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Rapid identification of Candida species by confocal Raman microspectroscopy.
J Clin Microbiol
February 2002
Laboratory for Intensive Care Research and Optical Spectroscopy, Department of General Surgery 10M. Erasmus University Rotterdam and University Hospital Rotterdam, "Dijkzigt," Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Candida species are important nosocomial pathogens associated with high mortality rates. Rapid detection and identification of Candida species can guide a clinician at an early stage to prescribe antifungal drugs or to adjust empirical therapy when resistant species are isolated. Confocal Raman microspectroscopy is highly suitable for the rapid identification of Candida species, since Raman spectra can be directly obtained from microcolonies on a solid culture medium after only 6 h of culturing.
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