Can serums be replaced by Mueller-Hinton agar in germ tube test?

ATALAY, MUSTAFA; Koc, AYŞE; Parkan, ÖMÜR; Aydemir, G.; Elmali, Ferhan; Sav, Hafize; SAV, Hafize

doi:10.4103/1119-3077.180046

Can serums be replaced by Mueller-Hinton agar in germ tube test?

ATALAY M. A., Koc A. N., Parkan O. M., Aydemir G., Elmali F., Sav H., ...Daha Fazla

NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE, cilt.20, sa.1, ss.61-63, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 1
Basım Tarihi: 2017
Doi Numarası: 10.4103/1119-3077.180046
Dergi Adı: NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.61-63
Anahtar Kelimeler: Candida albicans, germ tube test, Mueller-Hinton agar, sequencing
Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: The germ tube test (GTT) is inexpensive, easy, and well-defined test that differentiates Candida albicans (excluding Candida dubliniensis and Candida africana) from other species. The aim of this study was to evaluate various serums (i.e., human, rabbit, horse, and fetal bovine serum) used in the GTT and Mueller-Hinton agar (MHA).