The Etest Performed Directly on Blood Culture Bottles Is a Reliable Tool for Detection of Fluconazole-Resistant Candida albicans Isolates
Identificadores
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12020/1303ISSN: 0066-4804
DOI: 0.1128/AAC.00400-17
Autor/es
Escribano, Pilar; Marcos-Zambrano, Laura Judith; Gómez, Ana; Sánchez, Carlos; Martínez-Jiménez, María del Carmen; [et al.]Fecha
2017-07-01Tipo de documento
articleÁrea/s de conocimiento
Ciencias BiomédicasMateria/s Unesco
2414 MicrobiologíaResumen
We assessed the ability of the Etest performed directly on positive
blood cultures (ETDIR) to detect fluconazole susceptibility in 6 fluconazole-resistant
and 12 fluconazole-susceptible Candida albicans isolates, according to CLSI M27-A3
and EUCAST EDef 7.2 procedures. Categorical agreement between ETDIR and broth
microdilution was 100% when the trays were incubated at 25°C and trailing effect
was ruled out. ETDIR is a reliable procedure when screening for the presence of fluconazole
resistance in C. albicans.