Sensitivity of Clinical Yeast Isolates in Kuwait against a Number of Antifungal Agents

Ghannoum, Mahmoud A.; Sharif, H. F.; Al-Gharreer, H.

doi:10.1111/j.1439-0507.1984.tb02051.x

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“…The results obtained in this study are in agreement with those reported in the literature for the sensitivity of clinical yeast isolates to traditional anticandidal drugs. We report slightly higher MIC values than others (7,9,11,13). This could be due to the agar dilution technique adopted in this study; this is known to give raised MIC values when compared to results obtained using liquid media (11).…”

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Incidence and Susceptibility of Yeasts Isolated form Cancer Patients in Kuwait:Vorkommen und Sensibilität von Hefen bei Karzinom‐Patienten in Kuwait

Ghannoum

Motawy

Mubarak

et al. 1985

Mycoses

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Summary: The incidence and the suspectibility of yeast species isolated from cancer patients in Kuwait has been studied. The incidence of positive yeast carriage in cancer patients was found to be significantly higher than for the control group. C. albicans was the most frequent isolate followed by C. tropicalis. The in vitro sensitivity tests showed that amphotericin B was the most active drug followed by nystatin and finally chlorhexidine. Zusammenfassung: Untersnchung über das Vorkommen und die Empfindlichkeit von Hefearten, die von Krebspatienten in Kuwait isoliert werden konnten. Die Häufigkeit einer Hefebesiedlung war bei Krebspatienten signifikant höher als in der Kontrollgruppe. Candida albicans wurde am häufigsten gehden, am zweithäufigsten Candida tropicalis. Bei den Empfindlichkeitstestungen mit drei Antimykotika envies sich Amphotericin B als am wirksamsten, ihm folgten Nystatin und Chlorhexidin.

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Incidence and Susceptibility of Yeasts Isolated form Cancer Patients in Kuwait:Vorkommen und Sensibilität von Hefen bei Karzinom‐Patienten in Kuwait

Ghannoum

Motawy

Mubarak

et al. 1985

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Susceptibility of clinical isolates of yeasts to anti-fungal agents

Qadri¹,

Flournoy²,

Qadri³

et al. 1986

Mycopathologia

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The antimicrobial activity of amphotericin B, 5-fluorocytosine, nystatin, clotrimazole and miconazole were compared in vitro against 244 strains of yeasts that had been isolated from clinical specimens. The yeasts used in this study included 20 species of Candida, Cryptococcus, Saccharomyces Geotrichum, Rhodotorula, Torulopsis and Trichosporon. The majority of the strains (78%) had an MIC of less than or equal to 0.5 microgram/ml for amphotericin B, 81% an MIC of less than or equal to 1 microgram/ml for 5-fluorocytosine, 99% less than or equal to 8 micrograms/ml for nystatin, 91%, less than or equal to 8.0 micrograms/ml for clotrimazole and 98% had an MIC of less than or equal to 4.0 for miconazole. Of the anti-fungal agents tested, 5-fluorocytosine and nystatin were found to have the greatest antifungal activity.

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Incidence and distribution of Candida species isolated from human skin in Jordan

1999

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In the period between December 1992 and September 1993 a total of 1060 clinically suspected cases of dermatomycoses were examined for causative fungi. Of these 330 (31%) were suspected as cutaneous candidosis. A higher incidence was observed in adults (62.9%) than in children (36.2%) and infants (19.5%). The infected patients that were adults were divided into four categories: diabetics; those receiving steroid; those receiving antibiotic therapy; and a non-risk control group. Analysis of the data revealed that the incidence rate appears to be approximately doubled in diabetes (49.3%), steroid therapy (33.8%) and antibiotic therapy (27.4%) than in the control group (15.7%). Candida albicans was the most frequent isolate (57.6%) followed by Candida tropicalis (16.5%).

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Sensitivity of Clinical Yeast Isolates in Kuwait against a Number of Antifungal Agents

Cited by 7 publications

References 11 publications

Incidence and Susceptibility of Yeasts Isolated form Cancer Patients in Kuwait:Vorkommen und Sensibilität von Hefen bei Karzinom‐Patienten in Kuwait

Incidence and Susceptibility of Yeasts Isolated form Cancer Patients in Kuwait:Vorkommen und Sensibilität von Hefen bei Karzinom‐Patienten in Kuwait

Susceptibility of clinical isolates of yeasts to anti-fungal agents

Incidence and distribution of Candida species isolated from human skin in Jordan

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