Correlation between the E test and the CLSI M-38 A microdilution method to determine the activity of amphotericin B, voriconazole, and itraconazole against clinical isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-276

  Guinea, Jesús ^a   Peláez, Teresa ^a   Alcalá, Luis ^a   Bouza, Emilio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

A. fumigatus; Amphotericin B; CLSI M 38A; E test; Itraconazole; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLSI M 38A METHOD; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DILUTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; E TEST METHOD; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PYRIMIDINES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 33847309779     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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