Statistical analyses of correlation between fluconazole MICs for Candida spp. assessed by standard methods set forth by the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (E.Dis. 7.1) and CLSI (M27-A2)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-111

  Rodriguez Tudela, Juan Luis ^a   Donnelly, J Peter ^b   Pfaller, Michael A ^c   Chryssantou, Erja ^d   Warn, Peter ^e   Denning, David W ^f   Espinel Ingroff, Ana ^g   Barchiesi, Francesco ^h   Cuenca Estrella, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DILUTION; EUROPE; GOLD STANDARD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; YEAST;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CANDIDA;

EID: 33846202870     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01969-06     Document Type: Article

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