Research Article

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

Table 6

Antifungal susceptibility and genotypes of C. tropicalis isolates.

Susceptibility to antifungal drugsMDR 1ITSrRNACombined
IFM No. Animal No.AMPH-B5-FCFLCZITZMCZMCFGAccession No.Genotype   (1–11)Accession No.Genotype (I–V)Genotype (A–M)

Dolphin isolates
55217No. 1 (S)0.25<0.125>64*>8*0.5<0.03AB3797571AB437044IA
55220No. 2 (S)0.25<0.12520.1251<0.03AB3797591AB437046IA
55373No. 2 (W)0.5<0.12564*4*0.5<0.03AB3797791AB437066IA
55229No. 5 (S)0.25<0.12532+8*2<0.03AB3797612AB437048IIB
55233No. 7 (S)0.25<0.12564*4*0.5<0.03AB3797631AB437050IA
55235No. 7 (S)0.5<0.125>64*2*1<0.03AB3797653AB437052IC
55269No. 10 (S)0.25<0.125>64*>8*0.50.06AB3797662AB437053IIB
55379No. 10 (W)0.5<0.1250.250.060.25<0.03AB3797802NDND
55277No. 14 (S)0.25<0.12564*>8*0.5<0.03AB3797684AB437055ID
55383No. 14 (W)0.25<0.12564*2*2<0.03AB3797815AB437067IE
Environmental isolates

55294Pool-No. 1 (A) (S)0.5<0.12540.25+1<0.03AB3797706AB437057IF
55297Pool-No. 2 (A) (S)0.5<0.12516+1*1<0.03AB3797721AB437059IA
55299Pool-No. 3 (A) (S)0.5<0.12510.25+1<0.03AB3797741AB437061IA
55301Pool-No. 5 (B) (S)0.5<0.1250.250.060.25<0.03AB3797752AB437062IIB
55303Pool-No. 6 (B) (S)0.5<0.1250.250.060.250.03AB3797772AB437064IIB
55318Sea Water (D) (S)0.5<0.1250.50.060.25<0.03AB3797782AB437065IIB
Reference isolates

5746Clinical isolate (J)1<0.12520.25+0.5<0.03AB3797837AB437069IG
41420Clinical isolate (J)*0.5<0.125>64*8*0.5<0.03AB3797851AB437071IA
52008Clinical isolate (J)*0.5<0.125>64*>8*16<0.03AB3797871AB437073IA
52010Clinical isolate (J)*0.5<0.125>64*>8*8<0.03AB3797888AB437074IH
52013Clinical isolate (J)*0.5<0.12520.25+0.25<0.03AB3797909AB437076II
52938Feline cystitis (J)0.5<0.12510.060.5<0.03AB37979110AB437077IIIJ
53910Blood (J)0.5<0.1250.50.030.125<0.03AB3797948AB437079IVK
54637Pharynx (J)0.5<0.1250.50.1250.125<0.03AB3797969AB437081II
54674Pharynx (J)0.50.12520.1250.5<0.03AB3797978AB437082IH
54675Pharynx (J)0.5<0.12510.1250.25<0.03AB3797989AB437083VL
55049Blood (J)0.5<0.1250.50.25+0.5<0.03AB37980111AB437085IM
55256Ocular mycosis (J)0.5<0.125>64*2*2<0.03AB3798021AB437086IA

S: collected at August 2006, W: collected at February 2007, J: Japan.
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].