| candida nivariensis as an etiologic agent of vulvovaginal candidiasis in a tertiary care hospital of new delhi, india. | candida nivariensis is a cryptic species, phenotypically indistinguishable from candida glabrata and identified by molecular methods. aside its isolation from broncho-alveolar lavage, we report for the first time the etiologic role of c. nivariensis in 4 patients with vulvovaginal candidiasis. of 100 phenotypically identified c. glabrata isolates originating from vaginal swabs, 4 were identified as c. nivariensis by polymerase chain reaction and confirmed by sequencing. all of the c. nivariensis ... | 2013 | 23537782 |