Antifungal susceptibility testing with the Etest: Casitone and RPMI 1640 medium comparison;DETERMINATION DE LA SENSIBILITE DES LEVURES AUX ANTIFONGIQUES PAR LA METHODE DU ETEST: COMPARISON DU MILIEU CASITONE ET DU MILIEU RPMI 1640

Journal de Mycologie Medicale

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 117-122

  Le Guennec, R ^a   Mallie M ^a   Bastide, J M ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Antifungal agents; Casitone; Etest; RPMI 1640

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; TORULOPSIS;

EID: 0030766389     PISSN: 11565233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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