Antifungal susceptibility testing by Etest®. Comparison of three media;Susceptibilidad antifúngica de levaduras mediante Etest®. Comparación de 3 medios

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 299-302

  Tapia P, Cecilia ^a,b   León C, Eugenia ^a   Palavecino R, Elizabeth ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Unidad de Laboratorio Clínico   (Chile)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Antifungal; Colony count; Culture media; Microbial

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG SENSITIVITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CANDIDA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEUTEROMYCETES; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI;

EID: 0038004863     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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