[Antifungal resistance of Candida tropicalis isolated in the State of Ceará].
In this study, the resistance to antifungal drugs was investigated among 51 strains of Candida tropicalis isolated from clinical samples in the State of Ceará, Brazil. Antifungal resistance was a rare finding in our study and was restricted to three (5.9%) of the strains of Candida tropicalis. These exhibited resistance to both fluconazole and itraconazole.
Menezes
Everardo Albuquerque
EA
Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Farmácia Odontologia e Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE.
Mendes
Luana Guabiraba
LG
Cunha
Francisco Afrânio
FA
D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000494:pharmacology; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001938:Brazil; D041022:Candida tropicalis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D052978:Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Tests; D025141:Drug Resistance, Fungal; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000494:pharmacology
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole; D000666:Amphotericin B; D015725:Fluconazole