Evaluating the resistance to posaconazole by E-test and CLSI broth microdilution methodologies of candida spp. and pathogenic moulds

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1137-1140

  Araujo, R ^a,b   Costa De Oliveira, S ^a   Coutinho, I ^a   Rodrigues, A G ^a,c   Pina Vaz, C ^a,c  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; POSACONAZOLE; RPMI 1640 AGAR; SABOURAUD AGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACREMONIUM; AGAR DILUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CLADOSPORIUM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPSILOMETER TEST; FUNGAL STRAIN; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCEDOSPORIUM APIOSPERMUM;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; FUNGI; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOSES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 70349667149     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0736-2     Document Type: Article

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