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Preliminary evaluation of a new test for the rapid differentiation of Candida albicans and Candida stellatoidea

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A preliminary investigation test was carried out concerning the use of esculin hydrolysis to differentiate Candida albicans from Candida stellatoidea is described. This test provides a rapid and reliable means of distinguishing C. albicans from C. stellatoidea.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Córdoba University, Córdoba, Spain

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Casal, M., Linares, M.J. Preliminary evaluation of a new test for the rapid differentiation of Candida albicans and Candida stellatoidea . Mycopathologia 81, 63–64 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00443910

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