Identification of varieties of Cryptococcus neoformans by the use of culture media
Fernández Andreu, C.; Martínez Machín, G.; Menéndez de San Pedro, J.; Oramas Rodríguez, B.
Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical 43(2): 100-103
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0375-0760 PMID: 1725927 Document Number: 382561
Ten Cryptococcus neoformans strains of human origin were studied in order to know their variety by using 2 different culture mediums: creatinine-bromothymol-blue-dextrose and glycine-cycloheximide-phenol red. The results obtained in the two mediums were not totally coincidental. The possible causes and the specificity of these mediums for identifying C. neoformans varieties are discussed.