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. 1975 Oct;8(4):426–428. doi: 10.1128/aac.8.4.426

Stability of Amphotericin B in Fungal Culture Media

S C Cheung 1,2, G Medoff 1,2, D Schlessinger 1,2, G S Kobayashi 1,2
PMCID: PMC429362  PMID: 1103723

Abstract

We have found that amphotericin B is unstable in two commonly employed fungal culture media. This instability leads to inaccuracies in determining the actual level of susceptibility of slow-growing strains that require prolonged incubation for growth. To help compensate for this problem, we have described two rapid methods of susceptibility testing.

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