Usual susceptibility patterns for systemic dimorphic fungi

Abstract

There are not as many requests made for in vitro susceptibility testing of systemic fungi such as H. capsulatum and B. dermatitidis. There is limited data in the literature as well. The inoculum for testing could be the yeast or conidia/mycelial form of each of these fungi. Very few laboratories offer the susceptibility test. There is no standardized method in CLSI for testing of the dimorphic fungi. Below is some of the data found in the literature for in vitro testing of systemic dimorphic fungi when it has been done.