Antifungal susceptibility testing of filamentous fungi

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Protocols

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 209-241

  Espinel Ingroff, Ana ^a   Cantón, Emilia ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

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