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Table 2 MIC and FIX values of colistin in combination with antifungals from the checkerboard assay

From: In vitro polymyxin activity against clinical multidrug-resistant fungi

Strains tested

Agents in combination

MIC alone (μg/ml)

MIC in the combination (μg/ml)

FIC

FIX

Outcome

Rhodotorula mucilaginosa

Colistin

16

1

0.06

0.5

Synergy

Fluconazole

128

64

0.5

  

Candida albicans H5

Colistin

128

1

0.007

1

Additivity

Fluconazole

16

16

1

  

Candida albicans H6

Colistin

128

64

0.5

0.5

Synergy

Itraconazole

32

2

0.06

  

Colistin

128

1

0.007

0.5

Synergy

Amphotericin B

1

0.5

0.5

  

Lichtheimia corymbifera ST87

Colistin

32

0.5

0.01

0.2

Synergy

Itraconazole

2

0.5

0.25

  

Colistin

32

0.5

0.01

0.2

Synergy

Amphotericin B

2

0.5

0.25

  
  1. FIC; Fractional Inhibitory concentration = MIC of the agent in the combination/MIC of the agent alone. FIX; Fractional Inhibitory Index is the sum of the FICs of the agents in the combination