American Society for Microbiology, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 8(63), 2019
DOI: 10.1128/aac.00211-19
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The triazole drug fluconazole remains one of the most commonly prescribed antifungal drugs, both for prophylaxis in high-risk patients and also as a second-line treatment option for invasive Candida infections. Established susceptibility profiles and clinical interpretive breakpoints are available for fluconazole with Candida albicans , Candida glabrata , Candida tropicalis , and Candida parapsilosis , which account for the majority of infections due to pathogenic yeast species.