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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2005, p. 2163-2167, Vol. 43, No. 5
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.5.2163-2167.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Global Trends in the Antifungal Susceptibility of Cryptococcus neoformans (1990 to 2004)

M. A. Pfaller,1,2* S. A. Messer,1 L. Boyken,1 C. Rice,1 S. Tendolkar,1 R. J. Hollis,1 G. V. Doern,1 and D. J. Diekema1,3

Departments of Pathology,1 Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine,3 Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 522422

Received 23 November 2004/ Returned for modification 29 December 2004/ Accepted 4 January 2005

The antifungal susceptibilities of 1,811 clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans obtained from 100 laboratories in 5 geographic regions worldwide between 1990 and 2004 were determined. The MICs of amphotericin B, flucytosine, fluconazole, voriconazole, posaconazole, and ravuconazole were determined by the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards broth microdilution method. Isolates were submitted to a central reference laboratory (University of Iowa) from study centers in Africa (5 centers, 395 isolates), Europe (14 centers, 102 isolates), Latin America (14 centers, 82 isolates), the Pacific region (7 centers, 50 isolates), and North America (60 centers, 1,182 isolates). Resistance to amphotericin B, flucytosine, and fluconazole was ≤1% overall. Susceptibility to flucytosine (MIC, ≤4 µg/ml) ranged from 35% in North America to 68% in Latin America. Similarly, only 75% of isolates from North America were susceptible to fluconazole (MIC, ≤8 µg/ml) compared to 94 to 100% in the other regions. Isolates remained highly susceptible to amphotericin B (99% susceptibility at a MIC of ≤1 µg/ml) over the entire 15-year period. Susceptibility to flucytosine (MIC, ≤4 µg/ml) increased from 34% in 1990 to 1994 to 66% in 2000 to 2004. Susceptibility to fluconazole (MIC, ≤8 µg/ml) increased from 72% in 1990 to 1994 to 96% in 2000 to 2004. Voriconazole, posaconazole, and ravuconazole all were very active (99% of isolates susceptible at MIC of ≤1 µg/ml) against this geographically diverse collection of isolates. We conclude that in vitro resistance to antifungal agents used in the treatment of cryptococcosis remains uncommon among isolates of C. neoformans from five broad geographic regions and has not increased over a 15-year period.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Medical Microbiology Division, C606 GH, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242. Phone: (319) 384-9566. Fax: (319) 356-4916. E-mail: michael-pfaller{at}uiowa.edu.


Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2005, p. 2163-2167, Vol. 43, No. 5
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.5.2163-2167.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.




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