Multidrug resistant yeasts in synanthropic wild birds

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Research

Alexander TiongKah Lord¹  Kavitha Mohandas¹  Stephen Ambu¹  Sushela Somanath¹ 

[1] The International Medical University, No.126, Jalan 19/155B, 57000, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;

关键词: West Nile Virus;    Wild Bird;    Chronic Granulomatous Disease;    Candida Glabrata;    Candida Parapsilosis;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1476-0711-9-11

 received in 2010-01-15, accepted in 2010-03-23,  发布年份 2010

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe aim of this study was to investigate the presence of multidrug resistant yeasts in the faeces of synanthropic wild birds from the Bangsar suburb of Kuala Lumpur.MethodsSpecies characterisations of yeast isolates and determinations of antimycotic susceptibility profiles were undertaken using the commercial characterization kit, Integral System Yeasts Plus (Liofilchem, Italy).ResultsFourteen species of yeasts were detected in the bird faecal samples.Candida albicans was present in 28.89% of bird faecal samples, Candida krusei (13.33%), Candida tropicalis (4.44%), Candida glabrata (4.44%), Candida parapsilosis (2.22%), Candida lambica (2.22%), Candida stellatoidea (2.22%), Candida rugosa (2.22%) and Candida lusitaniae (2.22%). Amongst the non-candidal yeast isolates, Cryptococcus laurentii was present in 6.67% of bird faecal samples, Cryptococcus uniguttulatus (4.44%), Saccharomyces cerevisiae (4.44%), Trichosporon pullulans (2.22%), Trichosporon pullulans/Cryptococcus albidus (8.89%) and Rhodotorula rubra/Rhodotorula glutinis (4.44%). Of the isolated yeasts, 18.1% (or 26/144) were found to be resistant to all 11 antimycotic agents they were tested against i.e. Nystatin, Amphotericin B, Flucytosine, Econazole, Ketoconazole, Clotrimazole, Miconazole, Itraconazole, Voriconazole, Fluconazole 16 and Fluconazole 64. 45.8% (or 66/144) of the bird faecal yeast isolates were resistant to four or more of the 11 antimycotic agents they were tested against.ConclusionsThis finding is of public health significance as these synanthropic wild birds may be reservoirs for transmission of drug resistant yeast infections to humans.

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