Identification, Prevalence and Susceptibility Profile of Candida Isolates at the Pasteur Institute in Côte D'ivoire from 2017 to 2019

This study was conducted in Côte d’Ivoire to determine the respective prevalence of Candida species and their susceptibility profile antifungal agents identify emergence resistance.This retrospective from 2017 2019 at Institute Pasteur on patients with fungal disease. The yeasts isolated identified were subcultured a chromogenic medium MALDI-TOF-MS. Sensitivity tests performed using CLSI method evaluated by M27. In total, 227 spp. 1941 patients. Most samples vaginal swabs (120/228). Using conventional method, C. albicans prevalent (52.6%). There mixtures 2 4 36.8% samples. Thus MALDI-TOF-MS 315 isolates 13 distinct species, tropicalis 35.2%, both parapsilosis complexes differentiated. highlights hurdle correct yeast identification developing countries. transition modern MALDI-TOF based these life-threatening opportunistic pathogens is mandatory should be emphasised as public health priority.