Research Article

Candida albicans and C. tropicalis Isolates from the Expired Breathes of Captive Dolphins and Their Environments in an Aquarium

Table 5

Antifungal susceptibility and genotypes of C. albicans isolates.

Susceptibility to antifungal drugsMDR 1ITSrRNACombined
IFM No.Animal No.AMPH-B5-FCFLCZITZMCZMCFGAccession No.Genotype (1–16)Accession No.Genotype (I–XII)Genotype (A–X)

Dolphin isolates
55372No. 1 (W)0.5<0.125>64*>8*4<0.03AB3797161AB437006VA
55224No. 3 (S)0.5<0.125>64*>8*8<0.03AB3796971AB436989VIB
55374No. 3 (W)0.5<0.125>64*>8*2<0.03AB3797171AB437007VIB
55226No. 4 (S)0.250.2532+8*2<0.03AB37969916AB436991VC
55376No. 4 (W)0.250.12510.1252<0.03AB37971816AB437008VC
55292No. 5 (S)0.5<0.12564*8*2<0.03AB3797061AB436997VIB
55267No. 9 (S)0.25>64*>64*>8*1<0.03AB37970015AB436992VID
55378No. 9 (W)0.25>64*>64*>8*32<0.03AB37971915NDNDND
55273No. 11 (S)0.250.125>64*>8*4<0.03AB37970115AB436993VID
55274No. 11 (S)0.5<0.12520.1251<0.03AB37970215AB436994VE
55381No. 11 (W)0.25<0.12564*2*8<0.03AB37972015AB737009XIF
55276No. 13 (S)0.25<0.125>64*>8*4<0.03AB3797037AB436995VG
55382No. 13 (W)0.25<0.12564*8*4<0.03AB3797217AB437010VG
55281No. 16 (S)0.125>64*>64*>8*2<0.03AB37970415NDNDND
55290No. 17 (S)0.5<0.12580.125<0.06<0.03AB3797051AB436996IXH
Environmental isolates

55384Pool-No. 1 (A) (W)0.5<0.125>64*>8*2<0.03AB3797221AB437011VIB
55385Pool-No. 1 (A) (W)0.5<0.1250.1250.030.06<0.03AB3797237AB437012VG
55302Pool-No. 2 (A) (S)0.5<0.125>64*>8*2<0.03AB3797101AB737000IXH
55304Pool-No. 2 (A) (S)0.25<0.12564*>8*2<0.03AB3797111AB437001VIB
55298Pool-No. 3 (A) (S)0.5<0.125>64*>8*2<0.03AB3797091NDNDND
55295Pool-No. 4 (B) (S)0.5<0.1254>8*2<0.03AB3797071AB436998VIB
55867Pool-No. 4 (B) (S)0.5<0.12542*2<0.03AB3797081AB436999IXH
55388Pool-No. 5 (B) (W)0.25<0.125>64*>8*16>16AB3797261AB437015VA
55387Pool-No. 7 (B) (W)0.25>64*>64*>8*>32<0.03AB37972515AB437014VIIII
55386Pool-No. 8 (A) (W)0.25<0.125>64*>8*>32<0.03AB3797241AB437013VIIIJ
55871Pool-No. 9 (C) (S)0.5<0.12581*2<0.03AB37971215AB707002VIIII
55319Sea Water (D) (S)0.25<0.12540.062<0.03AB37971415AB437004VIIII
Staff isolates

55390Staff-A0.25<0.125>64*>8*8<0.03AB37972716AB437016VC
55392Staff-B0.5<0.12520.1250.5<0.03AB37972811AB437017VK
55395Staff-C0.5<0.1250.50.032<0.03AB3797295AB437018IIL
Reference isolates

4953Sputum (J)0.25<0.1250.250.03<0.06<0.03AB3797309AB437019IM
5633Oral mucosa (J)0.25<0.1250.250.030.06<0.03AB37973113AB437020VN
5713Sputum (J)0.25<0.1250.1250.03<0.06<0.03AB37973210AB437021IVO
40213Blood (USA)0.50.250.250.030.06<0.03AB3797352AB437024VP
=ATCC 90028

41419Sputum (J)0.25<0.1250.250.030.06<0.03AB3797364AB437025XQ
49764Oral mucosa (J)0.5<0.1250.250.030.06<0.03AB3797414AB437029VR
49765Oral mucosa (J)0.5>64*80.060.06<0.03AB3797423AB437030IIIS
49767Tongue (J)0.5<0.12510.060.25<0.03AB3797436AB437034XIIT
54349Sputum (J)0.5<0.1250.250.030.06<0.03AB3797518AB437039IU
54381Sputum (J)0.5<0.1250.1250.030.125<0.03AB37975214AB437040VV
54604Clinical isolate (TW)0.5110.1250.25<0.03AB37975416AB437041XIIW
55046Clinical isolate (J)0.5<0.1250.1250.030.06<0.03AB37975612AB437043VIIX

S: collected at August 2006, W: collected at February 2007.
J: Japan, USA: the United States of America, TW: Taiwan.
A, B, C and D indicated at the environmental isolate indicated the water supply system.
AMPH-B: amphotericin B, 5-FC: flucytosine, FLCZ: fluconazole, ITZ: itraconazole, MCZ: miconazole, MCFG: micafungin:
*; resistant, and +; dose-dependent susceptibility based on CLSI M27-A2 protocol [42].