Evidence of fluconazole-resistant Candida species in tortoises and sea turtles

The aim of this study was to evaluate the antifungal susceptibility of Candida spp. recovered from tortoises ( Chelonoidis spp.) and sea turtles ( Chelonia mydas , Caretta caretta , Lepidochelys oli- vacea , Eretmochelys imbricata ). For this purpose, material from the oral cavity and cloaca of 77 a...

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Autores: Brilhante, Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira, Rodrigues, Pedro Henrique de Aragão, Alencar, Lucas Pereira de, Riello, Giovanna Barbosa, Ribeiro, Joyce Fonteles, Oliveira, Jonathas Sales de, Castelo-Branco, Débora de Souza Collares Maia, Bandeira, Tereza de Jesus Pinheiro Gomes, Monteiro, André Jalles, Rocha, Marcos Fábio Gadelha, Cordeiro, Rossana de Aguiar, Moreira, José Luciano Bezerra, Sidrim, José Júlio Costa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ufc.br:riufc/16585
Acceso en línea:http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/16585
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fluconazol
Candida
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Sumario:The aim of this study was to evaluate the antifungal susceptibility of Candida spp. recovered from tortoises ( Chelonoidis spp.) and sea turtles ( Chelonia mydas , Caretta caretta , Lepidochelys oli- vacea , Eretmochelys imbricata ). For this purpose, material from the oral cavity and cloaca of 77 animals (60 tortoises and 17 sea turtles) was collected. The collected specimens were seeded on 2 % Sabouraud dextrose agar with chloramphenicol, and the identifi- cation was carried out by morphological and bio- chemical methods. Sixty-six isolates were recovered from tortoises, out of which 27 were C . tropicalis ,27 C . famata ,7 C . albicans ,4 C . guilliermondii and 1 C . intermedia , whereas 12 strains were obtained from sea turtles, which were identified as Candida parap- silosis ( n = 4), Candida guilliermondii ( n = 4), Can- dida tropicalis ( n = 2), Candida albicans ( n = 1) and Candida intermedia ( n = 1). The minimum inhibitory concentrations for amphotericin B, itraconazole and fluconazole ranged from 0.03125 to 0.5, 0.03125 to [ 16 and 0.125 to [ 64, respectively. Overall, 19 azole- resistant strains (14 C. tropicalis and 5 C. albicans ) were found. Thus, this study shows that Testudines carry azole-resistant Candida spp

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