Quality control guidelines for National Committee for Clinical Laboratory standards-recommended broth macrodilution testing of ketoconazole and itraconazole

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 816-817

  Rex, John H ^a   Pfaller, Michael A ^b   Lancaster, Michael ^c   Odds, Frank C ^d   Bolmstrom, Anne ^e   Rinaldi, Michael G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Alamar Biosciences Inc   (United States)

^d JANSSEN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Belgium)

^e AB BIODISK   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; DRUG SCREENING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0029878011     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.4.816-817.1996     Document Type: Article

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