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. 2011 Feb;49(2):630–637. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02161-10

Table 5.

Variation in susceptibility of Candida species to posaconazole over a 9-year period (2001 to 2009)a

Species (ECV [μg/ml]) Yr No. of isolates tested MIC (μg/ml)
% of MICs > ECV
Range Mode
C. albicans (0.06) 2001 1,062 0.007–0.5 0.015 1.1
2002 1,273 0.007–0.5 0.015 1.2
2003 1,291 0.007–2 0.015 0.8
2004 1,120 0.007–0.5 0.015 3.0
2005 1,045 0.007–1 0.015 1.6
2006 869 0.007–0.06 0.015 0.0
2007 749 0.007–0.5 0.03 1.6
2008 650 0.007–1 0.03 3.8
2009 560 0.007–0.5 0.03 3.2
C. glabrata (2) 2001 302 0.03–>8 0.5 0.9
2002 344 0.03–>8 0.25 2.6
2003 326 0.03–>8 0.5 5.8
2004 252 0.06–>8 0.25 7.5
2005 292 0.007–>8 0.25 4.4
2006 238 0.03–>8 0.25 1.7
2007 239 0.06–>8 0.5 3.7
2008 247 0.06–>8 0.5 3.6
2009 175 0.06–>8 0.5 4.5
C. parapsilosis (0.25) 2001 265 0.015–0.5 0.12 1.1
2002 320 0.007–0.5 0.06 0.3
2003 410 0.007–0.5 0.06 2.7
2004 302 0.007–0.5 0.06 0.7
2005 265 0.015–0.5 0.06 0.4
2006 230 0.007–0.25 0.03 0.0
2007 220 0.007–0.25 0.03 0.0
2008 236 0.007–1 0.06 0.4
2009 162 0.007–0.25 0.06 0.0
C. tropicalis (0.12) 2001 186 0.015–0.25 0.12 5.9
2002 289 0.007–0.5 0.03 1.0
2003 285 0.007–0.25 0.06 1.1
2004 211 0.015–2 0.03 3.8
2005 227 0.007–0.5 0.06 3.1
2006 203 0.007–1 0.015 2.0
2007 208 0.007–0.5 0.03 2.0
2008 162 0.015–0.25 0.06 1.2
2009 124 0.015–0.12 0.03 0.0
C. krusei (0.5) 2001 53 0.12–1 0.25 1.9
2002 74 0.06–0.5 0.25 0.0
2003 66 0.03–1 0.25 3.0
2004 53 0.015–1 0.25 1.9
2005 59 0.06–0.5 0.25 0.0
2006 34 0.015–0.25 0.12 0.0
2007 94 0.015–0.5 0.25 0.0
2008 40 0.06–0.5 0.25 0.0
2009 35 0.03–1 0.25 2.9
a

Results obtained after 24 h of incubation.