Quality control limits for posaconazole disk susceptibility tests on Mueller-Hinton agar with glucose and methylene blue

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 222-223

  Brown, S ^a,b   Traczewski, M ^a  

^a CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; GLUCOSE; METHYLENE BLUE; MUELLER HINTON AGAR; POSACONAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIFFUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

AGAR; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CULTURE MEDIA; GLUCOSE; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; QUALITY CONTROL; TRIAZOLES;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 33846208670     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01732-06     Document Type: Article

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