Comparison of European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) and Etest methods with the CLSI broth microdilution method for echinocandin susceptibility testing of Candida species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1592-1599

  Pfaller, M A ^a,b   Castanheira, M ^b   Diekema, D J ^a   Messer, S A ^a,b   Moet, G J ^b   Jones, R N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b JMI LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIDULAFUNGIN; CASPOFUNGIN; ECHINOCANDIN; MICAFUNGIN;

ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; ECHINOCANDINS; HUMANS; LIPOPEPTIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS;

EID: 77951786826     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02445-09     Document Type: Article

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