High prevalence of itraconazole resistance among Candida parapsilosis isolated from Iran

Candida parapsilosis isolates usually have a low minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) against azoles. Although Candida parapsilosis isolates usually have low MICs against azoles, recent studies candida invasive infections due to azole resistant-C. parapsilosis isolates . Regarding this, the main a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Current medical mycology 2019-09, Vol.5 (3), p.43-46
Hauptverfasser: Hassanmoghadam, Fozieh, Shokohi, Tahereh, Hedayati, Mohammad Taghi, Aslani, Narges, Haghani, Iman, Nabili, Mojtaba, Lotfali, Ensieh, Davari, Amirhossein, Moazeni, Maryam
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Zusammenfassung:Candida parapsilosis isolates usually have a low minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) against azoles. Although Candida parapsilosis isolates usually have low MICs against azoles, recent studies candida invasive infections due to azole resistant-C. parapsilosis isolates . Regarding this, the main aim of this study was to determine the susceptibility pattern of Iranian clinical against available azole antifungal drugs. This study was conducted on 105 previously-identified isolates of For the purpose of the study, the isolates were subjected to antifungal susceptibility testing against fluconazole (FLZ), itraconazole (ITZ), voriconazole (VRZ), and two new azole drugs, namely luliconazole (LUZU) and lanoconazole (LZN). The broth microdilution reference method adopted in this study was according to the Clinical & Laboratory Standards Institute M27-A3 and M27-S4 documents. According to the results, 89% (n=94) of isolates showed a MIC of ≥ 1 µg/ml, indicating resistance against ITZ. Multi-azole resistance was observed in 3.8% of the isolates. In addition, LUZU and LZN demonstrated the highest efficacy with the MIC values of 0.5 and 1 µg/ml, respectively. The majority of the isolates showed high MIC values against ITZ. This may have been associated with the long-term ITZ prophylaxis/therapy in patients infected with candidiasis. Hence, the adoption of an appropriate antifungal agent is a crucial step for starting the treatment.
ISSN:2423-3439
2423-3420
DOI:10.18502/cmm.5.3.1746