TABLE 1.

Comparative in vitro activity of three echinocandin antifungal agents against bloodstream isolates of Candida species^a

Species	No. of isolates tested	Results for:b
		ANID		CASP		MICA
		MIC90	% ≤ 2	MIC90	% ≤ 2	MIC90	% ≤ 2
C. albicans	2,869	0.06	100	0.06	100	0.03	100
C. glabrata	747	0.12	99.9	0.06	99.9	0.015	100
C. tropicalis	625	0.06	100	0.06	99.8	0.06	100
C. krusei	136	0.06	100	0.25	100	0.12	100
C. parapsilosis	759	2	92.5	1	99.9	2	100
C. guilliermondii	61	2	90.2	1	95.1	1	100
All Candida spp.	5,346	2	98.8	0.25	99.9	1	100

^aMICs were determined in RPMI broth with 24-h incubation and prominent-inhibition endpoint. Data were compiled from reference 55.

^b% ≤ 2, percentage of isolates for which the MIC was 2 μg/ml or less. Abbreviations: ANID, anidulafungin; CASP, caspofungin; MICA, micafungin.