Simple, reliable, and cost-effective yeast identification scheme for the clinical laboratory

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 422-426

  Koehler, Ann P ^a,b   Chu, Kai Cheong ^a   Houang, Elizabeth T S ^a   Cheng, Augustine F B ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSORBATE 80;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0032928258     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.2.422-426.1999     Document Type: Article

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