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. 1976 Jun;9(6):1070–1071. doi: 10.1128/aac.9.6.1070

Impregnated Disk Method for Antifungal Antibiotic Testing

Jere M Boyer 1
PMCID: PMC429674  PMID: 779630

Abstract

Sixteen clinical fungal isolates were tested for antibiotic susceptibility by using disks impregnated with growth medium and antibiotic. The procedure was easier to perform, less time consuming, and as reliable as other currently available methods.

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