Isolation of Candida albicans from high school students’ nasal and throat samples
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https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v75i2.8384Keywords:
Candida albicans, school students, fluconazoleAbstract
Objective: To determine the presence of Candida albicans in throat and nasal secretion in high school students. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Institute of Tropical Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru. Participants: High school students from San Juan Macias School in Santa Anita, Lima, Peru. Interventions: Nasal and throat samples were collected from 102 14-17 year-old students. Samples were grown on sabouraud agar and Candida CHROMOagar and identified by chlamydospores study and metabolic tests. Main outcome measures: Identification of C. albicans yeast. Results: Candida yeast was isolated from 11 students (10.8%). A significant percentage of yeast (36.4%) developed moderate resistance to fluconazole. Conclusions: Continuous surveillance of medically important yeasts in nasopharyngeal carriers is suggested in order to be prepared for eventual infectious conditions.
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2014-06-16
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Copyright (c) 2014 Ana M. Huamán Reyes, Vilma R. Béjar Castillo, Carlos Raúl Sevilla Andrade, Gloria M. Sáez Flores, Mario Tapia Barcellandi, José M. Guevara Granados, Elizabeth I. Pareja Cuadros, Esther Valencia Bazalar, Luis Marocho Chaguayo, Jorge Chumpitaz Conde, Dayyana G. Julca Puente, Patricia Abanto Diaz
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Huamán Reyes AM, Béjar Castillo VR, Sevilla Andrade CR, Sáez Flores GM, Tapia Barcellandi M, Guevara Granados JM, et al. Isolation of Candida albicans from high school students’ nasal and throat samples. An Fac med [Internet]. 2014 Jun. 16 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];75(2):181-3. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/8384
