Optimization of bioassay method for the quantitative microbiological determination of amphotericin B

Mycoses

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-61

  Fittler, András ^a   Kocsis, Béla ^b   Gerlinger, Imre ^b   Botz, Lajos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Assay media; Bioassay; Candida albicans; European Pharmacopoeia; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMPHOTERICIN B; GLUCOSE; METHYLENE BLUE; NOSE SPRAY;

AEROSOL; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CULTURE MEDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 72349092537     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2008.01660.x     Document Type: Article

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