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Table 1 In vitro antifungal susceptibility pattern of pathogenic Candida clinical isolates (from bloodstream) to the most commonly used drugs belonging to the four different classes of antifungals

From: Draft genome of a commonly misdiagnosed multidrug resistant pathogen Candida auris

Antifungal drugs

Species (n)

MIC50 range (μg/ml)

Clinical isolates_ Cha (34)

C. albicans (20)

C. tropicalis (34)

C. glabrata (9)

C. lusitaniae (2)

C. parapsilosis (23)

Fluconazole

16–64

1

1

0.5–1

0.5–1

≤1

Amphotericin B

4–16

0.25

0.25

0.25–0.5

0.12–0.25

0.25–0.5

Flucytosine

0.25

≤1

≤1

≤1

≤1

≤1

Caspofungin

0.25

0.25

0.25

0.12

0.12

0.25–1

  1. aAll these isolates were identified as C. haemulonii by Vitek2, which routinely fails to identify closely related species such as C. auris