Routine use of a commercial test, GLABRATA RTT, for rapid identification of Candida glabrata in six laboratories

J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Oct;42(10):4870-2. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4870-4872.2004.

Abstract

When evaluated in six clinical laboratories from six countries with 1,174 fresh isolates, including 715 Candida glabrata and 459 non-C. glabrata strains, GLABRATA RTT (Fumouze Diagnostics, Levallois Perret, France) yielded an overall sensitivity and an overall specificity of 95.8 and 98.9%, respectively. The results were consistent from one laboratory to another. The five false-positive results corresponded to C. parapsilosis (n = 2), C. tropicalis, C. guilliermondii, and C. lusitaniae. GLABRATA RTT allows a rapid, cost-effective, and reliable presumptive identification of C. glabrata.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Candida glabrata / classification*
  • Candida glabrata / isolation & purification*
  • Candidiasis / microbiology*
  • Culture Media
  • Humans
  • Laboratories
  • Mycological Typing Techniques
  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Culture Media
  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic