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Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Evaluation of the Microdilution, Etest and Disk Diffusion Methods for Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Clinical Strains of Trichosporon Spp.

Pages 404-408 | Published online: 18 Jul 2013

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