Interlaboratory Evaluation of Hematocytometer Method of Inoculum Preparation for Testing Antifungal Susceptibilities of Filamentous Fungi

作者：J. L. Rodríguez-Tudela, Erja Chryssanthou, Evangelia Petrikkou, Juan Alejandro Neira Mosquera, David W. Denning, Manuel Cuenca‐Estrella · 发表于：Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 年份：2003 · DOI：10.1128/jcm.41.11.5236-5237.2003 · 被引用次数：78 · 研究领域：Antifungal resistance and susceptibility、Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases、Infectious Diseases and Mycology

A three-laboratory study was performed to evaluate conidium counting in a hematocytometer as a technique of inoculum preparation for susceptibility testing of Aspergillus spp. In addition, inocula were quantified by colony counting and optical density determination. The agreement and correlation coefficient between conidium and colony quantifications were 89.2% and 0.73 (P < 0.01). Correlations with optical density determination were not significant.