Antifungal susceptibility of clinically significant candida species by disk diffusion method

Antifungal susceptibility of candida. To perform antifungal testing on candida isolates by disk diffusion method & study its pattern. The present was conducted in the department Microbiology a tertiary care hospital Hyderabad from January 2013 to June 2014, with prior approval Institutional Ethics Committee. designed test Candida Disk Diffusion Method and 102 were subjected using Mueller-Hinton Agar + 2% Glucose 0.5 ?g/mL Methylene Blue Dye (GMB) Mediumas per CLSI guidelines. : shows that C. albicans is more susceptible all agents tested. Resistance azole group drugs pronounced non-albicans spp. Voriconazole seemed be superior Fluconazole better resistant strains also. Findings suggest spp., differ their agents. will helpful guiding physicians select appropriate drug so therapeutic failures can avoided thus decreasing patient morbidity mortality.