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Species Distribution and Antifungal Susceptibility Profile of Oral Candida Isolates from HIV-infected Patients in the Antiretroviral Therapy Era

Mycopathologia volume 162, Article number: 45 (2006) Cite this article

Abstract

In this study, we investigated the yeasts colonization of genus Candida, including C. dubliniensis, isolated of HIV-infected patients oral cavities and we accessed in vitro susceptibility pattern of the Candida isolates to four antifungal agents. Out of 99 patients investigated, 62 (62.6%) were colonized with yeasts. C. albicans was the prevailing species (50%). C. dubliniensis isolates were not recovered in our study. We verified that 8.1% of the yeasts isolated were resistant to fluconazole, 8.1% to itraconazole and 3.2% to voriconazole. The isolates demonstrated very low voriconazole MICs, in which 79% (49/62) presented values of 0.015 μg/ml. All Candida isolates were susceptible to amphotericin B. The results reported here showed that although C. albicans continues to be present in one-half of oral Candida carriage of HIV-infected patients, Candida non-albicans species are increasing among these patients. Besides, the findings of resistant isolates endorse the role of antifungal susceptibility testing whenever antifungal treatment with azoles is planned.

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Abbreviations

DMSO:

Dimetyl sulfoxide

HDT:

Hospital de Doenças Tropicais

HIV:

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

MICs:

Minimal Inhibitory Concentrations

MOPS:

Morpholinepropanesulfonic acid

NCCLS:

National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards

OPC:

Oropharyngeal candidiasis

SDA:

Sabouraud Dextrose Agar

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    Carolina Rodrigues Costa, Janine Aquino de Lemos, Xisto Sena Passos, Crystiane Rodrigues de Araújo, Lúcia Kioko Hasimoto e Souza & Maria do Rosário Rodrigues Silva

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Costa, C.R., de Lemos, J.A., Passos, X.S. et al. Species Distribution and Antifungal Susceptibility Profile of Oral Candida Isolates from HIV-infected Patients in the Antiretroviral Therapy Era. Mycopathologia 162, 45 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-006-0032-y

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Keywords

  • antifungal susceptibility
  • asymptomatic oropharyngeal carriage
  • Candida
  • HIV-infected patients