Intra- and interlaboratory study of a method for testing the antifungal susceptibilities of dermatophytes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2977-2979

  Ghannoum, M A ^a   Chaturvedi, V ^b   Espinel Ingroff, A ^c   Pfaller, M A ^d   Rinaldi, M G ^e   Lee Yang, W ^f   Warnock, D W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b State of New York ^*  (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CICLOPIROX; FLUCONAZOLE; GRISEOFULVIN; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONIDIUM FORMING FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FUNGAL EXAMINATION; FUNGUS; LABORATORY; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR CLINICAL LABORATORY STANDARDS M38 A STANDARD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CANIS; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FUNGI; MICROSPORUM; MICROSPORUM CANIS; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

EID: 3142655829     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.7.2977-2979.2004     Document Type: Article

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