Open AccessSpecies Distribution and In Vitro Antifungal Susceptibility Patterns of 75 Clinical Isolates of Fusarium spp. from Northern Italy
Author(s) -
Anna Maria Tortorano,
Anna Prigitano,
Giovanna Dho,
Maria Carmela Esposto,
C. Gianni,
Anna Grancini,
C. Ossi,
Maria Anna Viviani
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.00272-08
Subject(s) - posaconazole , fusarium , fusarium solani , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , fungi imperfecti , antifungal , azole , in vitro , itraconazole , voriconazole , botany , biochemistry
Fusarium isolates from 75 Italian patients were identified by molecular methods, and their susceptibilities to antifungals were tested in vitro.Fusarium verticillioides was the species most frequently isolated from deep-seated infections, andF. solani was the species most frequently isolated from superficial infections.F. solani isolates showed high azole MICs, whileF. verticillioides isolates showed low posaconazole MICs.