EFFECT OF PREGNANCY AND DEMOGRAPHY ON SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERN OF AZOLE ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS AGAINST CLINICAL ISOLATES OF CANDIDA SPECIES RECOVERED FROM VULVOVAGINAL CANDIDIASIS PATIENTS

Authors

  • Shafaq Zafar Department of Pharmacology, Peshawar Medical College, Peshawar - Pakistan
  • Amber Javaid Department of Pharmacology, Peshawar Medical College, Peshawar - Pakistan
  • Farzana Salman Department of Physiology, Peshawar Medical College, Peshawar - Pakistan
  • Amir zaman Department of Pharmacology, Peshawar Medical College, Peshawar - Pakistan
  • Mohsina Haq Department of Microbiology, Peshawar Medical College, Peshawar - Pakistan
  • Muhammad Khurram Department of life sciences, Abasyn University, Peshawar - Pakistan

Keywords:

Candida, albicans, glabrata, krusei, Clotrimazole, Fluconazole, Ketoconazole, Itraconazole.

Abstract

To determine the in vitro susceptibility of vaginal Candida species isolates retrieved from both pregnant and
non-pregnant vaginal candidiasis patients belonging to urban and rural areas of Peshawar against commonly used azole
antifungal agents.

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Published

2020-04-21

How to Cite

Zafar, S., Javaid, A., Salman, F., zaman, A., Haq, M., & Khurram, M. (2020). EFFECT OF PREGNANCY AND DEMOGRAPHY ON SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERN OF AZOLE ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS AGAINST CLINICAL ISOLATES OF CANDIDA SPECIES RECOVERED FROM VULVOVAGINAL CANDIDIASIS PATIENTS. Journal of Medical Sciences, 28(1), 76–80. Retrieved from https://jmedsci.com/Jmedsci/article/view/884