Comparative study of agar diffusion test and the NCCLS macrobroth method for in vitro susceptibility testing of Candida spp.

Data
1999-01-01Autor(a)
Soni, LMF
Burattini, M. N.
Pignatari, ACC
Gompertz, O. F.
Colombo, A. L.
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ArtigoISSN
0301-486XÉ parte de
MycopathologiaDOI
10.1023/A:1007068826861Metadado
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We performed a prospective double-blind study to evaluate the correlation between inhibition zones obtained by a disk-diffusion test, using Neo-sensitabs of fluconazole (Rosco Diagnostica), and the MICs generated by the NCCLS macrobroth dilution assay. Eighty clinical isolates, representing 5 of the clinically relevant species of Candida, were tested simultaneously by both methods. A clear inverse correlation was found between the results obtained by both tests (r = -0.69). in addition, there was high degree of agreement between methods in the identification of susceptible isolates. However, the resistance definition by disk-diffusion test had a positive predictive value of only 17%. Our data support the hypothesis that Rosco Fluconazole Neo-sensitabs have potential as a screening test for the identification of Candida isolates susceptible to fluconazole. Resistant isolates should be further investigated by standardized broth procedures.
Citação
Mycopathologia. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publ, v. 145, n. 3, p. 131-135, 1999.Palavras-chave
Candidaresistance
susceptibility testing
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