Antifungal Susceptibility, Possible Role, Nitric Oxide Synthase, Activity, Pathogenesis, Candidal Vaginal, Skin Infections
Abo-Kamar, A., Nassar, S., Hammoda, A., Ibrahim, W. (2000). Antifungal Susceptibility, Possible Role, Nitric Oxide Synthase, Activity, Pathogenesis, Candidal Vaginal, Skin Infections. EKB Journal Management System, 30(4), 647-664. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2000.243862
Amal Abo-Kamar; Samia Nassar; Abd El Fattah Hammoda; Wafaa Ibrahim. "Antifungal Susceptibility, Possible Role, Nitric Oxide Synthase, Activity, Pathogenesis, Candidal Vaginal, Skin Infections". EKB Journal Management System, 30, 4, 2000, 647-664. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2000.243862
Abo-Kamar, A., Nassar, S., Hammoda, A., Ibrahim, W. (2000). 'Antifungal Susceptibility, Possible Role, Nitric Oxide Synthase, Activity, Pathogenesis, Candidal Vaginal, Skin Infections', EKB Journal Management System, 30(4), pp. 647-664. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2000.243862
Abo-Kamar, A., Nassar, S., Hammoda, A., Ibrahim, W. Antifungal Susceptibility, Possible Role, Nitric Oxide Synthase, Activity, Pathogenesis, Candidal Vaginal, Skin Infections. EKB Journal Management System, 2000; 30(4): 647-664. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2000.243862

Antifungal Susceptibility, Possible Role, Nitric Oxide Synthase, Activity, Pathogenesis, Candidal Vaginal, Skin Infections

Journal of High Institute of Public Health
Article 5, Volume 30, Issue 4, October 2000, Page 647-664  XML
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jhiph.2000.243862
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Authors
Amal Abo-Kamar1; Samia Nassar2; Abd El Fattah Hammoda3; Wafaa Ibrahim4
1Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tanta University, Egypt
2Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt
3Department of Microbiology, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Egypt
4Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt
Abstract
In this study 300 patients having cutaneous and vaginal infections were laboratory studied. Their cultures yielded 73 candida isolates grouped as [29 patients with candidal skin infection exposed to high risk occupational factors, 23 women with symptomatic vulvovaginal candidiasis and 21 women under long term immunosuppressive therapy with vulvovaginal candidiasis]. The results showed that, Candida albicans accounted for 75.9%, 73.9% and 52.4%, Candida glabrata 6.9%, 17.4% and 19%, Candida tropicalis 6.9%, 8.7% and 19% for three groups of patients while Candida krusei accounted for 10.3% and 9.5% for first and third groups. The susceptibility of different candidal isolates against different commonly used antifungal drugs was determined using two standard methods in addition to flow cytometry. The MIC of all antifungal drugs ranged from 0.5 to 512 mg/ml using standard agar diffusion method. The percent of resistance to the tested antifungal drugs were 4.5% - 54.5% for Candida albicans and 25-50% for Candida glabrata and Candida tropicalis and 33.3 -50% for Candida krusei. In conclusion C. albicans is the most common candidal species causing cutaneous and vaginal candidiasis and it is the least susceptible to fluconazole. The resistance to fluconazole was biochemically investigated by assessement of nitric oxide activity in candidal isolates and morphologically estimatid by scanning electron microscopy. On comparing the MIC of fluconazole by standard dilution method against C. albicans isolates these showed a very good agreement with the resutls by the flow cytometry technique. This indicates that flow cytometry is a rapid, reproducible and sensitive method. Nitric oxide synthase activity was significantly higher in susceptible strains than resistant ones for all the tested C. albicans. this may play a role in their virulence or pathogenesis.
Keywords
Antifungal Susceptibility and the Possible Role of Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity in the Pathogenesis of Candidal Vaginal and Skin Infections
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