Book chapter
Utility of Antifungal Susceptibility Testing and Clinical Correlations
Interactions of Yeasts, Moulds, and Antifungal Agents, pp.131-158
Humana Press
11/08/2011
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-134-5_8
Abstract
In this chapter, we review the available published data addressing the clinical relevance of antifungal susceptibility test results. By far the most data exist to support the clinical relevance of AFST results for Candida against fluconazole, and these data suggest that the clinical utility of this information mirrors that put forward for antibacterial susceptibility testing. Clinical relevance has also been demonstrated for selected other antifungal agents against Candida and Cryptococcus spp. By contrast, little direct support for the clinical utility of AFST for moulds is available.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Utility of Antifungal Susceptibility Testing and Clinical Correlations
- Creators
- Daniel J Diekema - University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, USAMichael A Pfaller - Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Interactions of Yeasts, Moulds, and Antifungal Agents, pp.131-158
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-59745-134-5_8
- Publisher
- Humana Press; Totowa, NJ
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/08/2011
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology; Pathology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984001169802771
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