Open AccessEchinocandins and Their Activity against Aspergillus terreus Species Complex: a Novel Agar Screening Method
Author(s) -
Nina Lackner,
Roya Vahedi-Shahandashti,
Sonja C. Jähnig,
Lea Schönherr,
Cornelia LassFlörl
Publication year - 2022
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.01909-21
Subject(s) - anidulafungin , etest , micafungin , echinocandin , aspergillus terreus , echinocandins , agar , microbiology and biotechnology , aspergillus , biology , caspofungin , antifungal , medicine , amphotericin b , antibiotics , bacteria , fluconazole , genetics
We evaluated the newly proposed agar screening method for echinocandin susceptibility testing of 144Aspergillus sectionTerrei isolates compared with the Etest method. Both methods defined the isolates to be wild-type strains for anidulafungin and micafungin, with Etest minimal effective concentrations (MECs) of ≤0.004 mg/L.