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. 1998 Oct;36(10):2950–2956. doi: 10.1128/jcm.36.10.2950-2956.1998

TABLE 2.

Susceptibilities of 104 selected pathogenic yeasts to SCH56592, MK-0991, and LY303366 as determined by a spectrophotometric procedure

Fungus (no. tested) Antifungal agent MIC range (μg/ml) MIC50 (μg/ml) MIC90 (μg/ml) MFC range (μg/ml) MFC90 (μg/ml)
C. albicans (10)a SCH56592 0.06–1.0 (>16)b 0.5 1.0 NDc NDc
MK-0991 0.25–2 0.5 1.0 0.5–>16 2
LY303366 <0.03–0.25 0.06 0.25 0.25–4 1.0
C. albicans (10)d SCH56592 <0.03–0.06 (>16) <0.03 <0.03 ND ND
MK-0991 0.25–2 0.5 1.0 0.25–1.0 1.0
LY303366 <0.03–0.25 (<0.03) 0.06 0.06 0.25–1.0 0.5
C. glabrata (12) SCH56592 <0.03–4 1.0 4 >16 ≥16
MK-0991 0.5–2 0.5 1.0 1–4 2
LY303366 0.06–0.25 0.12 0.25 0.12–1.0 0.5
C. guilliermondii (8) SCH56592 <0.03–0.25 (0.06–4) 0.25 NDe 4–>16 ND
MK-0991 >16 (0.5–8) 2 ND ND ND
LY303366 0.25–4 2 ND 4–8 ND
C. krusei (13) SCH56592 0.5–1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0–2 1.0
MK-0991 0.5–4 1.0 2 1.0–2 2
LY303366 0.12–1.0 (<0.03–0.5) 0.5 1.0 0.25–1.0 1.0
C. lusitaniae (12) SCH56592 <0.03–0.25 (<0.03–1.0) 0.06 0.06 0.06–4 0.25
MK-0991 1.0–4 1.0 2 1.0–4 1.0
LY303366 0.25–2 (0.06–2) 1.0 2 1.0–2 2
C. parapsilosis (12) SCH59592 0.06–0.5 (0.06–>16) 0.25 0.5 1.0–>16 8
MK-0991 0.5–2 (2–4) 1.0 2 1.0–>16 2
LY303366 0.5–2 2 2 1.0–4 4
C. tropicalis (12) SCH56592 0.06–8 (>16) 0.25 0.25 ND ND
MK-0991 0.5–2 (<0.03–2) 1.0 1.0 0.5–1.0 1.0
LY303366 0.12–0.5 (<0.03–0.2) 0.25 0.5 0.12–1.0 1.0
C. neoformans (10) SCH56592 0.25–0.5 0.25 0.25 0.25–0.5 0.5
MK-0991 16–>16 >16 >16 ND ND
LY303366 >16 >16 >6 ND ND
T. beigelii (5) SCH56592 0.12–1.0 1.0 ND 0.5–>16 ND
MK-0991 16–>16 >16 ND >16 ND
LY303366 >16 >16 ND ND ND
Total (104)
a

Fluconazole MIC, >16 μg/ml; itraconazole MIC, 0.06 to >8 μg/ml. 

b

Values in parentheses are MIC-0 (SCH56592) and MIC-2 (other agents) endpoints. 

c

For MFC columns, ND indicates not done. 

d

Fluconazole MIC, ≤1.0 μg/ml; itraconazole MIC, <0.03 to 0.06 μg/ml. 

e

For the MIC90 column, ND indicates not obtained.