Antifungal susceptibility of the Aspergillus species by etest and CLSI reference methods

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 429-432

  Badiee, Parisa ^a   Alborzi, Abdolvahab ^a   Moeini, Mahsa ^a   Haddadi, Pedram ^a   Farshad, Shohreh ^a   Japoni, Aziz ^a   Ziyaeyan, Maziar ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Aspergillus; Etest; Itraconazole; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BROTH DILUTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSILOMETER TEST; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 84865637567     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: 17353947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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