Susceptibility to Antifungal Agents in 111 Candida Strains Causing Nosocomial Deep Fungal Infections / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To study pathogen distribution and susceptibility to sevenral antifungal agents.METHODS The CHROMagar candida color medium was applied to isolate and identify Candida strains.Drug sensitivity was analyzed by the K-B diffusion method.The drug sensitivity to econazole(ECO),nystatin(NYS),itraconazole(ITR),ketoconazole(KET),fluconazole(FLU),flucytosine(FCT),and amphotericin B(AMB)was tested.RESULTS Candida albicans was the most frequent isolated organism accounting for 62.5%.C.tropicalis and others accounted for 21.62% and 8.1%,respectively.The respiratory tract infection accounted for 76.57%,and the urinary tract was the second(6.31%),the blood and genitourinary tract were the third(5.00%).The susceptibility of Candada spp strains to nystatin and amphotericin B was more active than to other antifungal agents.CONCLUSIONS The fungal infection is relative to some risk factors,such as using antibiotics,underlying diseases and aging.Therefore,using antibiotics reasonably and improving the immunity are the main measures of preventing the fungal infection.