Abstract

SILVA BARBEDO, Leonardo et al. Etiology of cutaneous candidiasis cases seen at the mycology service of the Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil. Rev. Soc. Ven. Microbiol. [online]. 2013, vol.33, n.1, pp.53-59. ISSN 1315-2556.

This work corresponds to the study of 64 samples from 56 patients with clinical suspicion of cutaneous candidiasis, collected between November 2008 and August 2009 at the Human and Veterinarian Diagnostic Service of the Department of Microbiology and Parasitology of the Instituto Biomédico of the Universidad Federal Fluminense, Brazil. Candida genus species were isolated in 58 samples from 51 patients (38 women and 13 men), with the following distribution: C. parapsilosis 15, C. famata 11, C. albicans 9, C. haemulonii 7, C. guilliermondii 4, C. ciferrii 5, C. lipolytica 4, and C. tropicalis 3. Onicomycoses represented over 75% of the clinical manifestations. In cases where Candida was not isolated as etiologic agent, two Cryptococcus laurentii, one Trichosporum mucoides, and one Trichosporum asahii were identified. This work is a contribution to the knowledge of the etiology of cutaneous candidiasis at the Mycology Service of the Universidade Federal Fluminense.

Keywords : cutaneous candidiasis; laboratory identification; Candida parapsilosis; Candida famata; Candida albicans.