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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2025

Evaluation of the MIC test strips for antifungal susceptibility testing of

Maria Siopi, Sevasti Leventaki, Ioannis Pachoulis, Bram Spruijtenburg, Jacques F Meis, Spyros Pournaras, Georgia Vrioni, Athanasios Tsakris, Joseph Meletiadis

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Maria SiopiClinical Microbiology Laboratory, Attikon University General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5924-1007
Sevasti LeventakiClinical Microbiology Laboratory, Attikon University General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Ioannis PachoulisClinical Microbiology Laboratory, Attikon University General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Bram SpruijtenburgDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Ιmmunology, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital (CWZ)/Dicoon, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-6734-361X
Jacques F MeisRadboudumc-CWZ Center of Expertise for Mycology, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-3253-6080
Spyros PournarasClinical Microbiology Laboratory, Attikon University General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Georgia VrioniDepartment of Microbiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Athanasios TsakrisDepartment of Microbiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0656-4715
Joseph MeletiadisClinical Microbiology Laboratory, Attikon University General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-8869-1509

Funding

Gilead Sciences
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We compared MIC test strips (MTS) with the reference Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) broth microdilution method using an international panel of 100

Indexed as

Antifungal AgentsCandida aurisReagent StripsDrug Resistance, FungalHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsAntifungal AgentsReagent Stripsantifungal susceptibility testingCandida aurisMIC test stripresistancewild type upper limit values

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PMID40608317
PMCPMC12345157

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