Candida albicans masquerading as Gram-negative bacilli in the clinical laboratory

Jacob Gilad; Michael Giladi; David Schwartz

doi:10.1080/00365540701402996

Candida albicans masquerading as Gram-negative bacilli in the clinical laboratory

Jacob Gilad
, Michael Giladi
, David Schwartz

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We report misidentification of Candida albicans as Gram-negative bacilli owing to colony morphology on MacConkey agar and subsequent inoculation into GN-ID/VITEK-2. ATCC and clinical Candida strains (n = 24) masqueraded as various bacterial species when experimentally inoculated into GN-ID cards. This phenomenon should be considered when peculiar taxa or susceptibility are encountered.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	907-910
Number of pages	4
Journal	Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	39
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00365540701402996
State	Published - 1 Oct 2007
Externally published	Yes

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General Immunology and Microbiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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