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Table 3 Antifungal susceptibility testing results (ATB Fungus 3) of 105 Candida isolates in Shanghai according to new species-specific clinical breakpoints (CBPs) or epidemiologic cutoff values (ECVs) defined by the CLSI[27]

From: Epidemiology, species distribution and outcome of nosocomial Candida spp.bloodstream infection in Shanghai

 

C. albicans(n=43)

C. parapsilosis(n=24)

C. tropicalis(n=18)

C. glabrata(n=8)

C. guilliermondii(n=7)

C. krusei(n=5)

Fluconazole

      

Susceptible

40 (93.0)

23 (95.8)

12 (66.7)

0 (0)

6 (85.7)

0 (0)

SDD

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (5.5)

8 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Resistance

3 (7.0)

1 (4.2)

5 (27.8)

0 (0)

1 (14.3)

5 (100)

Itraconazole

      

Susceptible

34 (79.1)

23 (95.8)

11 (61.1)

4 (50.0)

5 (71.4)

1 (20.0)

SDD

5 (11.6)

-

-

-

-

-

Resistance

4 (9.3)

1 (4.2)

7 (38.9)

4 (50.0)

2 (28.6)

4 (80.0)

Voriconazole

      

Susceptible

41 (95.3)

23 (95.8)

13 (72.2)

8 (100)

5 (71.4)

4 (80.0)

SDD

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (5.6)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Resistance

2 (4.7)

1 (4.2)

4 (22.2)

0 (0)

2 (28.6)

1 (20.0)

Amphotericin B

      

Susceptible

43 (100)

24 (100)

18 (100)

8 (100)

6 (85.7)

5 (100)

Resistance

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (14.3)

0 (0)

Flucytosine

      

Susceptible

42 (97.7)

24 (100)

18 (100)

8 (100)

5 (71.4)

1 (20.0)

Resistance

1 (2.3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (28.6)

4 (80.0)

  1. SDD: susceptible dose dependence.
  2. Due to lack of CBPs of amphotericin B and flucytosine for Candida spp. and itraconazole for Candida non-albicans, the epidemiological cutoff values (ECVs) were used [27].