Antifungal activity of terrestrial strain HF391 against clinical azole -resistant .

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Actinomycetes have been discovered as source of antifungal compounds that are currently in clinical use. Invasive aspergillosis (IA) due to has been identified as individual drug-resistant to be an emerging pathogen opportunities a global scale. This paper described the antifungal activity of one terrestrial actinomycete against the clinically isolated azole-resistant .

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Soil samples were collected from various locations of Kerman, Iran. Thereafter, the actinomycetes were isolated using starch-casein-nitrate-agar medium and the most efficient actinomycetes (capable of inhibiting ) were screened using agar block method. In the next step, the selected actinomycete was cultivated in starch-casein- broth medium and the inhibitory activity of the obtained culture broth was evaluated using agar well diffusion method.

RESULTS

The selected actinomycete, identified as strain HF391, could suppress the growth of isolates which was isolated from the clinical samples of patients treated with azoles. This strain showed higher inhibition zones on agar diffusion assay which was more than 15 mm.

CONCLUSION

The obtained results of the present study introduced strain HF391 as terrestrial actinomycete that can inhibit the growth of clinically isolated