[Antifungigram: interpretation and choice of a technic].
Identification and in vitro susceptibility testing of fungi is necessary mainly in immunocompromised patients. So, after a survey of the epidemiological results, the authors specified the indications of susceptibility tests; their advantages and difficulties and the lots of variations related to the fungus, drug, medium and technic. The authors compared the more recent methods from their experience: susceptibility to 6 antifungals (amphotericin B, flucytosine and 4 imidazoles) was estimated in 122 yeast strains isolated from deep specimens by 5 marketed technics. They got a good correlation between Mycototal and Antifongigramme Pasteur, but the two other technics (Mycodisk and Neosensitabs) frequently showed unreliable results.
Vermorel
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O
Service de Parasitologie, Hôpital Michalion, Grenoble.
Lebeau
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B
Claustre
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F
Grillot
R
R
D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D005658:Fungi / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000453:epidemiology
D000935:Antifungal Agents
Antifongigramme: interprétation et choix d'une technique.