EVALUATION OF RESISTANCE TO ANTIFUNGAL MEDICINES OF CANDIDA SP FUNGUS ISOLATED FROM THE RESPIRATORY TRACT OF PATIENTS AT CAN THO GENERAL HOSPITAL

Thị Ngọc Nga Phạm, Văn Tín Nguyễn, Đại Thành Võ , Thái Ngọc Trần, Quang Minh Huỳnh

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Background: Diseases caused by Candida species cause lung disease, increasing the likelihood of complications and increasing hospital stay. Objectives: Evaluating the level of drug resistance of Candida sp isolated from the respiratory tract of patients at Can Tho city general hospital. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study on a total of 127 specimens isolated from respiratory diseases at Can Tho City General Hospital, 2019-2023. Results: The identification results recorded that 4 Candida sp species were isolated, of which Candida albicans accounted for the highest proportion (70.1%), the lowest was Candida glabrata (0.8%); Candida sp was highly sensitive to Amphotericin B (93.7%), Voriconazole (92.1%), Micafungin (85%) and Fluconazole (78.7%); Strong resistance to Caspofungin (33.1%), Flucytosine (23.6%); Relatively high levels of intermediate resistance were Fluconazole (11%) and Flucytosine (16.5%). Except for Amphotericin B (p = 0.321) and Flucytosine (p = 1), the remaining antifungal drugs all had statistically significant differences between the two groups C. albicans and C. non albicans. Conclusions: Except for Caspofungin and Flucytosine, the remaining antifungal drugs have very high sensitivity (>78%) against Candida sp

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