Amphotericin B susceptibility testing of Candida lusitaniae isolates by flow cytofluorometry: Comparison with the Etest and the NCCLS broth macrodilution method

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 227-232

  Favel, A ^a   Peyron, F ^a   De Meo M ^a   Michel Nguyen, A ^b   Carriere J ^c   Chastin, C ^a   Regli, P ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,3' DIPENTYLOXACARBOCYANINE IODIDE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CARBOCYANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA LUSITANIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DILUTION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; CANDIDA; CARBOCYANINES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033032622     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/43.2.227     Document Type: Article

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