Antifungal susceptibility testing of clinical yeast isolates and algae of the genus Prototheca to fluconazole and itraconazole by means of the Etest;FLUCONAZOL- UND ITRACONAZOL-SENSIBILITATSPRUFUNG AN KLINISCHEN HEFE-ISOLATEN UND ALGEN DER GATTUNG PROTOTHECA MITTELS ETEST

Mycoses, Supplement

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 39-43

  Blaschke Hellmessen, Renate ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breakpoint test; Candida; Etest; Exophiala dermatitidis; Fluconazole; Itraconazole; Prototheca wickerhamii; Prototheca zopfi; Susceptibility testing

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ALGA; CANDIDA; CHLORELLA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EXOPHIALA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; YEAST;

ALGAE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA GLABRATA; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA DERMATITIDIS; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS; PROTOTHECA; PROTOTHECA WICKERHAMII; PROTOTHECA ZOPFII;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; INFECTION; ITRACONAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOSES; PROTOTHECA; YEASTS;

EID: 0030326208     PISSN: 09437312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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