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Comparative Study
. 2010 Mar;54(3):1347-50.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.01324-09. Epub 2009 Dec 22.

Comparison of anidulafungin MICs determined by the clinical and laboratory standards institute broth microdilution method (M27-A3 document) and Etest for Candida species isolates

Ana Espinel-Ingroff  1 , E Canton, J Peman, E Martín-Mazuelo
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Comparative Study

Comparison of anidulafungin MICs determined by the clinical and laboratory standards institute broth microdilution method (M27-A3 document) and Etest for Candida species isolates

Ana Espinel-Ingroff et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Mar.

Abstract

Anidulafungin Etest and CLSI MICs were compared for 143 Candida sp. isolates to assess essential (within 2 log(2) dilutions) and categorical agreements (according to three susceptibility breakpoints). Based on agreement percentages, our data indicated that Etest is not suitable to test anidulafungin against Candida parapsilosis and C. guilliermondii (54.4 to 82.4% essential and categorical agreements) but is more suitable for C. albicans, C. glabrata, C. krusei, and C. tropicalis (87.9 to 100% categorical agreement).

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FIG. 1.
Comparison of anidulafungin broth microdilution and Etest MICs for 143 Candida sp. isolates. Interpretive susceptibility MIC breakpoints (≤2 μg/ml and ≤0.5 μg/ml) are indicated by the horizontal and vertical lines, respectively (11, 21).
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