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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Wild-type MIC distributions and epidemiological cutoff values for amphotericin B and aspergillus spp. for the CLSI broth microdilution method (M38-A2 document) |
Author: | Espinel-Ingroff, A. Cuenca-Estrella, M. Fothergill, A. Fuller, J. Ghannoum, M. Johnson, E. Pelaez, T. Pfaller, M. Turnidge, J. |
Citation: | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2011; 55(11):5150-5154 |
Publisher: | Amer Soc Microbiology |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
ISSN: | 0066-4804 1098-6596 |
Statement of Responsibility: | A. Espinel-Ingroff, M. Cuenca-Estrella, A. Fothergill, J. Fuller, M. Ghannoum, E. Johnson, T. Pelaez, M. A. Pfaller and J. Turnidge |
Abstract: | Although clinical breakpoints have not been established for mold testing, epidemiological cutoff values (ECVs) are available for Aspergillus spp. versus the triazoles and caspofungin. Wild-type (WT) MIC distributions (organisms in a species-drug combination with no acquired resistance mechanisms) were defined in order to establish ECVs for six Aspergillus spp. and amphotericin B. Two sets (CLSI/EUCAST broth microdilution) of available MICs were evaluated: those for A. fumigatus (3,988/833), A. flavus (793/194), A. nidulans (184/69), A. niger (673/140), A. terreus (545/266), and A. versicolor (135/22). Three sets of data were analyzed: (i) CLSI data gathered in eight independent laboratories in Canada, Europe, and the United States; (ii) EUCAST data from a single laboratory; and (iii) the combined CLSI and EUCAST data. ECVs, expressed in μg/ml, that captured 95%, 97.5%, and 99% of the modeled wild-type population (CLSI and combined data) were as follows: for A. fumigatus, 2, 2, and 4; for A. flavus, 2, 4, and 4; for A. nidulans, 4, 4, and 4; for A. niger, 2, 2, and 2; for A. terreus, 4, 4, and 8; and for A. versicolor, 2, 2, and 2. Similar to the case for the triazoles and caspofungin, amphotericin B ECVs may aid in the detection of strains with acquired mechanisms of resistance to this agent. |
Keywords: | Aspergillus Amphotericin B Microbial Sensitivity Tests |
Rights: | Copyright © 2011, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1128/AAC.00686-11 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aac.00686-11 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Molecular and Biomedical Science publications |
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