Senstivity of Clinical Isolates of Candida Species to Antifungal Drugs

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dc.contributor.authorBerry, Vandana
dc.contributor.authorBadyal, Dinesh K
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-01T06:52:57Z
dc.date.available2016-02-01T06:52:57Z
dc.date.issued2006-10
dc.description.abstractThe incidence of fungal infections has increased dramatically over the past few decades. Newer antifungal agents have increased the therapeutic options thereby leading to the demand for in vitro determination of antifungal susceptibility. The sensitivity pattern of Candida species isolated from samples collected in a tertiary care hospital was studied. Isolates were tested against amphotericin B, clotrimazole, fluconazole and nystatin. The susceptibility pattern of these isolates revealed that most of the isolates were sensitive to amphotericin B, fluconazole and nystatin. Candida species were most sensitive to amphotericin B. Prevalence of resistance to amphotericin B was lowest followed by nystatin and azoles. Candida has shown high level of resistance to clotrimazole. Resistance has increased to these antifungal drugs as compared to earlier data. Fungal infections are often challenging to manage, caution has to be exercised in the use of antifungal drugs to arrest any further increase in the resistance.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBerry Vandana, Badyal Dinesh K. Senstivity of Clinical Isolates of Candida Species to Antifungal Drugs. JK Science Journal of Medical Education and Research. 2006 Oct-Dec;8(4): 214en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/171350
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.jkscience.org/archive/vol8a/senstivi.pdfen_US
dc.subjectCandidaen_US
dc.subjectAntifungal drugsen_US
dc.subjectResistanceen_US
dc.titleSenstivity of Clinical Isolates of Candida Species to Antifungal Drugsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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