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Was needed for inhibition of 90% of the isolates. The only azole for which a high range of MICs 0.25 to 128 g ml ; was found was fluconazole. A concentration of 16 g fluconazole ml was needed to inhibit 90% of the isolates. The isolates were less susceptible to the non-azole antifungal agents. Amphotericin MICs were between 0.016 and 4 g ml, and a concentration of 2 g was required to inhibit 90% of the strains. All M. mycetomatis isolates were resistant to flucytosine. To determine the accuracy of the Sensititre test, all M. mycetomatis strains were investigated by three methods: the modified NCCLS method, the XTT assay, and the Sensititre method. The percentages of agreement in experimental outcomes for each antifungal agent are shown in Table 1. It is concluded from these data that the reproducibility of the Sensititre test was good. Reproducible results, differing by no more than a one-step dilution, were obtained for more than 90% of the strains with all the antifungal agents except ketoconazole Table 1 ; . For ketoconazole, only 88.2% reproducibility was found, which is still very high. When the Sensititre system was compared to the NCCLS method, identical MICs or MICs differing by a single dilution step were obtained in 88.2 to 100% of the cases. This was comparable to the level of agreement found between the NCCLS method and the XTT assay 85.3 to 100.0% ; . A somewhat lower level of agreement was found between the Sensititre system and the XTT assay. In this case, levels of agreement were still high for the non-azole antifungal agents 82.4% for amphotericin B and 100.0% for flucytosine ; but marginally lower for the azoles. For fluconazole, the agreement was as low as 67.6%, while for the other azoles, agreement ranged from 70.6 to 91.2%. Overall, the XTT assay resulted in relatively higher MICs than the Sensititre method, with a two- or three-step dilution difference. DISCUSSION Recently Ahmed et al. reported two reproducible assays for measurement of the susceptibility of M. mycetomatis isolates to antifungal agents: an adapted protocol based on the NCCLS M38-A ; guidelines and a viability-based XTT assay for facilitating end point reading 2 ; . Both test systems appeared reproducible and sensitive but were also time-consuming. For routine use, a system for testing susceptibility to antifungal agents should be cheap, fast, and easy to interpret. Recently, the YeastOne Sensititre system for determination of the susceptibilities of several yeast and fungal species, such as Candida spp., Crytococcus spp., and Aspergillus spp., to antifungal agents has been introduced 4, 6, 20, ; . In this system, the MIC end points can be determined visually because of the dye Alamar blue, which is converted from blue to red when fungal growth occurs 4, 6, 20, ; . Various studies show that the MICs obtained for several yeasts by the Sensititre system were in good agreement with those obtained by the NCCLS method 4, 6, 20 ; . However, for Aspergillus spp. there was less agreement between the two methods 23, 27 ; . To investigate the value of the Sensititre system for M. mycetomatis isolates, in the present study this system was compared to the modified NCCLS method and the XTT assay 2 ; . Good agreement was found between MICs obtained by the Sensititre method and the modified NCCLS method. Overall, the MICs.
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Department of Botany, Developmental, Cell and Molecular Biology Group, Box 91 O00 Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 M.R.-C., A.M.L., J.N.S. Carnegie lnstitution of Washington, Department of Plant Biology, 290 Panama Street, Stanford, California 94305-1 297 J.A.B. Weizmann lnstitute of Science, Department of Environmental Science and Energy Research, Rehovot, 761 00, Israel D.Y. Department of Botany, Duke Phytotron, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 L.G. and Research School of Biological Sciences, lnstitute of Advanced Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia S.A.R.
Proved standard M27-A2 ; [60] and disk diffusion testing CLSI approved guideline M44-A ; [61] of yeasts. These methods are reproducible, accurate, and available for use in clinical laboratories [6264]. Quality control guidelines and MIC breakpoint criteria have been established for several systemically active antifungal agents, and quality control MIC reference ranges for Candida species have been established for microdilution testing of both established agents e.g., amphotericin B, flucytosine, fluconazole, itraconazole, and ketoconazole ; and newly introduced and investigational agents e.g., voriconazole, posaconazole, ravuconazole, caspofungin, and anidulafungin ; [65, 66]. Quality control limits for disk diffusion testing of fluconazole and voriconazole against Candida species have also been published [61, 67, 68]. Interpretive MIC breakpoints have been established for fluconazole, flucytosine, itraconazole, and voriconazole [69 71], and disk diffusion breakpoints have been established for fluconazole and voriconazole [70, 71]. Notably, interpretive breakpoints have not been established for amphotericin B, posaconazole, or the echinocandins, nor have any breakpoints been defined for C. neoformans. However, the CLSI has come to a consensus on a standardized method for testing the echinocandins against Candida species, and it is expected that interpretive breakpoints for these agents, as well as for posaconazole, will be established in the near future. Standardized methods have been developed for MIC testing of filamentous fungi CLSI document M38-A ; [72] but require further refinement to establish the in vivo correlation with in vitro data [73, 74]. The M38-A MIC method is applicable to the testing of Aspergillus, Fusarium, and Scedosporium species and the Zygomycetes with the newer azoles i.e., voriconazole, posaconazole, and ravuconazole however, it may not be optimal for testing the echinocandins [72, 73, 75]. A recent multicenter study found that, for caspofungin testing with Aspergillus species, the minimum effective concentration i.e., the lowest concentration that results in growth of Aspergillus species producing conspicuously aberrant hyphae ; offered an end point that gave generally reproducible results excellent agreement among 14 of 17 laboratories ; [75]. The finding of aberrant results in 3 of the 17 laboratories suggests a need for caution and further refinement of the caspofungin echinocandin ; test methodology for Aspergillus species [75]. Commercial antifungal susceptibility test systems. Commercial development of microdilution antifungal panels conforming to CLSI M27-A2 guidelines has been gradual [7678]; however, one product, the Sensititre YeastOne colorimetric plate Trek Diagnostic Systems ; , has been cleared by the US FDA for the testing of fluconazole, itraconazole, and flucytosine as a part of patient care. Subsequent to US FDA clearance, the YeastOne system has been used widely in the United States and and fluphenazine.
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