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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, June 2009, p. 2638-2639, Vol. 53, No. 6
0066-4804/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.01724-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

In Vitro Activity of Micafungin against Planktonic and Sessile Candida albicans Isolates{triangledown}

Melissa J. Jacobson,1 Kathryn E. Steckelberg,1 Kerryl E. Piper,1 James M. Steckelberg,1 and Robin Patel1,2*

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine,1 Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota2

Received 30 December 2008/ Returned for modification 20 February 2009/ Accepted 13 March 2009

Planktonic and sessile susceptibilities to micafungin were determined for 30 clinical isolates of Candida albicans obtained from blood or other sterile sites. Planktonic and sessile MIC90s for micafungin were 0.125 and 1.0 µg/ml, respectively.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street S. W., Rochester, MN 55905. Phone: (507) 538-0579. Fax: (507) 284-4272. E-mail: patel.robin{at}mayo.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 23 March 2009.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, June 2009, p. 2638-2639, Vol. 53, No. 6
0066-4804/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.01724-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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