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. 2021 Aug 21;13(8):e17345. doi: 10.7759/cureus.17345

Table 2. MIC's of Trichosporon isolates in various studies from 2010-2021.

MIC: Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations, CLSI: Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, EUCAST: European Committee for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

References   Kalkanci et al. [37] Leme’s et al. [38] Sun Wei et al. [39] Yang et al. [40] Arabatzis et al. [41] Taverna et al. [42] Montoya et al. [43] Almeida et al. [44] Rastogi et al. [45] Singh S et al. [46] Mehta V et al. [47]
Year   2010 2010 2012 2013 2014 2014 2015 2016 2016 2019 2021
Country   Turkey Brasil Beijing Taiwan Greece Argentina Mexico Brasil India India India
No of isolates   107 34 12 32 42 41 39 9 31 24 46
Method Used   ASTY Colorimetric method CLSI CLSI CLSI CLSI EUCAST EUCAST CLSI CLSI CLSI CLSI CLSI
Incubation period   - 24 hours and 48 hours 24-48 hours 48hours CLSI=48 hours EUCAST=24 hours 24 -48 hours 24 hours - - 24 hours -
Drugs                        
Amphotericin-B (µg/ml) MIC Range 0.125-4 24 hours: 0.06-64 48 hours: 0.06-64 0.25-1 0.5-4 CLSI: 0.032-64 EUCAST: 0.064-32 0.25-4 0.5-16 0.06-1 0.25->- 64 0.125–16 0.25-≥16
MIC 50 1 24 hours: 2 48 hours: 4 - 0.5 CLSI: 2 EUCAST: 2 - 2 - 16 - 16
MIC 90 2 24 hours: 4 48 hours: 64 - 2 CLSI: 32 EUCAST: 16 - 4 - >16 - 16
5-Flucytosine (µg/ml) MIC Range 0.125-32 24 hours: 0.25-32 48 hours: 0.25-64 1-Aug - - - Apr-64 - - - 0.125-≥64
MIC 50 16 24 hours: 2 48 hours: 4 - - - - 16 - - - 2
MIC 90 16 24 hours: 4 48 hours: 16 - - - - 32 - - - 8
Fluconazole (µg/ml) MIC Range Apr-64 24 hours: 0.5-8 48 hours: 0.05-16 0.5-4 Feb-16 CLSI: 1-64 EUCAST: 0.5-64 Jan-64 0.125-16 0.25-4 2->64 0.06–256   ≤0.125-32
MIC 50 8 24 hours: 2 48 hours: 4 - 2 CLSI: 8 EUCAST: 8 - 0.5 - 2   4
MIC 90 16 24 hours: 8 48 hours: 8 - 4 CLSI: 64 EUCAST: 64 - 1 - 16   8
Itraconazole (µg/ml) MIC Range 0.25-2 24 hours: 0.5-32 48 hours: 0.5-64 0.03-0.25 - CLSI: 0.25-32 EUCAST: 0.25-32 0.03-0.5 - 0.03-0.06 0.25-16 - 0.125-0.25
MIC 50 1 24 hours: 2 48 hours: 4 - - CLSI: 2 EUCAST: 1 - - - 0.25 - 0.0313
MIC 90 2 24 hours: 8 48 hours: 16 - - CLSI: 32 EUCAST: 32 - - - 0.5 - 0.125
Voriconazole (µg/ml) MIC Range 0.03-0.25 24 hours: 0.03-4 48 hours: 0.03-4 0.03-0.12 0.0313-8 CLSI: 0.64-32 EUCAST: 0.064-32 0.03-0.5 0.03-1 - 0.12-4 0.0616–4 ≤0.0313-0.5
MIC 50 0.125 24 hours: 0.5 48 hours: 1 - 0.0313 CLSI: 1 EUCAST: 1 - 0.03 - 0.12 - 0.0313
MIC 90 0.25 24 hours: 1 48 hours: 2 - 0.0625 CLSI: 32 EUCAST: 32 - 0.03 - 4 - 0.25
Posaconazole (µg/ml)) MIC Range - - - - CLSI: 0.032-16 EUCAST: 0.064-32 0.015-1 0.03-0.5 - 0.25-4   0.0616–32 ≤0.0313-2
MIC 50 - - - - CLSI: 1 EUCAST: 1 - 0.06 - 0.5 - 0.125
MIC 90 - - - - CLSI: 4 EUCAST: 4 - 0.25 - 2 - 0.5
Caspofungin (µg/ml) MIC Range - - - - - - 8->8 - - 8–32 ≤0.125-16
MIC 50 - - - - - - 8 - - - 8
MIC 90 - - - - - - >8 - - - 8