RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Araujo, Ricardo A1 Rodrigues, Acacio G. A1 Pina-Vaz, CidaliaYR 2004 T1 A fast, practical and reproducible procedure for the standardization of the cell density of an Aspergillus suspension JF Journal of Medical Microbiology, VO 53 IS 8 SP 783 OP 786 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05425-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1473-5644, AB 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., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.05425-0