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RESUMENLas especies de Candida, es la segunda mayor frecuencia de vulvovaginitis. En los ultimos anosCandida no albicans, aumento su frecuencia y el diagnostico es dificil. El empleo de Agar Cromocandida,facilite la diferenciacion entre Candida albicans y Candida spp. El uso combinado de medio cromogenicoy el test del tubo, permite identificar los diferentes tipos de Candida.PALABRAS CLAVES: Apgar cromocandida, diagnostico diferencial de CandidasSUMMARYCandida species are the second most common cause of vulvovaginitis. In recent years an increase inthe prevalence of Candida non-albicans species has been observed in some countries, making necessarytheir identification because of it greater resistance. The aims of our study were to evaluate the performanceof the chromogenic medium Agar Cromocandida and the traditional germ test tube for the presumptiveidentification of strains of Candida spp. collected from vaginal specimens. Of 104 yeast isolates evaluated,77 (74%) corresponded to C. albicans, 23 (22.1%) to C. glabrata, 3 (2.9%) to C. tropicalis and one to C.parapsilosis. Agar Cromocandida identified adequately 95.2% of the yeast strains. The medium performedbetter for the presumptive diagnosis of C. albicans, identifying 97.4% isolates of this species, while theusefulness of the medium for C. glabrata identification was only 86.9%. The germ test tube identifiedcorrectly 97/104 (93.2%) strains as Candida albicans and Candida non-albicans. In conclusion, AgarCromocandida may facilitate the rapid differentiation of C. albicans from Candida spp. in vaginal specimens,whereas for the identification of C. glabrata an additional diagnostic procedure is required. The combineduse of the chromogenic medium with the germ test tube would allow identifying most C. albicans strains.KEY WORDS: Differential diagnosis of Candida by Agar cromocandida

UTILIDAD DEL AGAR CROMOCANDIDA PARA EL DIAGNOSTICO DIFERENCIAL DE CANDIDA spp AISLADAS DE MUESTRAS VAGINALES