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Published on: December 8, 2011
Candida parapsilosis Vaginal Infection-a New Site of Azole Drug Resistance
1Division of Infectious Diseases, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 540 E. Canfield St., 1241 Scott Hall, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA. jsobel@med.wayne.edu.
Purpose Of Review:
Evaluation of pathogenicity of an uncommon vaginal Candida species, Candida parapsilosis with particular references to susceptibility to conventional antifungal agents.
Recent Findings:
C. parapsilosis vaginal isolates usually present in asymptomatic women as commensals but may induce vulvovaginal symptoms indistinguishable from C. albicans requiring antifungal therapy; however, recent experience reveals clinically relevant resistance to the azole class of antimycotics.
Conclusion:
Clinicians are required to determine a causal relationship between vaginal isolates of C. parapsilosis before prescribing antifungal agents, recognizing the possibility of fluconazole resistance to explain refractory symptomatology.
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