Isothermal microcalorimetry for antifungal susceptibility testing of Mucorales, Fusarium spp., and Scedosporium spp.

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 330-337

  Furustrand Tafin, Ulrika ^a   Meis, Jacques F ^b,c   Trampuz, Andrej ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Microcalorimetry; Molds; Susceptibility testing

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIDULAFUNGIN; CASPOFUNGIN; POSACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACCURACY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOTHERMAL MICROCALORIMETRY; MICROCALORIMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUCORALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCEDOSPORIUM; TEMPERATURE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CALORIMETRY; CULTURE MEDIA; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUCORALES; SCEDOSPORIUM;

EID: 84863785656     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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