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Volume 10, Number 1—January 2004
Dispatch

Antifungal Susceptibilities of Cryptococcus neoformans

Lennox K. Archibald*1Comments to Author , Marion J. Tuohy†, Deborah A. Wilson†, Okey Nwanyanwu‡, Peter N. Kazembe‡, Somsit Tansuphasawadikul§, Boonchuay Eampokalap§, Achara Chaovavanich§, L.Barth Reller¶, William R. Jarvis*, Gerri S. Hall†, and Gary W. Procop†
Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; ‡Lilongwe Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi; §Bamrasnaradura Hospital, Nonthaburi, Thailand; ¶Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA

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Table 1

Cryptococcus neoformans susceptibility results

Antifungal agent MIC range (μg/mL) MIC50 (μg/mL) MIC90 (μg/mL) MIC geometric mean (μg/mL)
U.S. isolates (N = 20)
   Amphotericin B 1–2 1 2 1.4
   Fluconazole 1–16 8 8 5.1
   Itraconazole 0.016–0.125 0.06 0.125 0.06
   5-Flucytosine 2–8 4 8 5.1
   Ketoconazole <0.008–0.250 0.06 0.06 0.05
Thailand isolates (N = 29)
   Amphotericin B 0.5–2 1 2 1.2
   Fluconazole 4–160 8 16 7.7
   Itraconazole 0.030–0.125 0.06 0.06 0.06
   5-Flucytosine 2–8 4 8 4.6
   Ketoconazole 0.030–0.250 0.06 0.125 0.07
Malawi isolates (N = 16)
   Amphotericin B 1–2 2 2 1.6
   Fluconazole 4–32 8 16 7.6
   Itraconazole 0.030–0.125 0.03 0.125 0.05
   5-Flucytosine 1–16 4 8 4.5
   Ketoconazole 0.016–0.250 0.03 0.25 0.03

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1 Present address: Regeneration Technologies, Inc., Alachua, Florida, USA.

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