Comparison of visual 24-hour and spectrophotometric 48-hour MICs to CLSI reference microdilution MICs of fluconazole, itraconazole, posaconazole, and voriconazole for Candida spp.: A collaborative study

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 4535-4540

  Espinel Ingroff, A ^a   Barchiesi, F ^b   Cuenca Estrella, M ^c   Fothergill, A ^d   Pfaller, M A ^e   Rinaldi, M ^d   Rodriguez Tudela, J L ^c   Verweij, P E ^f  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Public Health   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VORICONAZOLE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA GUILLIERMONDII; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA LUSITANIAE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DILUTION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; MICRODILUTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STANDARD;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PYRIMIDINES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRIAZOLES;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS;

EID: 24744434168     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.9.4535-4540.2005     Document Type: Article

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