[Antifungigram: interpretation and choice of a technic]

Identification and in vitro susceptibility testing of fungi is necessary mainly in immunocompromised patients. So, after a survey of the epidemiological results, the authors specified the indications of susceptibility tests; their advantages and difficulties and the lots of variations related to the fungus, drug, medium and technic. The authors compared the more recent methods from their experience: susceptibility to 6 antifungals (amphotericin B, flucytosine and 4 imidazoles) was estimated in 122 yeast strains isolated from deep specimens by 5 marketed technics. They got a good correlation between Mycototal and Antifongigramme Pasteur, but the two other technics (Mycodisk and Neosensitabs) frequently showed unreliable results.