. neoformans) and serotype B or C (C. neoformans var. gattii) than creatinine-dextrose-bromthymol blue or glycine-cycloheximide-phenol red media. Among 143 isolates of serotype A or D and 70 isolates of serotype B or C, the new medium correlated completely with the serotype; nearly 11% of these isolates gave discrepant reactions with creatinine-dextrose-bromthymol blue and glycine-cycloheximide-phenol red media.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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