Occurrence of pathogenic Candida species in artisanal cheeses from Boyacá, Colombia, including fluconazole resistant isolates
Zilpa Adriana Sánchez Quitian,
Guisell Mariana Pérez Rozo,
Carolina Firacative
Abstract:Yeasts are widely known for their application in food production, but also because of their clinical significance. As human pathogens, several species of yeasts, mainly of the genus Candida, are responsible for a great number of life-threatening infections. The occurrence of yeasts in cheeses, including pathogenic species, has been largely studied, yet the antifungal susceptibility of these microorganisms is rarely reported. Here, we identified the species and determined the antifungal susceptibility profile o… Show more
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