Oral Candidiasis among Cancer Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Chennai, South India: An Evaluation of Clinicomycological Association and Antifungal Susceptibility Pattern
المؤلفون المشاركون
Jayachandran, Abirami Lakshmy
Katragadda, Radhika
Thyagarajan, Ravinder
Vajravelu, Leela
Manikesi, Suganthi
Kaliappan, Shanmugam
Jayachandran, Balaji
المصدر
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
العدد
المجلد 2016، العدد 2016 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2016)، ص ص. 1-6، 6ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2016-06-14
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
6
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Oropharyngeal candidiasis is one of the common manifestations seen in cancer patients on cytotoxic therapy and invasion into deeper tissues can occur if not treated promptly.
Emergence of antifungal drug resistance is of serious concern owing to the associated morbidity and mortality.
The present study aims at evaluation of clinicomycological association and antifungal drug susceptibility among the 180 recruited patients with cancer on chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy with signs or symptoms suggestive of oral candidiasis.
Speciation and antifungal susceptibility was done by Microbroth dilution method for fluconazole, Itraconazole, and Amphotericin B as per standard microbiological techniques.
Chi-square test was used for statistical analysis ( p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant).
Candida albicans was the predominant species isolated (94) (58%) followed by Candida tropicalis (34) (20.9%).
Fluconazole and Itraconazole showed an overall resistance rate of 14% and 14.8%, respectively.
All the isolates were susceptible to Amphotericin B.
There was a significant association between the presence of dry mouth and isolation of Candida ( p < 0.001 ) .
Such clinicomicrobiological associations can help in associating certain symptoms with the isolation of Candida.
Species level identification with in vitro antifungal susceptibility pattern is essential to choose the appropriate drug and to predict the outcome of therapy.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Jayachandran, Abirami Lakshmy& Katragadda, Radhika& Thyagarajan, Ravinder& Vajravelu, Leela& Manikesi, Suganthi& Kaliappan, Shanmugam…[et al.]. 2016. Oral Candidiasis among Cancer Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Chennai, South India: An Evaluation of Clinicomycological Association and Antifungal Susceptibility Pattern. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1100021
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Jayachandran, Abirami Lakshmy…[et al.]. Oral Candidiasis among Cancer Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Chennai, South India: An Evaluation of Clinicomycological Association and Antifungal Susceptibility Pattern. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1100021
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Jayachandran, Abirami Lakshmy& Katragadda, Radhika& Thyagarajan, Ravinder& Vajravelu, Leela& Manikesi, Suganthi& Kaliappan, Shanmugam…[et al.]. Oral Candidiasis among Cancer Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Chennai, South India: An Evaluation of Clinicomycological Association and Antifungal Susceptibility Pattern. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1100021
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1100021
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