Natamycin as a selective antifungal agent in media for growth of Legionella spp

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 185-187

  Edelstein, Paul H ^a,b   Edelstein, Martha A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA SP.;

ANISOMYCIN; CEFAMANDOLE; NATAMYCIN; POLYMYXIN B; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

ANIMAL; ANISOMYCIN; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; EVALUATION STUDIES; GUINEA PIGS; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NATAMYCIN; YEASTS;

EID: 0029655446     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.1.185-187.1996     Document Type: Article

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