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Miniaturized yeast identification system

CA 1263945 C · Owner: Dorn, Gordon Lee · Inventors: Dorn, Gordon Lee; Dorn, Gordon Lee; Fleming, William Harold

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Methods and compositions are disclosed for the rapid identification of fungal pathogens. In a preferred method, a sample of human body fluid is obtained and subjected to analysis comprising inoculating a nutritive medium, incubating said inoculum for such time and temperature as is necessary for visible fungal colony formation thereafter plating a sample of said visible fungi on miniature culture plates for example having the dimensions of about 33 x 75 x 5 millimeters said, plates containing differential fungal media and, thereafter identifying fungal pathogens in a manner consistent with said medium selected. In a related method utilizing the differential carbohydrate assimilation …

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  • Granted December 19, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 19, 2006.
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FiledDecember 18, 1984
GrantedDecember 19, 1989
Term endedDecember 19, 2006
Patent numberCA 1263945 C
Classification (IPC)C12Q1/04 +1 more

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19851988199119941997200020032006Application filedDec 18, 1984Patent grantedDec 19, 1989Term endedDec 19, 2006

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