In vitro susceptibility to 9 antifungal agents of 14 strains of Zygomycetes isolated from clinical specimens
- 1 December 1994
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Mycopathologia
- Vol. 128 (3) , 135-137
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01138473
Abstract
Fourteen clinical isolates of Zygomycetes were tested for their in vitro susceptibility to nine antifungal agents. Susceptibility assessment was performed using a microtiter broth dilution method. Synthetic broth with YNB and glucose was used for 5-fluorocytosine and BHI broth for all the other antimycotics. Amphotericin B exhibited the strongest activity against all isolates tested. MIC values of other two polyenes — nystatin and pimaricin — ranged within the susceptibility limits, with a little pronounced higher activity of pimaricin. The isolates of the genusAbsidia andSyncephalastrum were well sensitive to all antimycotics with the exception of 5-fluorocytosine and naftifine. A very weak or zero growth inhibitory effect against all members of the generaMucor andRhizopus was found in azoles, 5-fluorocytosine and naftifine.Keywords
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