TABLE 1.
MIC and FICI results for the Aspergillus spp. at 24 h
| Aspergillus sp. (n) and strain | End point | Concna (μg/ml) ofd:
|
FICI | Resultb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAS (alone) | ITZ (alone) | CAS (alone) | ITZ (alone) | ||
| A. fumigatus (13) | |||||
| AF293 | MIC | 128 | 1 | 0.25 | S |
| MEC | 0.008 | 0.25 | 2.0 | 1 | |
| AF1 | MIC | 128 | 0.5 | 0.37 | S |
| MEC | 0.015 | 0.25 | 1.12 | 1 | |
| AF2 | MIC | 128 | 0.5 | 0.25 | S |
| MEC | 0.015 | 0.25 | 1.5 | I | |
| AF3 | MIC | 128 | 0.5 | 0.25 | S |
| MEC | 0.015 | 0.25 | 2.25 | I | |
| AF4 | MIC | 128 | 1 | 0.25 | S |
| MEC | 0.06 | 0.25 | 3.0 | I | |
| AF5 | MIC | 128 | 0.5 | 0.25 | S |
| MEC | 0.015 | 0.25 | 2 | I | |
| AF6 | MIC | 128 | 0.5 | 0.25 | S |
| MEC | 0.03 | 0.25 | 1.5 | I | |
| AF7 | MIC | 128 | 1 | 0.25 | S |
| MEC | 0.015 | 0.25 | 1.12 | I | |
| AF8 | MIC | 128 | 0.5 | 0.25 | S |
| MEC | 0.015 | 0.25 | 2.25 | I | |
| AF9 | MIC | 128 | 0.5 | 0.25 | S |
| MEC | 0.008 | 0.25 | 1.12 | I | |
| AF10 | MIC | 128 | 0.5 | 0.37 | S |
| MEC | 0.008 | 0.25 | 1.12 | I | |
| AF11 | MIC | 64 | 0.5 | 0.25 | S |
| MEC | 0.008 | 0.125 | 1.25 | I | |
| AF12 | MIC | 128 | 0.5 | 0.25 | S |
| MEC | 0.03 | 0.25 | 2.12 | I | |
| A. niger (6) | |||||
| ANe | MIC | 16 | 1 | 0.75 | Ad |
| MEC | 0.03 | 0.125 | 1.25 | I | |
| AN1 | MIC | 16 | 0.5 | 1.25 | I |
| MEC | 0.015 | 0.25 | 1.12 | I | |
| AN2 | MIC | 16 | 1 | 0.75 | Ad |
| MEC | 0.015 | 0.25 | 1.12 | I | |
| AN2 | MIC | 16 | 1 | 0.75 | Ad |
| MEC | 0.015 | 0.25 | 1.12 | I | |
| AN3 | MIC | 32 | 1 | 0.31 | S |
| MEC | 0.015 | 0.25 | 1.12 | I | |
| AN4 | MIC | 32 | 0.5 | 0.75 | Ad |
| MEC | 0.03 | 0.125 | 1.25 | I | |
| AN5 | MIC | 16 | 1 | 0.75 | Ad |
| MEC | 0.03 | 0.5 | 0.56 | Ad | |
| A. flavus (6) | |||||
| Afl1 | MIC | >128c | 0.5 | 0.25 | S |
| MEC | 0.015 | 0.25 | 2.12 | I | |
| Afl2 | MIC | >128 | 0.5 | 0.25 | S |
| MEC | 0.008 | 0.125 | 4.0 | I | |
| Afl3 | MIC | >128 | 0.25 | 0.25 | S |
| MEC | 0.03 | 0.06 | 2.5 | I | |
| Afl4 | MIC | >128 | 0.25 | 0.25 | S |
| MEC | 0.03 | 0.06 | 3.0 | I | |
| Afl5 | MIC | >128 | 0.25 | 0.25 | S |
| MEC | 0.008 | 0.06 | 2.5 | I | |
| Afl6 | MIC | 128 | 0.5 | 0.25 | S |
| MEC | 0.015 | 0.125 | 3.0 | I | |
| A. terreus (6) | |||||
| AT1 | MIC | 128 | 0.5 | 0.25 | S |
| MEC | 0.015 | 0.03 | 1.5 | I | |
| AT2 | MIC | 128 | 0.25 | 0.25 | S |
| MEC | 0.03 | 0.06 | 1.0 | Ad | |
| AT3 | MIC | 128 | 0.5 | 0.25 | S |
| MEC | 0.125 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Ad | |
| AT4 | MIC | 128 | 0.5 | 0.25 | S |
| MEC | 0.06 | 0.06 | 1.0 | Ad | |
| AT5 | MIC | 128 | 0.5 | 0.25 | S |
| MEC | 0.06 | 0.06 | 1.5 | I | |
| AT6 | MIC | 128 | 0.5 | 0.25 | S |
| MEC | 0.03 | 0.125 | 0.75 | Ad | |
MIC at 24 h or MEC at 24 h observed by microscopy.
S, synergistic; Ad, additive; I, indifferent.
The off-scale MIC of >128 μg/ml was converted to the next highest concentration, 256 μg/ml, for FICI calculation.
CAS, caspofungin; ITZ, itraconazole.
American Type Culture Collection.