CLSI and EUCAST offer different AFST protocols and interpretive criteria for detecting antifungal resistance or at least decreased antifungal susceptibility. However, both reference methods are labor ...

CFU: Colony-forming unit; CLSI: Clinical Laboratory Standard Institute; EUCAST: European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing; MEC: Minimum effective concentration; MIC: Minimum ...

bioMérieux has created a new Fungal Susceptibility Card for susceptibility testing of Candida species and Cryptococcus neoformans. The VITEK 2 ASTYS07 card includes a sixth antifungal agent, ...

Of particular relevance in the clinical research area are the microdilution methods we developed for determining the susceptibility of yeasts and dermatophytes. We have shown that these methods are ...

Growing prevalence of superficial and systemic fungal infections have posed a significant challenge to healthcare providers across the world. Increasing prevalence of fungal infections of the skin, ...

Growing prevalence of superficial and systemic fungal infections have posed a significant challenge to healthcare providers across the world. Increasing prevalence of fungal infections of the skin, ...

Fungal pathogens that live harmlessly on and inside the human body are increasingly defeating the limited arsenal of antifungal drugs, while simultaneously dodging the immune system’s surveillance.

A recent study published in the journal Biomedicines aimed to determine the antifungal tolerance of Candida auris (C. auris) to all three classes of antifungal drugs commonly used to treat invasive ...