Candida species isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus): In vitro antifungal susceptibility profile and phospholipase activity

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 324-328

  Sidrim, José Júlio Costa ^a   Maia, Débora Castelo Branco de Souza Collares ^a,b   Brilhante, Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira ^b   Soares, Guilherme Duarte Peixoto ^a   Cordeiro, Rossana Aguiar ^a   Monteiro, André Jalles ^a   Rocha, Marcos Fábio Gadelha ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Candida spp.; Nymphicus hollandicus; Phospholipase activity; Zoonotic potential

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; PHOSPHOLIPASE;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLOACA; COCKATOO; CROP; EGG YOLK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FECES; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; NYMPHICUS HOLLANDICUS;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIRD DISEASES; BRAZIL; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; COCKATOOS; FECES; FLUCONAZOLE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; ITRACONAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHOSPHOLIPASES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ZOONOSES;

AVES; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; NYMPHICUS HOLLANDICUS;

EID: 77957282434     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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