Evaluation of caspofungin susceptibility testing by the new Vitek 2 AST-YS06 yeast card using a unique collection of FKS wild-type and hot spot mutant isolates, including the five most common Candida species

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 177-182

  Astvad, Karen M ^a   Perlin, David S ^b   Johansen, Helle K ^a   Jensen, Rasmus H ^c   Arendrup, Maiken C ^c  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPOFUNGIN;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; GOLD STANDARD; METHODOLOGY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; WILD TYPE; YEAST;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; ECHINOCANDINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84872008316     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01382-12     Document Type: Article

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