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. 1997 May;41(5):1156–1157. doi: 10.1128/aac.41.5.1156

In vitro activity of a new echinocandin, LY303366, compared with those of amphotericin B and fluconazole against clinical yeast isolates.

O Uzun 1, S Kocagöz 1, Y Cetinkaya 1, S Arikan 1, S Unal 1
PMCID: PMC163869  PMID: 9145888

Abstract

The in vitro activity of LY303366, a new echinocandin derivative, was evaluated with 191 yeast isolates by a broth microdilution method. The MICs at which 50% of the isolates were inhibited were 0.125 microg/ml for Candida albicans and C. tropicalis, 0.25 microg/ml for C. krusei, C. kefyr, and C. glabrata, and 2.0 microg/ml for C. parapsilosis.

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