Stability of Mueller-Hinton Agar Supplemented with Glucose and Methylene Blue for Disk Diffusion Testing of Fluconazole and Voriconazole

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1288-1289

  Pfaller, M A ^a,b   Boyken, L ^a   Messer, S A ^a   Hollis, R J ^a   Diekema, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; FLUCONAZOLE; GLUCOSE; METHYLENE BLUE; VORICONAZOLE;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SHELF LIFE;

AGAR; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CULTURE MEDIA; FLUCONAZOLE; GLUCOSE; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PYRIMIDINES; QUALITY CONTROL; TRIAZOLES;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; FUNGI; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 1542618344     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1288-1289.2004     Document Type: Article

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