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ArticleRevista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

FREQUENCY OF Candida SPECIES IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN TRIANGULO MINEIRO, MINAS GERAIS STATE, BRAZIL.

Ralciane de Paula Menezes, Joseane Cristina Ferreira, Walkiria Machado de Sá, Tomaz de Aquino Moreira, Lucivânia Duarte Silva Malvino, Lucio Borges de Araujo, Denise Von Dolinger de Brito Röder, Mario Paulo Amante Penatti, Regina Celia Candido, Reginaldo Dos Santos Pedroso

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Article in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo. 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
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ralciane de Paula MenezesFAMED, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Joseane Cristina FerreiraFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirao Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
Walkiria Machado de SáClinical Hospital of Uberlândia, UFU, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Tomaz de Aquino MoreiraClinical Hospital of Uberlândia, UFU, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Lucivânia Duarte Silva MalvinoClinical Hospital of Uberlândia, UFU, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Lucio Borges de AraujoFaculty of Mathematics, UFU, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Denise Von Dolinger de Brito RöderFAMED, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Mario Paulo Amante PenattiUFU, Technical School of Health, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Regina Celia CandidoFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirao Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
Reginaldo Dos Santos PedrosoFAMED, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de Uberlândia · BRUniversidade de São Paulo · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infections by Candida species are a high-impact problem in public health due to their wide incidence in hospitalized patients. The goal of this study was to evaluate frequency, susceptibility to antifungals, and genetic polymorphism of Candida species isolated from clinical specimens of hospitalized patients. The Candida isolates included in this study were obtained from blood cultures, abdominal fluids, and central venous catheters (CVC) of hospitalized patients at the Clinical Hospital of the Federal University of Uberlândia during the period of July 2010 - June 2011. Susceptibility tests were conducted by the broth microdilution method. The RAPD-PCR tests used employed initiator oligonucleotides OPA09, OPB11, and OPE06. Of the 63 Candida isolates, 18 (28.5%) were C. albicans, 20 (31.7%) were C. parapsilosis complex species, 14 (22.2%) C. tropicalis, four (6.4%) C. glabrata, four (6.4%) C. krusei, two (3.3%) C. kefyr, and one (1.6%) C. lusitaniae. In vitro resistance to amphotericin B was observed in 12.7% of isolates. In vitro resistance to azoles was not detected, except for C. krusei. The two primers, OPA09 and OPB11, were able to distinguish different species. Isolates of C. albicans and C. parapsilosis complex species presented six and five clusters, respectively, with the OPA09 marker by RAPD-PCR, showing the genetic variability of the isolates of those species. It was concluded that members of the C. parapsilosis complex were the most frequent species found, and most isolates were susceptible to the antifungals amphotericin B, flucozanole, and itraconazole. High genetic polymorphisms were observed for isolates of C. albicans and C. parapsilosis complex species, mainly with the OPA09 marker.

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DNA, FungalAged, 80 and overAmphotericin BAntifungal AgentsBrazilCandidaDrug Resistance, FungalFemaleFluconazoleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornItraconazoleMaleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMycological Typing TechniquesAmphotericin BAntifungal AgentsDNA, FungalFluconazoleItraconazole

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PMID26200956
PMCPMC4544240
OpenAlexW1016740227

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