Antifungal Susceptibility Testing: Evolution, Indications, and Role in Clinical Practice

Opinion statement A wide range of immune modulating agents and options for cancer chemotherapeutic agents have led to decreased immunity in human hosts, thereby leading to an increase in the incidence of fungal infections. There has been a parallel increase in the availability of antifungal agents. Antifungal susceptibility testing is important for clinicians to choose or de-escalate to an appropriate antifungal agent and for epidemiological studies. Caution must be used when interpreting susceptibility results as some have not been fully validated for patient care..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

Current treatment options in infectious diseases - 7(2015), 3 vom: 15. Juli, Seite 155-162

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nachimuthu, Nagakrishnal [VerfasserIn]
Ostrosky-Zeichner, Luis [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antifungal susceptibility testing
Antifungals
Break points
CLSI
EUCAST
Epidemiological cutoff value
Molds
Yeasts

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© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015

doi:

10.1007/s40506-015-0056-2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

SPR036554006