title: Evaluation of the susceptibility of pathogenic Candida species to fluconazole. Fluconazole Global Susceptibility Study Group.
abstract: A fluconazole 25 microg disk diffusion test was used to test 2230 consecutively isolated Candida strains from 42 different hospital laboratories in 23 countries. Ninety seven percent of 1634 Candida albicans isolates and 83.4% of 596 non-Candida albicans isolates were susceptible to fluconazole, applying the proposed breakpoints (> or = 26 mm for susceptible strains and 18-25 mm for dose-dependent susceptible strains). This is the first hospital laboratory study to evaluate a large number and wide range of sequential Candida isolates from patients with all types of hospital infections. The fluconazole disk diffusion test appears to be a low-cost, reproducible, and accurate means of assessing the in vitro susceptibility of Candida isolates.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bille
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Glauser
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D015725:Fluconazole