Multicenter Italian Study on "In Vitro Activities" of Isavuconazole, Voriconazole, Amphotericin B, and Caspofungin for Aspergillus Species: Comparison between Sensititre[TM] YeastOne[TM] and MIC Test Strip

In this study the activity of Isavuconazole, Voriconazole, Amphotericin B, and Caspofungin against 224 clinical isolates of Aspergillus spp. originating from seven Italian hospitals, was comparatively evaluated with two commercial antifungal susceptibility tests (AST): Sensititre[TM] YeastOne[TM] (S...

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Published in:Infection and drug resistance 2022-10, Vol.15, p.5839
Main Authors: Cascio, Giuliana Lo, Bazaj, Alda, Trovato, Laura, Sanna, Silvana, Andreoni, Stefano, Blasi, Elisabetta, Conte, Marco, Fazii, Paolo, Oliva, Ester, Lepera, Valentina, Lombardi, Gianluigi, Farina, Claudio
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Language:English
Subjects:
Amphotericin B
Analysis
Antiparasitic agents
Caspofungin
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Summary:In this study the activity of Isavuconazole, Voriconazole, Amphotericin B, and Caspofungin against 224 clinical isolates of Aspergillus spp. originating from seven Italian hospitals, was comparatively evaluated with two commercial antifungal susceptibility tests (AST): Sensititre[TM] YeastOne[TM] (SYO) and MIC Test Strip. More attention was focused on Isavuconazole activity, given the new introduction of the drug in widely distributed antifungal susceptibilities methods in the clinical microbiology lab. The minimum inhibitory concentrations of antifungal drug that can inhibit the growth of pathogen by 90% ([MIC.sub.90]) for Isavuconazole detected by SYO were 0.5, 1, 0.25, and 2 [micro]g/mL for Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus terreus, and Aspergillus niger, respectively, whilst they were 0.25, 0.25, 0.5, and 0.75 [micro]g/mL by MIC Test Strip. Essential agreement between the two tested methods for Isavuconazole is 70% for all the species tested, 75.7% for A. fumigatus, 45.2% for A. flavus, 90.6% for A. terreus, and 40% for A. niger. Although the tested strains do not express any phenotypic resistance, MIC results were quite different if tested with microdilution broth or gradient agar method. This is the first Italian multicenter report on Isavuconazole MIC obtained employing the widely used Sensititre[TM] Yeast One[TM] (SYO) and MIC Test Strip on clinical isolates of Aspergillus. Keywords: antifungal susceptibilities, Aspergillus Isavuconazole susceptibilities, Sensititre and MIC Test Strip
ISSN:1178-6973
1178-6973
DOI:10.2147/IDR.S367082