TABLE 3.
Effect of Etest incubation time on agreement of resultant data with NCCLS reference MICs of fluconazole against 402 yeast isolates
Etest agar test medium | % Agreement ata:
|
|
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24 h | 48 h | |
RPG | 95 | 94 |
Casitone | 97 | 97 |
Mueller-Hinton | 62 | 53 |
Percentage agreement, within two doubling dilutions, of MICs obtained by the Etest, following 24 and 48 h incubation, with MICs obtained by the broth microdilution reference method following 48 h of incubation.