Candida albicans is an opportunistic pathogen under immune-compromised conditions and despite anti-fungal therapies, it has become lethal. Increase in the antimicrobial resistance in C. albicans is a matter of concern since it is in the human microbiome.
This study was conducted to estimate the incidence of C. albicans in infections, and evaluate its antifungal susceptibility in clinical samples.
Two hundred isolates of C. albicans from different clinical samples were analyzed against its susceptibility towards four antifungal agents (fluconazole, ketoconazole, itraconazole and amphotericin-B) using well diffusion and MIC by microdilution assay.
All isolates in the study were sensitive to amphotericin-B and ketoconazole and a high frequency of fluconazole and itraconazole resistance was observed. Oral and catheter tips were observed to be the major sites of C. albicans infections. Significant resistance aganist fluconazole (56.5%) and itraconazole (64.5%) was observed with MIC at 16, 32 to 64μg/ml. All isolates were observed to be sensitive for ketoconazole and amphotericin-B at 0.5μg/ml and 1μg/ml.
The study shows a higher antibiotic resistance in the clinical samples which proves the risk in C. albicans management program.
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Manuscript submitted on 22-11-2017 |
Original Manuscript | Antifungal Susceptibility Pattern of Candida Albicans in Human Infections |