Evaluation of Etest Method for Determining Isavuconazole MICs against Cryptococcus gattii and Cryptococcus neoformans
- 1 August 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 52 (8) , 2959-2961
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.00646-08
Abstract
We compared Etest with broth microdilution testing for isavuconazole activity against 92 Cryptococcus isolates. A 97.8% agreement was found between these methods, without major discrepancies (>2-well dilution difference). Our findings support the use of the Etest methodology as a reliable method for the determination of MICs against Cryptococcus spp.Keywords
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