Antifungal susceptibility to amphotericin B, fluconazole, voriconazole, and flucytosine in Candida bloodstream isolates from 15 tertiary hospitals in Korea

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 426-428

  Jung, Sook In ^a   Shin, Jong Hee ^a   Choi, Hyun Jung ^a   Ju, Min Young ^a   Kim, Soo Hyun ^a   Lee, Wee Gyo ^b   Park, Yeon Joon ^c   Lee, Kyungwon ^d  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Candida; Fluconazole; Flucytosine; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868556629     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2012.32.6.426     Document Type: Article

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