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. 2017 Jun 27;61(7):e02754-16.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.02754-16. Print 2017 Jul.

Identification of Candida parapsilosis Sensu Lato in Pediatric Patients and Antifungal Susceptibility Testing

Maria Emilia Cattana  1 , Catiana Dudiuk  2 , Mariana Fernández  3 , Florencia Rojas  3 , Liliana Alegre  3 , Susana Córdoba  4 , Guillermo Garcia-Effron  2 , Gustavo Giusiano  3
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Identification of Candida parapsilosis Sensu Lato in Pediatric Patients and Antifungal Susceptibility Testing

Maria Emilia Cattana et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. .

Abstract

A total of 59 Candida parapsilosis sensu stricto and 1 Candida orthopsilosis recovered from catheters and blood cultures of pediatric patients from the northeastern region of Argentina were studied. Susceptibility to azoles, amphotericin B, and echinocandins was tested by the broth microdilution method. According to CLSI clinical breakpoints, >91% of the strains were azole susceptible, whereas 15% showed high amphotericin B MICs.

Keywords: C. orthopsilosis; C. parapsilosis sensu stricto; PCR-REA; amphotericin B; blood culture; echinocandin.

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