title: Antimicrobial susceptibility of Fusarium, Aspergillus, and other filamentous fungi isolated from keratitis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To characterize the susceptibility of filamentous fungi isolated from keratitis to amphotericin B, natamycin, caspofungin acetate, itraconazole, voriconazole, and posaconazole.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety isolates from fungal keratitis cases at Aravind Eye Hospital in South India were tested using macrobroth dilution for susceptibility to amphotericin B, natamycin, caspofungin, itraconazole, voriconazole, and posaconazole. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) median and 90th percentile were determined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The 90 isolates included 41 Aspergillus species, 38 Fusarium species, and 11 others. The triazoles and caspofungin had the lowest MICs against Aspergillus species; voriconazole, amphotericin B, and posaconazole had the lowest MICs against Fusarium species, and none of the Fusarium species were inhibited by itraconazole or caspofungin. Amphotericin B had significantly lower MICs compared with natamycin, but after correcting for the typical prescription dose, natamycin was superior.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  No single agent was universally most effective, but voriconazole and other triazoles demonstrated the broadest spectrum. Itraconazole and caspofungin were not effective against Fusarium species.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Fungal ulcers are commonly treated empirically; drugs are typically selected without regard to susceptibility data. The nonocular infectious disease literature suggests modern fungal susceptibility methods are clinically relevant, but ocular studies are limited. Our results suggest antifungal therapy might be tailored to individual organisms.
authors.affiliation: Aravind Eye Hospital and PG Institute of Ophthalmology, Madurai, India.
authors.forename: Prajna
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lalitha
authors.forename: Brett L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: Muthiah
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Srinivasan
authors.forename: Namperumalsamy Venkatesh
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Prajna
authors.forename: Nisha R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Acharya
authors.forename: Annette W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Fothergill
authors.forename: Jazmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: Jaya D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Chidambaram
authors.forename: Kathryn J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Maxey
authors.forename: Kevin C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Stephen D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: McLeod
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Lietman
mesh_terms: D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000494:pharmacology; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000077336:Caspofungin; D003320:Corneal Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology*; D054714:Echinocandins; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000382:microbiology*; D005670:Fusarium / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000494:pharmacology; D055666:Lipopeptides; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010866:Natamycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000494:pharmacology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D014230:Triazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D065819:Voriconazole
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D054714:Echinocandins; D055666:Lipopeptides; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; D011743:Pyrimidines; D014230:Triazoles; D017964:Itraconazole; C101425:posaconazole; D000666:Amphotericin B; D010866:Natamycin; D000077336:Caspofungin; D065819:Voriconazole