Comparison of caspofungin MICs by means of EUCAST method EDef 7.1 using two different concentrations of glucose

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3056-3057

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

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPOFUNGIN; GLUCOSE; ECHINOCANDIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS MUTANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE; CANDIDA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG STABILITY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST;

CANDIDA; DRUG STABILITY; ECHINOCANDINS; GLUCOSE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 77953754307     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00597-10     Document Type: Article

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