Shivaswamy Umamaheshwari, Sumana M N
Division of Microbiology, Department of Water and Health, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, Karnataka, India.
Department of Microbiology, JSS Medical College and Hospital, Mysuru, Karnataka, India.
Indian J Dermatol. 2020 Sep-Oct;65(5):423-425. doi: 10.4103/ijd.IJD_385_19.
Candidiasis still remains as a common opportunistic infection in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Drug resistance has become a serious health concern because of indiscriminate usage and dosage.
To determine the antifungal resistance pattern of and non-albicans Candida (NAC) from HIV patients.
The study was carried out in the department of microbiology at a tertiary care hospital. Candida isolates obtained from HIV patients were tested for drug susceptibility by Vitek-2 automated system.
Antifungal susceptibility pattern (n=109) revealed that 15% of the isolates were resistant to at-least one and 85% were sensitive to all the drugs tested. About 10% and 19% of showed resistance to fluconazole and flucytosine respectively. Among non-albicans tested, only (14%) exhibited resistance to flucytosine.
Knowledge on epidemiology, species prevalence, and drug resistance pattern may guide for effective therapy. This reduces morbidity and also improves the quality of life.
念珠菌病在人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)感染者中仍然是一种常见的机会性感染。由于药物的滥用和不当剂量,耐药性已成为一个严重的健康问题。
确定HIV患者中白色念珠菌和非白色念珠菌(NAC)的抗真菌耐药模式。
本研究在一家三级医疗机构的微生物科进行。从HIV患者中分离出的念珠菌菌株通过Vitek-2自动化系统进行药敏试验。
抗真菌药敏模式(n=109)显示,15%的分离株对至少一种药物耐药,85%对所有测试药物敏感。约10%的白色念珠菌对氟康唑耐药,19%对氟胞嘧啶耐药。在测试的非白色念珠菌中,只有热带念珠菌(14%)对氟胞嘧啶耐药。
了解流行病学、菌种流行情况和耐药模式可为有效治疗提供指导。这可降低发病率并提高生活质量。