Comparison of three methods of determining MICs for filamentous fungi using different end point criteria and incubation periods

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 239-242

  Llop, C ^a   Pujol, I ^b   Aguilar, C ^a   Sala, J ^a   Riba, D ^c   Guarro, J ^a,d  

^a FACULTAT DE MEDICINA I CIÈNCIES DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI SANT JOAN DE REUS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOPHIALOPHORA; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOPHIALA; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PAECILOMYCES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCOPULARIOPSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033984074     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.2.239-242.2000     Document Type: Article

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