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Table 2 In vitro activity of antifungal agents against Candida spp. isolates from different clinical materials at the Brazilian Tertiary Hospital (Clinical Hospital of the UNESP School of Medicine, Botucatu, São Paulo State), from 1998 to 2005.

From: Species distribution and susceptibility profile of Candida species in a Brazilian public tertiary hospital

Isolates (n)

Drugsa

Cumulative % of isolates susceptible at a MIC (g/ml) ofd:

      
  

0.03b

0.06

0.125c

0.25a

0.5

1

2

4

8

16

>16c

32

64

>64b

C. albicans (70)

FLU

  

5.7

30.0

40.0

65.7

74.3

80.0

84.3

92.9

   

100

 

ITR

57.1

71.4

84.3

87.1

88.6

88.6

90.0

90.0

90.0

90.0

100

   
 

AMB

   

21.0

64.0

100

        

C. glabrata (25)

FLU

      

4.0

  

16.0

 

32.0

92.0

100

 

ITR

 

4.0

4.0

8.0

12.0

32.0

48.0

56.0

60.0

76.0

100

   
 

AMB

    

16.0

100

        

C. guilliermondii (10)

FLU

      

30.0

30.0

80.0

90.0

90.0

90.0

100,0

 
 

ITR

20.0

50.0

60.0

90.0

90.0

90.0

90.0

90.0

90.0

90.0

100

   
 

AMB

   

10.0

30.0

100

        

C. parapsilosis (66)

FLU

  

1.5

3.0

10.6

33.3

69.7

89.4

98.5

98.5

98.5

98.5

100

 
 

ITR

69.7

90.9

97.0

97.0

98.5

98.5

98.5

98.5

98.5

98.5

100

   
 

AMB

   

1.5

6.1

98.5

100

       

C. tropicalis (38)

FLU

  

2.6

7.9

31.6

44.7

60.5

76.3

81.6

81.7

81.8

81.9

81.10

100

 

ITR

21.1

31.6

55.3

68.4

73.7

78.9

84.2

84.2

84.2

84.2

100

   
 

AMB

    

21.0

100

        

All Candida speciese (212)

FLUa

  

2.8

11.3

17.9

37.7

57.1

67.9

80.7

86.3

88.2

94.3

100

 
 

ITRb

45.3

61.3

72.2

77.8

79.7

83.0

86.3

87.3

87.7

90.1

100

   
 

AMB

   

8.0

30.7

99.5

100

       
  1. a FLU: fluconazole, ITR: itraconazole, AMB: amphotericin B; b Fluconazole drug concentrations was evaluated from 0.125 to 64 μg/ml; c Itraconazole and amphotericin B drug concentrations were evaluated from 0.03 to 16 μg/ml; d Values corresponding to MICs at which at least 50% of isolates are inhibited are listed in underlined type and 90% in bold type; e Included 2 C. lusitaniae (FLU 2.0, ITRA 0.06; AMB 1.0) and 1 C. pelliculosa (FLU 2.0, ITRA 0.25; AMB 0.5).