Antifungal susceptibility and phenotypic characterization of oral isolates of a black fungus from a nasopharyngeal carcinoma patient under radiotherapy

Table 1 The result of antifungal susceptibility testing of black fungi assessed by disk diffusion assay

ØMean = zone diameter in mm; AMPH - Amphotericin B (Resistant: <10 mm; Intermediate: 10 mm - 14 mm; Susceptible: ≥15 mm), CASP5 - Caspofungin (Resistant: ≤12 mm; Intermediate: 13 mm - 15 mm; Susceptible: ≥16 mm), FLUCZ – Fluconazole (Resistant: ≤14 mm; Intermediate: 15 mm - 18 mm; Susceptible: ≥19 mm), KTC – Ketoconazole (Resistant: ≤20 mm; Intermediate: 21 mm - 27 mm; Susceptible: ≥28 mm), ITRAC – Itraconazole (Resistant: <13 mm; Intermediate: 14 mm - 22 mm; Susceptible: ≥23 mm), VOR. 1 – Voriconazole (Resistant: ≤13 mm; Intermediate: 14 mm - 16 mm; Susceptible: ≥17 mm); R-resistant, I-intermediate, S-susceptible.

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