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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2005, p. 2155-2162, Vol. 43, No. 5
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.5.2155-2162.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Antifungal Susceptibilities of Candida Species Causing Vulvovaginitis and Epidemiology of Recurrent Cases

Sandra S. Richter,1* Rudolph P. Galask,2 Shawn A. Messer,1 Richard J. Hollis,1 Daniel J. Diekema,1 and Michael A. Pfaller1

Department of Pathology,1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa2

Received 12 October 2004/ Returned for modification 16 December 2004/ Accepted 17 January 2005

There are limited data regarding the antifungal susceptibility of yeast causing vulvovaginal candidiasis, since cultures are rarely performed. Susceptibility testing was performed on vaginal yeast isolates collected from January 1998 to March 2001 from 429 patients with suspected vulvovaginal candidiasis. The charts of 84 patients with multiple positive cultures were reviewed. The 593 yeast isolates were Candida albicans (n = 420), Candida glabrata (n = 112), Candida parapsilosis (n = 30), Candida krusei (n = 12), Saccharomyces cerevisiae ( n = 9), Candida tropicalis (n = 8), Candida lusitaniae (n = 1), and Trichosporon sp. (n = 1). Multiple species suggesting mixed infection were isolated from 27 cultures. Resistance to fluconazole and flucytosine was observed infrequently (3.7% and 3.0%); 16.2% of isolates were resistant to itraconazole (MIC ≥ 1 µg/ml). The four imidazoles (econazole, clotrimazole, miconazole, and ketoconazole) were active: 94.3 to 98.5% were susceptible at ≤1 µg/ml. Among different species, elevated fluconazole MICs (≥16 µg/ml) were only observed in C. glabrata (15.2% resistant [R], 51.8% susceptible-dose dependent [S-DD]), C. parapsilosis (3.3% S-DD), S. cerevisiae (11.1% S-DD), and C. krusei (50% S-DD, 41.7% R, considered intrinsically fluconazole resistant). Resistance to itraconazole was observed among C. glabrata (74.1%), C. krusei (58.3%), S. cerevisiae (55.6%), and C. parapsilosis (3.4%). Among 84 patients with recurrent episodes, non-albicans species were more common (42% versus 20%). A ≥4-fold rise in fluconazole MIC was observed in only one patient with C. parapsilosis. These results support the use of azoles for empirical therapy of uncomplicated candidal vulvovaginitis. Recurrent episodes are more often caused by non-albicans species, for which azole agents are less likely to be effective.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive, C606 GH, Iowa City, IA 52242-1009. Phone: (319) 356-2990. Fax: (319) 356-4916. E-mail: sandra-richter{at}uiowa.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2005, p. 2155-2162, Vol. 43, No. 5
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.5.2155-2162.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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