ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING: CURRENT ROLE FROM THE CLINICAL LABORATORY PERSPECTIVE

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING: CURRENT ROLE FROM THE CLINICAL LABORATORY PERSPECTIVE

Despite availability of many antifungal agents, antifungal clinical resistance occurs, perhaps as a result of an infecting organism found to be resistant in vitro to one or more antifungals tested. Thus, antifungal susceptibility testing (AFST) results, if timely generated by the clinical microbiolo...

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Main Authors: Brunella Posteraro, Riccardo Torelli, Elena De Carolis, Patrizia Posteraro, Maurizio Sanguinetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2014-04-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Fungal infections, Antifungal agents
Susceptibility testing
Online Access:http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1367

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