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Comparative Study
. 2002 Nov;46(11):3644-7.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.46.11.3644-3647.2002.

Comparative evaluation of NCCLS M27-A and EUCAST broth microdilution procedures for antifungal susceptibility testing of candida species

Manuel Cuenca-Estrella  1 , Wendy Lee-Yang, Meral A Ciblak, Beth A Arthington-Skaggs, Emilia Mellado, David W Warnock, Juan L Rodriguez-Tudela
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Comparative Study

Comparative evaluation of NCCLS M27-A and EUCAST broth microdilution procedures for antifungal susceptibility testing of candida species

Manuel Cuenca-Estrella et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2002 Nov.

Abstract

A two-laboratory study was performed to evaluate the correlation between the NCCLS M27-A and EUCAST microdilution procedures for antifungal testing of Candida spp. A panel of 109 bloodstream isolates was tested against amphotericin B, flucytosine, fluconazole, and itraconazole. Overall, the agreement was 92% and the intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.90 (P < 0.05).

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