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  • Diagnosis of Candida vaginitis by detecting D-arabinitol in vaginal fluid
    Patent number: 5360718
    Abstract: A method for the presumptive detection of Candida in vaginal fluid, thereby providing an aid to the diagnosis of Candida vaginosis. A sample of vaginal fluid is combined with a test composition comprising an indicator system that provides a chromogenic response in the presence of D-arabinitol; the detection of an elevated level of D-arabinitol indicating the presumptive presence of Candida. The test composition preferably comprises the enzyme D-arabinitol dehydrogenase, NAD, an electron transfer agent, and a chromogenic indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Miles Inc.
    Inventor: Linda Anderson-Mauser