A rapid pigmentation test for identification ofCryptococcus neoformans |
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| Authors: | D. K. Paliwal H. S. Randhawa |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Medical Mycology, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, 110007 Delhi, India |
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| Abstract: | A rapid pigmentation test for identification ofCryptococcus neoformans is described. The method is based on the formation of a characteristic, mousegrey to violaceous-black pigment when shake cultures ofC. neoformans in a phosphate-buffered,l-DOPA — ferric citrate medium are incubated at 37 C for one hour.This work was carried out in part with financial support from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi. |
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