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Micafungin activity against Candida bloodstream isolates: effect of growth medium and susceptibility testing method.

Pai MP, Jones AL, Mullen CK

University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, College of Pharmacy, MSC09 5360, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA. apai@salud.unm.edu

An excellent correlation between micafungin MICs were demonstrated against Candida bloodstream isolates (n = 200) by the Sensititre YeastOne and National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards M27-A2 methods. Use of antibiotic medium 3 (2%) dextrose improved micafungin activity and was not associated with paradoxical growth as noted with 3 Candida isolates tested using RPMI (2%) dextrose.

Published 14 May 2007 in Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 58(1): 129-32.
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