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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 1998, p. 2817-2822, Vol. 36, No. 10
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Detection of Resistance to Amphotericin B among Cryptococcus neoformans Clinical Isolates: Performances of Three Different Media Assessed by Using E-Test and National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards M27-A Methodologies

M. Lozano-Chiu,1,* V. L. Paetznick,1 M. A. Ghannoum,2 and J. H. Rex1

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Center for the Study of Emerging and Reemerging Pathogens, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas,1 and Mycology Reference Laboratory, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio2

Received 23 March 1998/Returned for modification 15 April 1998/Accepted 7 July 1998

Although reliable detection of resistance in vitro is critical to the overall performance of any susceptibility testing method, the recently released National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards M27-A methodology for susceptibility testing of yeasts discriminates poorly between resistant and susceptible isolates of Candida spp. We have previously shown that both substitution of antibiotic medium 3 for RPMI 1640 medium in the microdilution variant of the M27-A method and use of the E-test agar diffusion methodology permit detection of amphotericin B-resistant Candida isolates. To determine the relevance of these observations to Cryptococcus neoformans, we have evaluated the performances of both the M27-A and the E-test methodologies with this yeast using three different media (RPMI 1640 medium, antibiotic medium 3, and yeast nitrogen base). As with Candida, we found that only antibiotic medium 3 permitted consistent detection of resistant isolates when testing was performed in broth by the M27-A method. When testing was performed by the E-test agar diffusion method, both RPMI 1640 medium and antibiotic medium 3 agar permitted ready detection of the resistant isolates. Reading of the results after 48 h of incubation was required for testing in broth by the M27-A method, while the MIC could be determined after either 48 or 72 h when the agar diffusion method was used.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: 6431 Fannin, 1728 JFB, Houston, TX 77030. Phone: (713) 500-6755. Fax: (713) 500-5495. E-mail: mchiu{at}heart.med.uth.tmc.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 1998, p. 2817-2822, Vol. 36, No. 10
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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