First fluconazole-resistant Candida auris isolated from fungal otitis in Iran

Document Type : Case report

Authors

1 Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran

2 Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat, Faculty of Medicine, Roohani Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran

3 Invasive Fungi Research Center, Communicable Diseases Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

4 Department of Medical Mycology, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

5 Student Research Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

10.18502/cmm.7.1.6243

Abstract

Background and Purpose: Candida auris, as a new characterized pathogenic yeast,has attracted remarkable attention in the recent decade due to its rapid global emergence and multidrug resistance traits. This unique species is able to cause nosocomial outbreaks and tolerate adverse conditions; however, it has been mostly misidentified by conventional methods.
Case report: This report aimed to describe the first fluconazole-resistant case of C.auris otitis in an immunocompetent patient in Iran. The isolate showed minimum inhibitory concentration of ≥ 32 μg/ml for fluconazole; however, the patient was treated with topical clotrimazole and miconazole with no recurrence.
Conclusion: This was the second strain of C. auris isolated from otitis in Iran which was fluconazole-resistant, unlike the first Iranian isolate.

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Current Medical Mycology
Volume 7, Issue 1
March 2021
Pages 51-54

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