Antifungal susceptibility testing: Clinical Laboratory and Standards Institute (CLSI) methods

Interactions of Yeasts, Moulds, and Antifungal Agents: How to Detect Resistance

Volumn 9781597451345, Issue , 2012, Pages 65-74

  Fothergill, Annette W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 84882390239     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-134-5_2     Document Type: Chapter

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