IN-VITRO SUSCEPTIBILITIES OF CLINICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISOLATES OF CRYPTOCOCCUS-NEOFORMANS TO 5 ANTIFUNGAL DRUGS

Authors
FRANZOT SP HAMDAN JS
Citation
Sp. Franzot et Js. Hamdan, IN-VITRO SUSCEPTIBILITIES OF CLINICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISOLATES OF CRYPTOCOCCUS-NEOFORMANS TO 5 ANTIFUNGAL DRUGS, Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 40(3), 1996, pp. 822-824
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Pharmacy",Microbiology
Journal title
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00664804
Volume
40
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
822 - 824
Database
ISI
SICI code
0066-4804(1996)40:3<822:ISOCAE>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A total of 53 Cryptococcus neoformans strains, including clinical and environmental Brazilian isolates, were tested for their susceptibiliti es to amphotericin B, 5-flucytosine, ketoconazole, fluconazole, and it raconazole. The tests were performed according to the National Committ ee of Clinical Laboratory Standards recommendations (document M27-P). In general, there was a remarkable homogeneity of results for all stra ins, and comparable MICs were found for environmental and clinical iso lates. This paper represents the first contribution in which susceptib ility data for Brazilian C. neoformans isolates are provided.