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Candida auris within the United Kingdom: updated guidance published
From the first reported UK outbreak at the Royal Brompton Hospital a year ago, new cases of Candida auris have been detected in 20 UK hospitals and a further 35 hospitals have received patients with a history of C. auris infection. 'Guidance for the laboratory investigation, management and infection prevention and control for cases of Candida auris' August 2017 can be accessed here; CLICK HERE Fluconazole Resistance
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EUCAST Antifungal Susceptibility Testing
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''Experience to date from the PHE Mycology Reference Laboratory indicates that so far very few multi-drug resistant strains have been found in the UK but all isolates are resistant to fluconazole''
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''Commonly C. auris is resistant to the first-line antifungal drug fluconazole and this species can rapidly evolve to develop resistance, so specific antifungal susceptibility testing is indicated.''
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The Rosco Neo-Sensitabs fluconazole disc provides a simple screening test for fluconazole resistance. Stable at room temperature, easy to apply and, at around 15p per disc, inexpensive.
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Methods of antifungal susceptibility testing
It is recommended that broth micro dilution is used to perform antifungal susceptibility testing of yeasts and moulds. Merlin MICRONAUT broth microdilution plates
Merlin have two standard broth microdilution layouts; MICRONAUT AM EUCAST is a two test plate which uses MIC breakpoints for 6 antifungals
MICRONAUT AM MIC is a single test plate which delivers comprehensive MIC layouts for 9 antifungals
PRICE
Both kits are priced at £413.43 for 40 plates also required RPMI broth at £22.24 for 20 tubes | ||||||
