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One hundred eighteen Candida clinical isolates from human immunodeficiency
virus-infected patients were tested for their susceptibilities to fluconazo
le and itraconazole by Fungitest and the National Committee for Clinical La
boratory Standards MIC method. Fungitest results depended on both yeast spe
cies and antifungal agents. This test is able to detect sensitive strains (
97% agreement with results of the MIC method in tests with fluconazole and
84% agreement in tests with itraconazole) but has a poor capacity to detect
resistant strains (26% agreement in tests with fluconazole and 5% agreemen
t in tests with itraconazole).