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. 2008 Jan 22;52(4):1580–1582. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01384-07

TABLE 1.

In vitro susceptibilities of Cryptococcus isolates to amphotericin B, flucytosine, fluconazole, itraconazole, voriconazole, posaconazole, and isavuconazole according to origin and underlying disease of patients

Origin (no. of strains) Antifungal agent MIC (μg/ml)
Range 50% 90%
Environmental (45) Amphotericin B 0.016-0.5 0.25 0.5
Flucytosine 0.5-64 4 8
Fluconazole 0.25-64 4 8
Itraconazole 0.016-0.5 0.063 0.25
Voriconazole 0.016-0.25 0.063 0.25
Posaconazole 0.016-0.125 0.31 0.63
Isavuconazole 0.002-0.031 0.004 0.016
Clinical (117) Amphotericin B 0.031-1 0.25 0.25
Flucytosine 0.063-8 4 8
Fluconazole 0.25-8 2 4
Itraconazole 0.016-1 0.031 0.25
Voriconazole 0.016-0.25 0.031 0.125
Posaconazole 0.016-0.5 0.004 0.016
Isavuconazole 0.002-0.063 0.004 0.016
AIDS patients (85) Amphotericin B 0.031-1 0.25 0.25
Flucytosine 0.125-8 4 8
Fluconazole 0.25-8 2 2
Itraconazole 0.016-0.5 0.031 0.125
Voriconazole 0.016-0.25 0.031 0.125
Posaconazole 0.016-0.125 0.031 0.125
Isavuconazole 0.002-0.063 0.008 0.016
Non-AIDS patients Amphotericin B 0.125-1 0.25 1
    (32) Flucytosine 0.063-8 2 4
Fluconazole 0.25-8 2 8
Itraconazole 0.016-1 0.031 0.063
Voriconazole 0.016-0.25 0.063 0.063
Posaconazole 0.016-0.5 0.063 0.125
Isavuconazole 0.004-0.063 0.008 0.031
Total Amphotericin B 0.016-1 0.25 0.25
Flucytosine 0.063-64 4 8
Fluconazole 0.25-64 2 4
Itraconazole 0.016-1 0.031 0.25
Voriconazole 0.016-0.25 0.031 0.125
Posaconazole 0.002-0.125 0.004 0.016
Isavuconazole 0.002-0.063 0.004 0.016

a50% and 90%, MIC50 and MIC90, respectively.