Etest for antifungal susceptibility testing of yeasts.
Comparison [+/- 1 dilution between minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs)] of fluconazole and flucytosine Etest MICs of 10 candidate quality control yeast isolates and 78 clinical isolates demonstrated good agreement (> or = 90%) with the reference method (National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards document M27-P). This study suggests that the Etest is a promising alternative method for antifungal susceptibility testing in the clinical laboratory, but that further evaluations are needed.
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Medical College of Virginia-Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298-0049.
D015725:Fluconazole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005437:Flucytosine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods*; D009172:Mycology / Q000379:methods; D015003:Yeasts / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification
D015725:Fluconazole; D005437:Flucytosine