Susceptibility testing of Malassezia species using the urea broth microdilution method

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2185-2186

  Nakamura, Yuka ^a,b   Kano, Rui ^b   Murai, Tae ^a   Watanabe, Shinichi ^a   Hasegawa, Atsuhiko ^b  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOROLFINE; BIFONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS CULTURE; MALASSEZIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; ITRACONAZOLE; MALASSEZIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MORPHOLINES; UREA;

EID: 0033940798     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.8.2185-2186.2000     Document Type: Article

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