Fluconazole and amphotericin B antifungal susceptibility testing by national committee for clinical laboratory standards broth macrodilution method compared with E-test and semiautomated broth microdilution test

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 842-847

  Van Eldere, J ^a   Joosten, L ^a   Verhaeghe, A ^a   Surmont, I ^a  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA;

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; YEAST;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; EVALUATION STUDIES; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0029878917     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.4.842-847.1996     Document Type: Article

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