A new quantitative in vitro microculture method for Giardia duodenalis trophozoites

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-106

  Bénéré, Ely ^a   da Luz, Raquel Andreia Inocêncio ^a   Vermeersch, Marieke ^a   Cos, Paul ^a   Maes, Louis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Drug susceptibility assay; Giardia duodenalis; In vitro microculture; Resazurin; Trophozoites

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DYE; FORMAZAN; FURAZOLIDONE; GENTAMICIN; MEPACRINE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; RESAZURIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRAZOLIUM; TINIDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COST; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; IC 50; IN VITRO MICROCULTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RELIABILITY; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FORMAZANS; GIARDIA; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OXAZINES; PARASITOLOGY; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; TROPHOZOITES; XANTHENES;

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 35048826204     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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