Etest for assessing the susceptibility of filamentous fungi

Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 271-281

  Dóczi, Ilona ^a   Dósa, Erika ^a   Varga, J ^b   Antal, Zsuzsanna ^c   Kredics, L ^c   Nagy, Elizabeth ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Agar dilution; Antifungal susceptibility testing; Etest; Minimal inhibitory concentration; Moulds

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE;

ACREMONIUM; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPICOCCUM; FUNGUS; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS; TRICHODERMA;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; CLADOSPORIUM; EPICOCCUM; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; SCOPULARIOPSIS; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 8844277694     PISSN: 12178950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AMicr.51.2004.3.5     Document Type: Article

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