Microdilution antifungal susceptibility testing of Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans with and without agitation: An eight-center collaborative study

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2387-2391

  Anaissie, Elias J ^a   Paetznick, Victor L ^a   Ensign, Lisa G ^a   Espinel Ingroff, Ana ^d   Galgiani, John N ^e,f   Hitchcock, Christopher A ^g   Larocco, Mark ^b   Patterson, Thomas ^h   Pfaller, Michael A ⁱ   Rex, John H ^c   Rinaldi, Michael G ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b St Luke's Episcopal Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; LABORATORY TEST; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 10144235825     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.10.2387     Document Type: Article

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