Establishment and Use of Epidemiological Cutoff Values for Molds and Yeasts by Use of the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute M57 Standard.

Journal Article (Journal Article;Review)

Breakpoints are used to predict whether an antifungal agent will be clinically effective against a particular fungal isolate. They are based on a combination of MIC values, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic values, and clinical outcome data. For many fungus-antifungal combinations, these data might never be available. For these combinations, epidemiological cutoff values (ECVs) provide a methodology for categorizing isolates as either wild type (WT) or non-WT. In this review, we define ECVs, explain how they are generated using the CLSI methodology in standard M57, and describe how they can be used in clinical practice.

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Duke Authors

Cited Authors

  • Lockhart, SR; Ghannoum, MA; Alexander, BD

Published Date

  • May 2017

Published In

Volume / Issue

  • 55 / 5

Start / End Page

  • 1262 - 1268

PubMed ID

  • 28202791

Pubmed Central ID

  • PMC5405245

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1098-660X

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1128/JCM.02416-16

Language

  • eng

Conference Location

  • United States