Do in vitro susceptibility data predict the microbiologic response to amphotericin B? Results of a prospective study of patients with Candida fungemia.

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Published in J Infect Dis on February 01, 1998

Authors

M H Nguyen1, C J Clancy, V L Yu, Y C Yu, A J Morris, D R Snydman, D A Sutton, M G Rinaldi

Author Affiliations

1: University of Florida College of Medicine, VA Medical Center, Gainesville 32610, USA. nguyen.med@shands.ufl.edu

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