Reagents, stains, and media: Mycology

Manual of Clinical Microbiology: Tenth Edition

Volumn 2-2, Issue , 2022, Pages 1767-1775

  Snyder, James W ^a   Atlas, Ronald M ^b   Larocco, Mark T ^c  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida; Chloramphenicol; Cycloheximide; Media; Mycology; Reagents; species; Stains

Indexed keywords

EID: 85188868967     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555816728.ch113     Document Type: Chapter

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