Echinocandin susceptibility testing of Candida species: Comparison of EUCAST EDef 7.1, CLSI M27-A3, etest, disk diffusion, and agar dilution methods with RPMI and isosensitest media

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 426-439

  Arendrup, Maiken Cavling ^a   Garcia Effron, Guillermo ^b   Lass Flörl, Cornelia ^c   Lopez, Alicia Gomez ^d   Rodriguez Tudela, Juan Luis ^d   Cuenca Estrella, Manuel ^d   Perlin, David S ^b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIDULAFUNGIN; CASPOFUNGIN; ECHINOCANDIN; GLUCOSE; MICAFUNGIN;

AGAR DILUTION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MEDICAL ERROR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CULTURE MEDIA; ECHINOCANDINS; INDICATOR DILUTION TECHNIQUES; LIPOPEPTIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 73849119181     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01256-09     Document Type: Article

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