TABLE 5.
Pooled MIC distributions of caspofungin for four species of Aspergillus determined by the commercial Etest method
| Speciesa | No. of labs | No. of isolates | 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 | |||
| A. fumigatus | 14 | 3,212 | 93 | 333 | 905 | 1,040 | 598 | 208 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |
| A. flavus | 6 | 232 | 5 | 20 | 42 | 70 | 70 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| A. niger | 4 | 181 | 8 | 15 | 72 | 72 | 13 | 1 | |||||
| A. terreus | 6 | 267 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 53 | 114 | 31 | 3 | 4 | |
a
Including the complexes of the four species of Aspergillus tested.
b
The largest number in each row (showing the most frequently obtained MIC or the mode) is in boldface. MICs were obtained by the commercial bioMérieux Etest method (13).