Fluconazole Disk Diffusion Susceptibility Testing of Candida Species

AUTOR(ES)

Kirkpatrick, William R.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

We describe a simple procedure for detecting fluconazole-resistant yeasts by a disk diffusion method. Forty clinical Candida sp. isolates were tested on RPMI-glucose agar with either 25- or 50-μg fluconazole disks. With 25-μg disks, zones of inhibition of ≥20 mm at 24 h accurately identified 29 of 29 isolates for which MICs were ≤8 μg/ml, and with 50-μg disks, zones of ≥27 mm identified 28 of 29 such isolates. All 11 isolates for which MICs were >8 μg/ml were identified by using either disk. Disk diffusion may be a useful screening method for clinical microbiology laboratories.

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