The widely used ATB FUNGUS 3 automated readings in China and its misleading high MICs of Candida spp. to azoles: Challenges for developing countries' clinical microbiology labs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Li ^a,b   Wang, He ^a,b   Xiao, Meng ^a   Kudinha, Timothy ^c   Mao, Lei Li ^a   Zhao, Hao Ran ^a   Kong, Fanrong ^c   Xu, Ying Chun ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA METAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA ORTHOPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GOLD STANDARD; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; TEST STRIP; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CANDIDA;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AZOLES; CANDIDA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84914672300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114004     Document Type: Article

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