Distribution and in vitro antifungal susceptibilities to caspofungin of Candida species isolated from critical ill patients
LI Fang-yi
ZHANG Jing
ZOU Zi-jun
YI Xiu-wen
LI Wei-chao
ZHOU Lin
ZHENG Yu-kai
HE Zhi-Jie
Abstract：Objective To investigate the distribution and in vitro activity of isolates of Candida from critical ill patients of general intensive care unit (ICU),aiming to guide the selection of antifungal.Methods All Candida isolates were taken from adult critical ill patients of general ICU from Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital,Sun Yat-sen University,with ICU stay more than 3 days during February 2015 between February 2016 were identified and then tested for susceptibility to caspofungin using the CLSI M27-A3 broth microdilution method.Results 76 isolates of Candida were collected.37 isolates of Candida spp,accounted for 48.7％,20 isolates of C.tropicalis (26.3％),8 isolates of C.glabrata and 8 isolates of C.parapsilosis (10.5％).1 isolates of C.krusei,C.guilliermondii and C.lusitaniae each.Candida spp.remains high susceptibility to caspofungin (94.7 ％) in general ICU from Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital,Sun Yat-sen University.Resistance was found in 1 C.glabrata isolate,intermediate were found in 2 C.glabrata isolates and 1 C.albicans isolate.Conclusions C.albicans was the most commonly species among critical ill patients of general ICU from Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital,Sun Yat-sen University.The most frequently identified species of non-C.albicans is C.tropicalis.Most Candida spp.isolates remain high susceptibility to caspofungin in critical ill patients.
Keywords：critically ill patientcaspofungininvasive fungal diseaseresistance of fungi
Publication Date：2018-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 20-23 )