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17141454

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
Thirty clinical isolates of Candida albicans were collected from blood or other sterile site infections. Biofilm dry weight and metabolic activity were measured for each isolate. Planktonic and sessile antifungal susceptibilities of each isolate were determined for amphotericin B deoxycholate, caspofungin, and voriconazole. Sessile susceptibilities were determined for the combination of caspofungin/voriconazole. No significant differences in biofilm dry weight or metabolic activity were found between bloodstream and other invasive isolates. Planktonic MIC90 values and sessile MIC90 (SMIC90) values were 0.25 and 2, 0.06 and >256, and 0.5 and 2 microg/mL for amphotericin, voriconazole, and caspofungin, respectively. The SMIC90 of the combination of caspofungin/voriconazole against sessile isolates was 0.5/2 microg/mL. Therefore, the source of invasive C. albicans clinical isolates did not affect in vitro biofilm formation. Susceptibility to antifungal agents decreased when C. albicans was associated with biofilm, and the combination of caspofungin/voriconazole did not appear to provide enhanced activity compared with caspofungin alone.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0732-8893
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
277-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
In vitro biofilm characterization and activity of antifungal agents alone and in combination against sessile and planktonic clinical Candida albicans isolates.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't