Amphotericin B and voriconazole susceptibility profiles for the fusarium solani species complex: Comparison between the E-test and CLSI M38-A2 microdilution methodology

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 615-618

  Debourgogne, A ^a,b   DeHoog, S ^c   Lozniewski, A ^b,d   Machouart, M ^a,b  

^a CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; VORICONAZOLE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; BROTH DILUTION; FUSARIUM SOLANI; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84862889055     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1323-x     Document Type: Letter

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