Abstract

Background: The present study was conducted to determine antimicotic susceptibility of Candida species (sp.) from patients with symptomatic candiduria. Materials and Methods: Identification of Candida sp. and determination of efficacy of most routine antifungals were done using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method and E-test, respectively. Results: The results from susceptibility test reveal that caspofungin and amphotericin B have high antifungal activity against both albicans (100% and 96%, respectively) and nonalbicans (95.11% and 72.72%, respectively) isolates. Conclusion: The present study suggests that caspofungin and amphotericin B have the excellent ability to eradicate both Candida groups that showed decreased susceptibility to other compounds.

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Title
Determination of antimicotic susceptibility pattern of Candida species isolated from patients with symptomatic candiduria
Author
Barati, Mitra 1 ; Mirkalantari, Shiva 2 ; Ansari, Saham 3 ; Salari, Samira 4 ; Fattahi, Azam 5 

 Research Center of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Immunology and Infectious Diseases; Department of Infectious Disease, Rasul-e Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 
 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine; Microbiol Biotechnology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 
 Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Scienses, Tehran 
 Student Research Committee, Kerman University of Medical Sciences; Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Medical University of Kerman, Kerman 
 Center for Research and Training in Skin Disease and Leprosy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 
Pages
35-35
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Jan-Dec 2019
Publisher
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd.
ISSN
17351995
e-ISSN
17357136
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2231803659
Copyright
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