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Table 5 Epidemiological cut-off value of antifungals and susceptibility profiles of isolated Candida species

From: Molecular diagnosis, phylogenetic analysis, and antifungal susceptibility profiles of Candida species isolated from neutropenic oncological patients

Candida species

VRC

CSP

ECV Profile

Susceptibility Profile

ECV Profile

Susceptibility Profile

ECV

≤ECV

>ECV

S

SDD

R

ECV

≤ECV

>ECV

S

I

R

C. albicans (n = 16)

0.06

7

9

12

3

1

0.25

14

2

14

2

0

C. glabrata (n = 10)

0.25

7

3

- *

-*

- *

0.5

10

0

9

1

0

C. krusei (n = 4)

0.5

2

2

2

2

0

0.5

4

0

4

0

0

C. parapsilosis (n = 2)

0.03

0

2

0

2

0

4

2

0

1

1

0

C. tropicalis (n = 1)

0.12

0

1

0

1

0

0.5

1

0

1

0

0

C. lambica (n = 1)

0.12

0

1

1*

0

0

0.06

0

1

1*

0

0

  1. VRC: voriconazole, CSP: caspofungin, ECV: epidemiological cut-off value, R: resistant, S: susceptible, SDD: susceptible dose-dependent, I: intermediate
  2. *Breakpoints not provided by CLSI document M27-S4.