Multidrug-resistant Trichosporon asahii isolates are susceptible to voriconazole [1]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 911-

  Falk, Rama ^a   Wolf, Dana G ^a   Shapiro, Mervyn ^a   Polacheck, Itzhack ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOSPORON ASAHII;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOSES; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES; TRICHOSPORON;

FUNGI; TRICHOSPORON ASAHII;

EID: 0037312170     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.2.911.2003     Document Type: Letter

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