Clinical Evaluation of the ASTY Colorimetric Microdilution Panel for Antifungal Susceptibility Testing |
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| Authors: | M. A. Pfaller S. Arikan M. Lozano-Chiu Y.-S. Chen S. Coffman S. A. Messer R. Rennie C. Sand T. Heffner J. H. Rex J. Wang N. Yamane |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa1.; Department of Internal Medicine, Center for the Study of Emerging and Reemerging Pathogens, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas2.; Microbiology and Public Health, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada3.; and Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ryukyu University School of Medicine, Okinawa, Japan4. |
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| Abstract: | A method using a commercially prepared colorimetric microdilution panel (ASTY; Kyokuto Pharmaceutical Industrial Co., Ltd.) was compared in four different laboratories with the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) reference microdilution method by testing 802 clinical isolates of Candida spp. (C. albicans, C. glabrata, C. tropicalis, C. parapsilosis, C. krusei, C. lusitaniae, C. guilliermondii, C. lipolytica, C. rugosa, and C. zeylanoides) against amphotericin B, 5-fluorocytosine (5FC), fluconazole, and itraconazole. Reference MIC endpoints were established after 48 h of incubation, and ASTY endpoints were established after 24 and 48 h of incubation. ASTY endpoints were determined to be the time at which the color of the first well changed from red (indicating growth) to purple (indicating growth inhibition) or blue (indicating no growth). Excellent agreement (within 2 dilutions) between the reference and colorimetric MICs was observed. Overall agreement was 93% at 24 h and 96% at 48 h. Agreement ranged from 90% with itraconazole and 5FC to 96% with amphotericin B at 24 h and from 92% with itraconazole to 99% with amphotericin B and 5FC at 48 h. The ASTY colorimetric microdilution panel method appears to be comparable to the NCCLS reference method for testing the susceptibilities of Candida spp. to a variety of antifungal agents. |
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