Comparative evaluation of two different methods of inoculum preparation for antifungal susceptibility testing of filamentous fungi

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 719-722

  Aberkane, A ^a   Cuenca Estrella, M ^a   Gomez Lopez, A ^a   Petrikkou, E ^a   Mellado, E ^a   Monzon A ^a   Rodriguez Tudela J L ^a   Roilides, E ^a   Maglaveras, N ^a   Abrahamsen, T ^a   Gaustad, P ^a   Denning, D W ^a   Verweij, P E ^a   Meis, J F G M ^a   Petrikkos, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FUNGUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYTOMETRY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS CULTURE; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FUNGI; HUMANS;

EID: 0036850353     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkf187     Document Type: Article

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