TY - JOUR
T1 - Fungal isolates findings of sputum samples in new and previously treated cases of pulmonary tuberculosis in dr. soetomo hospital surabaya, Indonesia
AU - Soedarsono, Soedarsono
AU - Prasetiyo, Yuyus
AU - Mertaniasih, Ni
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 International Journal of Mycobacteriology | Published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow.
PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - Background: Fungal infections generally occur in immunosuppressive patients. Long-term tuberculosis (TB) treatment facilitates the occurrence of fungal infections, such as long-term antibiotics administration which is immunosuppressive agents and increases the opportunity of infections. Other factors may be correlated with fungal infection such as age, sex, malnutrition, smoking, diabetes mellitus, lung lesion severity, and the presence of multidrug-resistant TB. This study aims to identify and analyze the proportion of fungal isolates findings in the sputum of new and previously treated cases of pulmonary TB patients. Methods: This was an observational analytic study with a cross-sectional design of all pulmonary TB patients who were hospitalized in Dr. Soetomo Hospital Surabaya. Sputum samples were inoculated on Sabouraud's dextrose agar medium. The growth of visible colonies was identified by Lactophenol Cotton Blue staining using direct microscopy. Results: Fungal isolates were found in 148/193 (77%) pulmonary TB patients. Candida species was found 99% among 148 fungal positive culture. Candida albicans was the most common found fungal species (54.05%), followed by Candida sp (26.35%), Candida glabrata (10.13%), Candida krusei (5.4%), and Candida tropicalis (1.35%). Previously treated cases, sex, malnutrition, and smoking were variables correlated with fungal isolates finding with P value of 0.015, 0.006, 0.010, and <0.001, respectively. Conclusion: The proportion of fungal positive cultures in previously treated cases was higher than in new cases. C. albicans was the most common fungal species both in previously treated cases and new cases of pulmonary TB.
AB - Background: Fungal infections generally occur in immunosuppressive patients. Long-term tuberculosis (TB) treatment facilitates the occurrence of fungal infections, such as long-term antibiotics administration which is immunosuppressive agents and increases the opportunity of infections. Other factors may be correlated with fungal infection such as age, sex, malnutrition, smoking, diabetes mellitus, lung lesion severity, and the presence of multidrug-resistant TB. This study aims to identify and analyze the proportion of fungal isolates findings in the sputum of new and previously treated cases of pulmonary TB patients. Methods: This was an observational analytic study with a cross-sectional design of all pulmonary TB patients who were hospitalized in Dr. Soetomo Hospital Surabaya. Sputum samples were inoculated on Sabouraud's dextrose agar medium. The growth of visible colonies was identified by Lactophenol Cotton Blue staining using direct microscopy. Results: Fungal isolates were found in 148/193 (77%) pulmonary TB patients. Candida species was found 99% among 148 fungal positive culture. Candida albicans was the most common found fungal species (54.05%), followed by Candida sp (26.35%), Candida glabrata (10.13%), Candida krusei (5.4%), and Candida tropicalis (1.35%). Previously treated cases, sex, malnutrition, and smoking were variables correlated with fungal isolates finding with P value of 0.015, 0.006, 0.010, and <0.001, respectively. Conclusion: The proportion of fungal positive cultures in previously treated cases was higher than in new cases. C. albicans was the most common fungal species both in previously treated cases and new cases of pulmonary TB.
KW - Candida species
KW - Mycobacterium tuberculosis
KW - pulmonary fungal coinfection
KW - pulmonary tuberculosis
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U2 - 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_1_20
DO - 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_1_20
M3 - Article
C2 - 32474542
AN - SCOPUS:85085854713
SN - 2212-5531
VL - 9
SP - 190
EP - 194
JO - International Journal of Mycobacteriology
JF - International Journal of Mycobacteriology
IS - 2
ER -