Clinical and microbiological characteristics of candida guilliermondii and candida fermentati

Abstract

A total of 46 clinical isolates of Candida guilliermondii and Candida famata were reidentified genetically, resulting in 27 C. guilliermondii and 12 Candida fermentati strains. The majority of C. guilliermondii strains, but not C. fermentati strains, were isolated from blood cultures. C. fermentati was more sensitive to anti-fungals, hydrogen peroxide, and killing by murine macrophages than was C. guilliermondii. The C. guilliermondii isolates were echinocandin susceptible in vitro but resistant to micafungin in a murine model of invasive candidiasis.