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Table 4 In vitro susceptibilities of Candida spp. to fluconazole and voriconazole as determined by CLSI disk diffusion testinga [9].

From: Epidemiology and antifungal resistance in invasive candidiasis

  

Fluconazoleb

  

Voriconazoleb

 

Species

No. of isolates

% S

% R

No. of isolates

% S

% R

C. albicans

128,625

98.0

1.4

125,965

98,5

1.2

C. glabrata

23,305

68.7

15.7

22,968

82.9

10.0

C. tropicalis

15,546

91.0

4.1

15,198

89.5

5.4

C. parapsilosis

12,788

93.2

3.6

12,453

97.0

1.8

C. krusei

5,079

8.6

78.3

5,005

83.2

7.6

C. guilliermondii

1,410

73.5

11.4

1,375

90.5

5.7

C. lusitaniae

1,233

92.1

5.4

1,215

96.7

2.0

C. kefyr

1,044

96.5

2.7

1,032

98.7

0.9

C. inconspicua

566

22.6

53.2

563

90.6

3.9

C. famata

622

79.1

10.3

606

90.3

5.0

C. rugosa

603

49.9

41.8

580

69.3

21.2

C. dubliniensis

310

96.1

2.6

308

98.4

1.0

C. norvegensis

248

41.9

40.7

247

91.5

4.0

C. lipolytica

130

66.2

28.5

128

77.3

14.1

C. sake

87

85.1

11.5

87

92.0

6.9

C. pelliculosa

87

89.7

6.9

86

94.2

4.7

C. apicola

57

98.2

1.8

57

98.2

1.8

C. zeylanoides

70

67.1

24.3

67

85.1

6.0

C. valida

21

23.8

61.9

22

81.8

13.6

C. intermedia

24

95.8

4.2

25

100.0

0.0

C. pulcherrima

14

100.0

0.0

14

100.0

0.0

C. haemulonii

9

88.9

11.1

9

88.9

11.1

C. stellatoidea

7

85.7

0.0

7

85.7

14.3

C. utilis

6

83.3

0.0

7

100.0

0.0

C. humicola

6

50.0

50.0

6

50.0

33.3

C. lambica

5

0.0

80.0

5

40.0

20

C. ciferrii

2

50.0

50.0

2

50.0

0.0

C. colliculosa

2

100.0

0.0

2

100.0

0.0

C. holmii

1

100.0

0.0

1

100.0

0.0

C. marina

1

0.0

0.0

1

100.0

0.0

C. sphaerica

1

100.0

0.0

1

100.0

0.0

Candida spp.

9,744

86.2

8.9

9,577

93.6

4.1

  1. a Isolates were obtained from 133 istitutions, 2001 tp 2007.
  2. b Fluconazole and voriconazole disk diffusion testing was performed in accordance with CLSI document M44-a (7). the interpretive breakpoint (zone diameters) were as follows: s, ≥19 mm (fluconazole) and ≥ 17 min (voriconazole); R, ≤14 mm (fluconazole) and = 13 mm (voriconazole).
  3. c Candida species, not otherwise specified.