Determination of antimicotic susceptibility pattern of Candida species isolated from patients with symptomatic candiduria

The present study was conducted to determine antimicotic susceptibility of Candida species (sp.) from patients with symptomatic candiduria. Identification of Candida sp. and determination of efficacy of most routine antifungals were done using polymerase chain reaction‑restriction fragment length polymorphism method and E‑test, respectively. The results from susceptibility test reveal that caspofungin and amphotericin B have high antifungal activity against both albicans (100% and 96%, respectively) and nonalbicans (95.11% and 72.72%, respectively) isolates. The present study suggests that caspofungin and amphotericin B have the excellent ability to eradicate both Candida groups that showed decreased susceptibility to other compounds.