TABLE 5.

Relationship between MIC and outcome for treatment of candidiasis with caspofungin^a

MIC (μg/ml)b	Results for:c
	Esophageal candidiasis		Invasive candidiasis		Total
	S/T	%	S/T	%	S/T	%
0.008	1/1	100			1/1	100
0.016
0.03	1/1	100			1/1	100
0.06	3/4	75			3/4	75
0.125	5/7	71	2/3	67	7/10	70
0.25	29/38	76	15/23	65	44/61	72
0.5	89/116	77	28/35	80	117/151	77
1	81/96	84	19/28	68	100/124	81
2	26/28	93	20/23	87	46/51	90
4	1/1	100	1/1	100	2/2	100
8			1/1	100	1/1	100
Total	236/292	81	86/114	75	322/406	79
Total ≤2	235/291	81	84/112	75	319/403	79

^aData were compiled from reference 28.

^bMICs were determined according to the standards in CLSI document M27-A3 (11). Total ≤2, total number of patients for whose isolates the caspofungin MIC was 2 μg/ml or less.

^cS/T, number of patients successfully treated/total number treated.