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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, doi:10.1093/jac/dkg018
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Antifungal activity of the echinocandin anidulafungin (VER002, LY-303366) against yeast pathogens: a comparative study with M27-A microdilution method

María Pilar Arévalo 1*, Alfonso-Javier Carrillo-Muñoz 2, Javier Salgado 3, Delia Cardenes 1, Sonia Brió 2, Guillermo Quindós 4, Ana Espinel-Ingroff 5

1 Cátedra de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la Laguna, 38071 La Laguna, Tenerife
2 Departamento de Microbiología, ACIA, Barcelona
3 Cátedra de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la Laguna, 38071 La Laguna, Tenerife; Hospital Ntra. Sra. de Candelaria, Tenerife
4 Departamento de Immunología, Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, Spain
5 Medical College of Virginia, Campus Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

* Corresponding author. E-mail: mpareval{at}ull.es.

Received 18 December 2001 ; revised 4 June 2002 ; accepted 28 September 2002

Abstract

This study further evaluated the in vitro activity of anidulafungin (VER002, Versicor Inc.) (LY303366) against 460 clinical yeast isolates. MICs of anidulafungin, fluconazole and itraconazole were determined by following the NCCLS M27-A guidelines. Minimum fungicidal concentrations (MFCs) of anidulafungin were determined for 230 isolates of Candida spp. The activity of anidulafungin in vitro was significantly superior (P < 0.05) to those of itraconazole and fluconazole against Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis, Candida glabrata and Candida krusei, but anidulafungin was less active for Candida famata and Candida parapsilosis. The differences were not significant for the other species evaluated.


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