Abstract

The well diffusion test is simple, easy to reproduce, inexpensive, easy both to read and interpret, and has a good correlation to the reference NCCLS microdilution test and may represent an alternative method for antifungal drug susceptibility testing of Candida spp., mainly in laboratories with few resources.

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FluconazoleItraconazolePosaconazoleCaspofunginCandida glabrataCandida tropicalisBroth microdilutionAntifungalCandida albicansAmphotericin BMicrobiologyCandida parapsilosisAnidulafunginCandida kruseiCandida dubliniensisBiologyCorpus albicansMedicineMinimum inhibitory concentrationAntimicrobial

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2003
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Volume
8
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1
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39-45
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847
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S Magaldi, Sofía Mata‐Essayag, Claudia Hartung de Capriles et al. (2003). Well diffusion for antifungal susceptibility testing. International Journal of Infectious Diseases , 8 (1) , 39-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2003.03.002

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