TABLE 4.
Pooled MIC distributions of amphotericin B for three species of nonprevalent Candida spp. determined by the Etest method
| Speciesa | No. of labs | No. of isolates tested | No. of isolates with MIC (μg/ml) ofb |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤0.008 | 0.016 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.125 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | >8 | |||
| C. kefyr | 13 | 481 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 45 | 129 | 234 | 31 | 4 | 1 | |
| C. lusitaniae | 7 | 330 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 64 | 123 | 74 | 12 | 7 | 1 | |
| C. guilliermondii | 13 | 190 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 45 | 60 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
a
C. kefyr (Kluyveromyces marxianus), C. lusitaniae (Clavispora lusitaniae), and C. guilliermondii (Meyerozyma guilliermondii).
b
The largest number in each row (showing the most frequently obtained MIC or the mode) is in boldface. MICs were determined by the commercial bioMérieux Etest method (13).