Resumen

DUARTE, Andreína; MARQUEZ, Arianny; ARAUJO, Celina  y  PEREZ, Celina. Modalities of the Germ Tube Test. Rev. Soc. Ven. Microbiol. [online]. 2009, vol.29, n.1, pp.66-68. ISSN 1315-2556.

At the present time, the infections by yeasts of the genera Candida, are more and more frequent, particularly when exists inmunosuprimen conditions, like the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, the use of quimioterapics and inmunomodulators, among others. Candida albicans is the species most frequently isolated from clinical samples. Among the identification tests of the yeasts species of the genera Candida are the evaluation of colony characteristics, physiological and biochemical tests like the germ tube, termotolerancy, auxonogram, zimogram, urease, resistance to cicloheximide, among others. The germ tube test is a simple and fast test, of which several forms exist to carry out it. The traditional way has been made in tube, with serum, although it´s possible to be made in plate. Here we present the modality to directly make the test of the germ tube between slide and slide cover, with advantage of time saving and glass material saving

Palabras clave : Candida albicans; germ tube test; identification probes.