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Title: | Head-to-head comparison of CLSI, EUCAST, Etest and VITEK®2 results for Candida auris susceptibility testing | Authors: | Ceballos-Garzon, Andrés Garcia-Effron, Guillermo Córdoba, Susana Rodriguez, Jose Y Alvarez-Moreno, Carlos Pape, Patrice Le Parra-Giraldo, Claudia Marcela Morales López, Soraya Eugenia |
Keywords: | CLSI;Candida auris;EUCAST;Etest;Pruebas de susceptibilidad;Instituto de normas clínicas y de laboratorio;Comité europeo de pruebas de susceptibilidad antimicrobiana | Issue Date: | Apr-2022 | Journal: | International journal of antimicrobial agents | Abstract: | The susceptibility of 31 Candida auris clinical isolates was evaluated by four methods, namely the microdilution reference method according to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) and European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) guidelines as well as Etest and VITEK®2. Essential agreement between the two reference methods was 90%. Etest showed a better overall agreement with the reference methods (94% and 81% for CLSI and EUCAST, respectively) than VITEK®2 (70% and 72%, respectively). Discrepancies were found for fluconazole (FLC) and amphotericin B. Considering categorical agreement (CDC tentative breakpoints), the majority of isolates were considered FLC-resistant (93.6% and 80.6% by CLSI and EUCAST, respectively). Furthermore, all isolates were considered susceptible to echinocandins by all methods. Susceptibility results should be interpreted with care if the VITEK®2 system is used to guide therapeutic decisions for C. auris infections. |
Description: | Fil: Ceballos-Garzon, Andrés. Université de Nantes, Cibles et Médicaments des Infections et du Cancer, IICiMed, EA 1155, F-44000, Nantes, France; Unidad de Proteómica y Micosis Humanas, Grupo de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Colombia Fil: Garcia-Effron, Guillermo. Laboratorio de Micología y Diagnóstico Molecular, Cátedra de Parasitología y Micología, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET); Santa Fe, Argentina Fil: Cordoba, Susana. Departamento Micología, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas 'Dr C. G. Malbrán'; Buenos Aires, Argentina Fil: Y Rodriguez, Jose. Centro de Investigaciones Microbiológicas del Cesar, CIMCE; Colombia Fil: Alvarez-Moreno, Carlos. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Clinica Universitaria Colombia, Clinica Colsanitas; Colombia Fil: Le Pape, Patrice. Université de Nantes, Cibles et Médicaments des Infections et du Cancer, IICiMed; Francia Fil: Parra-Giraldo, Claudia Marcela. Unidad de Proteómica y Micosis Humanas, Grupo de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Colombia Fil: Morales-López, Soraya. Grupo CINBIOS, Programa de Microbiología, Universidad Popular del Cesar; Colombia |
URI: | http://sgc.anlis.gob.ar/handle/123456789/2507 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2022.106558 |
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