Antifungal susceptibility testing of Candida albicans by flow cytometry

Mycoses

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 307-311

  Gökahmetoǧlu, Selma ^a   Koç, A Nedret ^a   Patiroglu T ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Candida albicans; Flow cytometry; Fluconazole; Microdilution; Susceptibility testing

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE;

ACCURACY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; EVALUATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0141788001     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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