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Accuracy of Sensititre YeastOne echinocandins epidemiological cut-off values for identification of FKS mutant Candida albicans and Candida glabrata: a ten year national survey of the Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS).
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Nov 2018
Kritikos A, Neofytos D, Khanna N, Schreiber P W, Boggian K, Bille J, Schrenzel J, Mühlethaler K, Zbinden R, Bruderer T, Goldenberger D, Pfyffer G, Conen A, Van Delden C, Zimmerli S, Sanglard D, Bachmann D, Marchetti O, Lamoth F
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OBJECTIVES: Echinocandins represent the first-line treatment of candidaemia. Acquired echinocandin resistance is mainly observed among Candida albicans and Candida glabrata and is associated with FKS hotspot mutations. The commercial Sensititre YeastOne™ (SYO) kit is widely used for antifungal susceptibility testing, but interpretive clinical breakpoints are not well defined. We determined echinocandins...
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