Evaluation of the Etest method for determining fluconazole susceptibilities of 402 clinical yeast isolates by using three different agar media

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2586-2589

  Pfaller, M A ^a   Messer, S A ^a   Karlsson, A ^b   Bolmstrom A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b AB BIODISK   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLAVISPORA LUSITANIAE; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 0031876866     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.9.2586-2589.1998     Document Type: Article

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