New Methods to Assess Susceptibilities of Aspergillus Isolates to Caspofungin

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5683-5688

  Imhof, Alexander ^a   Balajee, S Arunmozhi ^a   Marr, Kieren A ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; AGAR; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; ECHINOCANDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CULTURE MEDIUM; DILUTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGAR; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTIDES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

EID: 0346848925     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5683-5688.2003     Document Type: Article

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