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 | |
Results obtained after 24 h of incubation.