Volume 23, Number 2—February 2017
Dispatch
Biofilm-Forming Capability of Highly Virulent, Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris
Table 2
Sessile susceptibility profiles of 7 antifungals against Candida auris yeast
Drug |
Sessile MIC* |
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Strain 2 |
Strain 6 |
Strain 10 |
Strain 12 |
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Fluconazole | >32 | >32 | >32 | >32 |
Voriconazole | >32 | >32 | >32 | >32 |
Caspofungin | >32 | >32 | >32 | >32 |
Micafungin | >32 | >32 | 0.25 | >32 |
Liposomal amphotericin B | 2 | 8 | 16 | 16 |
Amphotericin B | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Chlorhexidine, % | <0.02 | <0.02 | <0.02 | <0.02 |
*Values are mg/L except as indicated. Sessile MICs are defined as a 90% inhibition of the metabolic dye XTT, 2,3-Bis(2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium-5-carboxanilide inner salt (Sigma-Aldrich, Dorset, UK) compared with the untreated control; MIC tests were performed on 3 independent occasions and showed identical results each time.
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