TABLE 2.

Agreement between PASCO and NCCLS M27-A broth microdilution antifungal drug susceptibility test methods for 74 yeast isolates

Antifungal agent	% Agreementa
	C. albicans (n = 14)	C. glabrata (n = 10)	C. tropicalis (n = 10)	C. krusei (n = 10)	C. dubliniensis (n = 10)	C. parapsilosis (n = 10)	C. neoformans (n = 10)	Overallb (n = 74)
Amphotericin B	100	100	100	100	60	90	70	89
Flucytosine	93	100	70	100	80	60	60	80
Fluconazole	78	90	70	100	100	100	100	91
Ketoconazole	71	80	80	100	100	100	90	89
Terconazole	71	90	80	30	100	70	100	77
Itraconazole	64	80	90	90	90	80	100	85
Miconazole	43	70	40	100	60	50	100	66
Clotrimazole	29	30	0	60	100	50	0	53
Overall agreement (eight drugs)	69	80	66	85	86	75	90	79
Overall agreement (without miconazole and clotrimazole)	80	90	82	87	88	83	87	85

^aPercent agreement between results defined as proportion of MICs determined by the PASCO method that were within ±2 twofold serial dilutions of the MICs determined by the standard NCCLS M27-A method. 

^bPercent agreement between the MICs determined by the PASCO and M27-A methods for all isolates for each drug tested.