title: [Profile of antifungal susceptibility of species of Candida isolated from hemocultures in a university hospital, Maracaibo, Venezuela].
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the in vitro susceptibility of amphotericin B, fluconazole and itraconazole, to several Candida spp recovered from blood cultures on hospitalized patients at the University Hospital of Maracaibo, Venezuela. The determination of the antifungal susceptibility was carried out according to the microdilution method in broth developed by The European Committee for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST). The profile of susceptibility of the 74 isolates showed that all the studied species were susceptible to amphotericin B, and 97.2% and 89.2% to fluconazole and itraconazole, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda, Facultad de Medicina Departamento de Estudios Morfofuncionales, Coro, Estado Falcón, Venezuela. norisarcaya@unefm.edu.ve
authors.forename: Noris Margarita
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Arcaya
authors.forename: Luz Mila
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Mesa
authors.forename: Maritza Rebeca
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Pineda
authors.forename: Haydee
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Beltrán-Luengo
authors.forename: Belinda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Milagros Calvo
mesh_terms: D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002175:Candida / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D025141:Drug Resistance, Fungal; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016469:Fungemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D014687:Venezuela / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole; D000666:Amphotericin B; D015725:Fluconazole