坎迪达帕拉西洛斯和赤甘:临床实验室应该从敏感性测试小组中删除安尼杜拉金测试吗?

Roya Vahedi-Shahandashti1, Eleonora Moroder1, Cornelia Lass-Flörl1

  • 1Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.

概括

渐变扩散条纹 (ETest) 可能高估了Candida parapsilosis中的anidulafungin耐药性,导致不准确的抗真菌敏感性测试 (AFST) 结果. 推汁微稀释方法可用于可靠的anidulafungin敏感性评估.

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