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SHORT COMMUNICATION

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

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Pages 907-910 | Received 13 Mar 2007, Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

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.

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