API Candida

Antigen Combo test kit

Chromogenic agar

is commonly used in
microbiology to
differentiate Candida species based on colony color and morphology.

Large white colonies of Candida albicans on Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA)

KOH (potassium hydroxide) test dissolves the keratin in skin, hair, or nails to make fungal elements more visible, helping to identify infections

Direct microscopy :
Budding yeast cells & pseudohyphae will be seen in stained smear or KOH.

Wet mount microscopy of Candida

Smear of vaginal discharge in case of Candida Vaginitis

- Many epithelial cells
& gm+ve budding Candida yeast
& pseudohyphae

vaginal swab of valvovaginal candidiasis