Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 52-55 , May 2010

Performance of a rapid yeast test in detecting Candida spp. in the vagina

  • Michael Dan

      Affiliations

    • Infectious Disease Unit and the Clinic for Genitourinary Infections, E Wolfson Hospital, Holon, Israel
    • Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. E. Wolfson Hospital, Holon 58100, Israel. Tel.: +972-3-5028729, +972-506267858; fax: +972-3-5016126.
    • M. Dan is a consultant for Savyon Diagnostics Ltd.
    • ,
  • Yael Leshem

      Affiliations

    • Savyon Diagnostics Ltd., Ashdod, Israel
    • Y. Leshem is a full-time employee with Savyon Diagnostics Ltd.
    • ,
  • Arie Yeshaya

      Affiliations

    • Danielly Medical Center, Givataim, Israel

Received 28 June 2009 ,Accepted 11 December 2009.

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☆ This work was supported by a grant from Savyon Diagnostics Ltd, Ashdod, Israel.

PII: S0732-8893(09)00501-X

doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.12.010

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 52-55 , May 2010

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