@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.05425-0, author = "Araujo, Ricardo and Rodrigues, Acacio G. and Pina-Vaz, Cidalia", title = "A fast, practical and reproducible procedure for the standardization of the cell density of an Aspergillus suspension", journal= "Journal of Medical Microbiology", year = "2004", volume = "53", number = "8", pages = "783-786", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05425-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.05425-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1473-5644", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "The progressive increase of invasive disease and reports of resistance among Aspergillus species emphasizes the need for reproducible antifungal susceptibility testing. Inoculum standardization is a crucial step in such procedures. The objective of this study was to develop a fast and precise method of evaluating the cell density of an Aspergillus spore suspension, as an alternative to spectrometric readings or cell-counting with a haemocytometer. Densimat (bioMérieux) is a portable photometer that shows a good correlation with spectrometric readings and can advantageously replace the cumbersome, time-consuming method of cell-counting. Thus, Densimat brings significant improvement to the reproducibility and feasibility of standardization of a fungal inoculum.", }