The effect of inoculum form, i.e. ungerminated conidia, germinated conidia
and hyphae on the in vitro antifungal susceptibility of 12 strains belongin
g to Aspergillus spp, was compared using a broth microdilution method, The
isolates were tested three times on different days against amphotericin B,
itraconazole and ketoconazole, There were no significant differences betwee
n MICs obtained with the three types of inoculum (P > 0.05) for any antifun
gal tested. The degree of reproducibility of the tests was high (greater th
an or equal to 75%) for all antifungals with each type of inoculum, except
for itraconazole (58.3%) when the inoculum was prepared with ungerminated c
onidia.