title: Identification and antifungal susceptibility of Candida isolated from intensive care unit patients.
abstract: Candida was isolated in 205 of 1060 clinical specimens (19.33%) in our laboratary sent from the intensive care unit for mycological investigation between January 98-December 99. All isolated strains were identified to species level using the API Candida system (Bio-Meieux, France) as follows; Candida albicans (n:115, 56.09%), Candida tropicalis (n:23, 11.21%), Candida parapsilosis (n:21, 10.24%), Candida glabrata (n:12, 5.83%). Candida kefyr (n:9, 4.39%), Candida lusitaniae (n:7, 3.41%), Candida famata (n:6, 2.92%), Candida krusei (n:6, 2.92%), Candida guilliermondii (n:6, 2.92%). These stains were identified using congo-red-glucose-brain-heart-infusion agar and slime production was determined in Candida albicans 53.91% and 67.77% in other than Candida species. In the present study, E test (AB Biodisk, Solna, Sweeden) was used to test antifungal susceptibility. The resistance to amphotericin B was 19.51%, to fluconazole 27.31% and to flucytosine 20.00%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology Gaziantep University Hospital, Turkey.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zer
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Balci
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meriç
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000494:pharmacology; D005437:Flucytosine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D015725:Fluconazole; D005437:Flucytosine