Research Article | Open Access
INIISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF FUNGI FROM SAMPLES RECEIVED IN MICROBIOLOGY LAB FROM SKIN AND ENT OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT OF A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN SOUTH INDIA
Dr.Kiran Madhusudhan
Pages: 4774-4798
Abstract
Aim
To isolate and identify fungi from samples received in microbiology lab from DERMATOLOGY and ENT outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital.
Objectives To isolate and identify the fungal strains by phenotypic methods from patients suffering with mycostic fungal infections from skin and ENT outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital Background One of the most common fungal disease in the world is superficial mycotic infections. Reliable data from the spectrum of pathogens causing fungal infections in various body systems particularly the antifungal susceptibility pattern of candida SPP
which is the most common isolate worldwide. Candida isolate were differentiated into candida albicans and non candida albicans by the germ tube test.