Antifungal agents: Susceptibility of different fungal strains to various disinfecting agents

Mikologia Lekarska

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 210-214

  Staniszewska, Monika ^a   Jakimiak, Bozenna ^a   Röhm Rodowald, Ewa ^a   Bocian, Ewa ^a   Kurza̧tkowski, Wiesław ^a   Tyski, Stefan ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antiseptic; Disinfectants; Fungi

Indexed keywords

BIOCIDE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; INCIDIN; LYSOFORMINE; MEDICARINE; SPITADERM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACREMONIUM; AEROSOL; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; MICROSPORUM AUDOUINII; MICROSPORUM CANIS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CITRINUM; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES;

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM CITRINUM;

EID: 75849132821     PISSN: 1232986X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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