FUNGAL (YEAST) ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING

The required sample is NOT the original patient specimen (like blood or tissue), but rather a PURE culture isolate of the fungus that has already been grown from that original specimen. The clinical sample is first cultured on fungal media (e.g., SDA), the fungus is isolated, identified, and then subjected to antifungal susceptibility testing. The IDENTIFIED pure culture isolate is typically submitted in one of these forms: 1. On an agar plate (parafilm sealed culture plate containing the isolated fungus). 2. On an agar slant (organism growing on surface of solid medium in a sealed tube). 3. On a swab (sterile swab inoculated with the pure culture). The original specimen type/ infection site MUST be specified e.g. blood culture isolate, HVS culture isolate, isolate from CSF.