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The effectiveness of the fluorescent viability test (fluorescein diacetate-FDA and ethidium bromide-EB-solution) compared to the plaque counting test (Miles & Misra M & M) was performed on 10 samples of Cryptococcus neoformans cultivated in Sabouraud dextrose agar at 25 °C. The optimum incubation period of 50 minutes was determined. Growth curves of the fungal strains studied based on the mean cell number were drawn for both the FDA & EB and M & M methods. The statistical evaluation (Student's T test) of the average sum of the viable cell counts showed that the FDA-EB method is more sensitive than the M & M test for the studied species. The growth curves of the samples usually followed a homogeneous pattern comparable to other non-dimorphic fungi.
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Correa, B., Purchio, A., Paula, C.R. et al. Evaluation of a fluorescent method (fluorescein diacetate and ethidium bromide solution) in the study of the viability Cryptococcus neoformans strains. Mycopathologia 96, 91–96 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00436666
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