Criteria for a microdilution susceptibility testing method of fluconazole: Proposal of a standardised testing method for yeasts;KRITERIEN ZUR EMPFINDLICHKEITSPRUFUNG VON FLUCONAZOL IM MIKRODILUTIONSTEST: VORSCHLAG FUR EINE STANDARDISIERTE METHODE ZUR TESTUNG VON SPROSSPILZEN

Mycoses, Supplement

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 12-16

  Schmalreck, A F ^a,c   Fegeler, W ^a,b  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Heinrich Mack Nachf   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluconazole; Microdilution; Susceptibility testing; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS;

AUSTRIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG SCREENING; GERMANY; HUMAN; MICRODILUTION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG EFFECT; LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AUSTRIA; CANDIDA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FLUCONAZOLE; GERMANY; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LABORATORIES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; QUALITY CONTROL; YEASTS;

EID: 0030433693     PISSN: 09437312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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