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ArticleMycopathologia2011

Chromogenic medium for direct susceptibility testing of Candida spp. isolated from urine.

Antônio Alexandre de Vasconcelos, Everardo Albuquerque Menezes, Francisco Afrânio Cunha

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Article in Mycopathologia, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Antifungal Susceptibility Testing: Current Approaches.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2020
    Review
  3. CHROMagar Orientation medium reduces urine culture workload.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2013
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Antônio Alexandre de VasconcelosDepartment of Clinical Analysis and Toxicology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. alexandrevasconcelosjr@gmail.com
Everardo Albuquerque Menezes
Francisco Afrânio Cunha
Universidade Federal do Ceará · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Currently, there has been an increased frequency of fungal infections. Candida albicans and other Candida spp. have been proven to be major causes for urinary tract infection. Increased resistance to antifungals indicates the need to develop strategies in order to prevent the spread of resistance. Chromogenic medium have been proven to be useful in the detection of yeasts in clinical specimens containing mixed cultures of Candida. The aim of this study was to compare the results of antifungal susceptibility testing with fluconazole and amphotericin B on strains of Candida spp. isolated from urine, conducted on a Mueller-Hinton Agar with Glucose and Methylene Blue (MHAGMB) medium and on a Hicrome Candida® Agar with 2% Glucose (HCAG) medium. We used 40 samples of Candida spp. isolated from urine samples from inpatients and outpatients. The results showed that both media presented high rates of agreement, above 94%. The use of the HCAG medium decreases the release time of the results by 24-48 h, which may be decisive for initiating the correct drug treatment.

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Amphotericin BAntifungal AgentsCandidaCandidiasisCulture MediaFluconazoleHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsUrineAmphotericin BAntifungal AgentsCulture MediaFluconazole

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PMID21369747
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