Comparative evaluation of PASCO and National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards M27-A broth microdilution methods for antifungal drug susceptibility testing of yeasts

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2254-2260

  Arthington Skaggs, Beth A ^a   Motley, Milwood ^b   Warnock, David W ^a   Morrison, Christine J ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CLOTRIMAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; TERCONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG SENSITIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; YEAST;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 0034130689     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.6.2254-2260.2000     Document Type: Article

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