Effects of incubation temperature, inoculum size, and time of reading on broth microdilution susceptibility test results for amphotericin B against Fusarium

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 808-811

  Pujol, I ^a   Guarro, J ^b   Sala, J ^b   Riba, M D ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI SANT JOAN DE REUS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUSARIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0030941479     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.4.808     Document Type: Article

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