Resistência a antifúngicos de Candida tropicalis isoladas no Estado do Ceará Antifungal resistance of Candida tropicalis isolated in the State of Ceará

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Everardo Albuquerque Menezes, Luana Guabiraba Mendes, Francisco Afrânio Cunha
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2009
• Subjects: Candida tropicalis; Agentes antifúngicos; Teste de disco difusão; Antifungal agents; Disk diffusion test; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822009000300024; https://doaj.org/article/4b7ba149e73d4cbd9b35b3b21636d824

Neste estudo, foi avaliada a resistência a drogas antifúngicas em 51 cepas de Candida tropicalis isoladas de amostras clínicas no Estado do Ceará, Brasil. Resistência antifúngica foi um evento raro no nosso estudo e foi restrita a 3 (5,9%) das cepas de Candida tropicalis, que exibiram resistência a fluconazol e itraconazol. 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.