Evaluation of Etest and macrodilution broth method for antifungal susceptibility testing of Candida sp strains isolated from oral cavities of AIDS patients

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 121-125

  Silva, Maria Do Rosário R ^a,b   Costa, Márcio R ^a   Miranda, André T B ^a   De F L Fernandes, Orionalda ^a   Costa, Carolina R ^a   De Paula, Claudete R ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b Setor Oeste   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Antifungal susceptibility tests; Broth macrodilution; Etest

Indexed keywords

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

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DILUTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0036289825     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652002000300002     Document Type: Article

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