Evaluation of germ tube in Candida albicans identification by different media

Background: Candida albicans is a common pathogenic, and the germ tube test one of identification techniques for this fungal species. Objectives: 1. To experiment with C. in various media according to different testing time. 2. evaluate capacity ofthe media. Methods: This study was carried out 36 isolates 10 tropicalis stored at Department Parasitology. Germ performed using media, including human sera, 1% peptone medium, BHI broth, egg white, yolk, fetal bovine serum. These experiments were checked after two hours, three four hours incubation. Results: The highest rate formation C.albicans recognized 3 rates on serum, serum 91.67%; 58.33%; 25%; 33.33%; 100%, respectively. sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative value yolk medium 91.67%, 76.92%. Conclusions. identify could It suggested that be used diagnostic labs as well mycology researches training perform production replace since it simple low cost procedure. Key words: albicans, tube,