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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, July 2008, p. 2683-2685, Vol. 52, No. 7
0066-4804/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.00272-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Species Distribution and In Vitro Antifungal Susceptibility Patterns of 75 Clinical Isolates of Fusarium spp. from Northern Italy{triangledown}

Anna Maria Tortorano,1* Anna Prigitano,1 Giovanna Dho,1 Maria Carmela Esposto,1 Claudia Gianni,2 Anna Grancini,3 Cristina Ossi,4 and Maria Anna Viviani1

Department of Public Health—Microbiology—Virology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy,1 Department of Dermatology, Scientific Institute, S. Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy,2 Microbioloy Laboratory, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milan, Italy,3 Laboraf, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy4

Received 27 February 2008/ Returned for modification 28 March 2008/ Accepted 20 April 2008

Fusarium isolates from 75 Italian patients were identified by molecular methods, and their susceptibilities to antifungals were tested in vitro. Fusarium verticillioides was the species most frequently isolated from deep-seated infections, and F. solani was the species most frequently isolated from superficial infections. F. solani isolates showed high azole MICs, while F. verticillioides isolates showed low posaconazole MICs.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Public Health—Microbiology—Virology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Pascal 36, Milan 20133, Italy. Phone: 39 02 503 15145. Fax: 39 02 503 15146. E-mail: annamaria.tortorano{at}unimi.it

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 28 April 2008.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, July 2008, p. 2683-2685, Vol. 52, No. 7
0066-4804/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.00272-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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