COMPARISON OF BROTH MACRODILUTION, BROTH MICRODILUTION AND E-TEST SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTS OF CRYPTOCOCCUS-NEOFORMANS FOR FLUCONAZOLE

Authors
CHRYSSANTHOU E GRONFORS C KHANNA N
Citation
E. Chryssanthou et al., COMPARISON OF BROTH MACRODILUTION, BROTH MICRODILUTION AND E-TEST SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTS OF CRYPTOCOCCUS-NEOFORMANS FOR FLUCONAZOLE, Mycoses, 40(11-12), 1997, pp. 423-427
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases",Mycology
Journal title
Mycoses → ACNP
ISSN journal
09337407
Volume
40
Issue
11-12
Year of publication
1997
Pages
423 - 427
Database
ISI
SICI code
0933-7407(1997)40:11-12<423:COBMBM>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Forty Cryptococcus neoformans strains isolated from cerebral spinal fl uid specimens collected from 39 patients were included in the study. T he MICs for fluconacole were determined by YNB macrodilution test, mic rodilution tests using both RPMI1640 and YNB medium and E-tests on sol idified RPMI1640 medium, Casitone and YNB agar. In comparison with the reference macrodilution method NCCLS M27-P both the microdilution as well as the E-test techniques can be used for fluconacole susceptibili ty testing of Cr. neoformans.