Profile of Candida Species in Vulvovaginal Candidiasis using Conventional Methods

Cita Rosita Sigit Prakoeswa, Dewi Puspitorini, Yuri Widya, Sylvia Anggraeni, Linda Astari, Evy Ervianti, Sunarso Suyoso

2018

Abstract

Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is an inflammatory disease of vulva and vagina that caused by Candida sp.Candida albicans was the predominant cause of candidiasis. However, a shift toward non-albicans Candida species has been recently observed. These non-albicans Candida species demonstrated reduced susceptibility to commonly used antifungal drugs. Identification of the infecting Candida to the species level is of utmost importance for clinical microbiological services for prediction of likely drug susceptibility and to guide treatment. Conventional methods for the diagnosis of candidiasis are sensitive, low-cost, and although time consuming, are still considered the references standard for identification of yeast isolates. There were three conventional methods that is still the standard tests to identify the Candida sp. The tests are Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA) thencornmeal-Tween 80 agar, carbohydrate fermentation test, and CHROM agar Candida (CAC). These tests usually give some specific colony, morphology andcolor for every Candida sp.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Prakoeswa C., Puspitorini D., Widya Y., Anggraeni S., Astari L., Ervianti E. and Suyoso S. (2018). Profile of Candida Species in Vulvovaginal Candidiasis using Conventional Methods.In Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD, ISBN 978-989-758-494-7, pages 281-285. DOI: 10.5220/0008155702810285

in Bibtex Style

@conference{rcd18,
author={Cita Rosita Sigit Prakoeswa and Dewi Puspitorini and Yuri Widya and Sylvia Anggraeni and Linda Astari and Evy Ervianti and Sunarso Suyoso},
title={Profile of Candida Species in Vulvovaginal Candidiasis using Conventional Methods},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD,},
year={2018},
pages={281-285},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008155702810285},
isbn={978-989-758-494-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD,
TI - Profile of Candida Species in Vulvovaginal Candidiasis using Conventional Methods
SN - 978-989-758-494-7
AU - Prakoeswa C.
AU - Puspitorini D.
AU - Widya Y.
AU - Anggraeni S.
AU - Astari L.
AU - Ervianti E.
AU - Suyoso S.
PY - 2018
SP - 281
EP - 285
DO - 10.5220/0008155702810285