Evaluation of Etest for direct antifungal susceptibility testing of yeasts in positive blood cultures

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1328-1333

  Hsein Chang Chang, ^a   Jui Jung Chang, ^a   Shih Huang Chan, ^a   Ay Huey Huang, ^a   Tsu Lan Wu, ^a   Miao Chu Lin, ^a   Tsung Chain Chang, ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLOOD; CANDIDA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOSES; TRICHOSPORON; YEASTS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 0035064825     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.4.1328-1333.2001     Document Type: Article

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