TABLE 2.
In vitro susceptibilities of Candida spp. to fluconazole and voriconazole as determined by CLSI disk diffusion testing: ARTEMIS DISK Surveillance Program, 2001 to 2003a
| Species | Susceptibility
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| n | %S | %R | n | %S | %R | |
| C. albicans | 49,991 | 97.8 | 1.3 | 47,584 | 98.6 | 1.0 |
| C. glabrata | 9,040 | 66.7 | 16.6 | 8,719 | 81.7 | 10.1 |
| C. tropicalis | 5,959 | 89.1 | 5.0 | 5,643 | 87.1 | 6.7 |
| C. parapsilosis | 5,539 | 93.2 | 3.6 | 5,233 | 96.8 | 1.8 |
| C. krusei | 2,067 | 9.4 | 77.2 | 1,996 | 83.2 | 7.5 |
| C. guilliermondii | 662 | 73.3 | 9.8 | 633 | 91.2 | 4.9 |
| C. lusitaniae | 464 | 93.3 | 4.1 | 445 | 96.4 | 2.0 |
| C. rugosa | 417 | 39.3 | 51.8 | 394 | 61.4 | 26.4 |
| C. kefyr | 344 | 95.3 | 3.5 | 331 | 99.1 | 0.6 |
| C. famata | 253 | 79.8 | 11.9 | 238 | 89.5 | 5.5 |
| C. inconspicua | 187 | 25.7 | 49.2 | 186 | 89.2 | 5.4 |
| C. norvegensis | 92 | 50.0 | 38.0 | 91 | 92.3 | 1.1 |
| C. dubliniensis | 63 | 96.8 | 3.2 | 63 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
| C. lipolytica | 53 | 54.7 | 39.6 | 52 | 67.3 | 19.2 |
| C. pelliculosa | 38 | 94.7 | 0.0 | 38 | 100.00 | 0.0 |
| C. zeylanoides | 37 | 54.1 | 37.8 | 35 | 74.3 | 11.4 |
| C. sake | 12 | 83.3 | 8.3 | 12 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
| Candida spp.c | 4,245 | 86.6 | 8.2 | 4,094 | 92.7 | 4.7 |
Isolates obtained from 115 institutions in 35 countries.
Fluconazole and voriconazole disk diffusion testing was performed in accordance with CLSI M44-A. Interpretive breakpoints: S, fluconazole ≥19 mm, voriconazole ≥17 mm: R, fluconazole ≤14 mm, voriconazole ≤13 mm.
Candida species not otherwise identified.