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M-E Bougnoux1, E Dannaoui2, I Accoceberry3
1Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, and Unité de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Service de Microbiologie, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
Abstract:
In vitro susceptibility of 933 Candida isolates, from 16 French hospitals, to micafungin was determined using the Etest in each center. All isolates were then sent to a single center for determination of MICs by the EUCAST reference method. Overall essential agreement between the two tests was 98.5% at ±2 log2 dilutions and 90.2% at ±1 log2 dilutions. Categorical agreement was 98.2%. The Etest is a valuable alternative to EUCAST for the routine determination of micafungin MICs in medical mycology laboratories.
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