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Table 3 Caspofungin E-test susceptibility testing phenotypes in 48 Aspergillus isolates

From: In vitro susceptibility to amphotericin B, itraconazole, voriconazole, posaconazole and caspofungin of Aspergillus spp. isolated from patients with haematological malignancies in Tunisia

	Clear end point		Trailing effect		Paradoxical growth
*A. niger* (n = 17)	1	(6%)	4	(23.5%)	12	(70.5%)
*A. tubingensis* (n = 9)	4	(44.5%)	1	(11%)	4	(44.5%)
*A. flavus* (n = 18)	5	(28%)	11	(61%)	2	(11%)
*A. fumigatus* (n = 2)	0		2	(100%)	0
*A. ochraceus* (n = 1)	0		1	(100%)	0
*A. westerdijkiae* (n = 1)	0		1	(100%)	0
All species (n = 48)	10	(21%)	20	(42%)	18	(38%)

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