Open AccessDetection and antifungal susceptibility testing of oralCandida dubliniensisfrom human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients
Author(s) -
Sneha K Chunchanur,
Shobha D Nadgir,
L H Halesh,
BS Patil,
Yasmeen Kausar,
M. R. Chandrasekhar
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.56138
Subject(s) - candida dubliniensis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , antifungal , aids related opportunistic infections , medicine , biology , sida , viral disease , corpus albicans
Candida dubliniensis, an opportunistic yeast that has been implicated in oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) in patients infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) may be under-reported due to its similarity with Candida albicans. Resistance to Fluconazole is often seen in C. dubliniensis isolates from clinical specimens.