Precision and accuracy of fluconazole susceptibility testing by broth microdilution, etest, and disk diffusion methods

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1781-1784

  Barry, A L ^a   Pfaller, M A ^a   Rennie, R P ^a   Fuchs, P C ^a   Brown, S D ^a  

^a CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; FLUCONAZOLE; GLUCOSE; METHYLENE BLUE;

ACCURACY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGAR; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CULTURE MEDIA; FLUCONAZOLE; INDICATOR DILUTION TECHNIQUES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036090666     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.6.1781-1784.2002     Document Type: Article

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