Genotyping and fluconazole susceptibility of Candida albicans strains from patients with vulvovaginal candidiasis in Jos, Nigeria

Objective: To investigate the fluconazole susceptibility of the genotypes of Candida albicans (C. albicans) strains isolated from patients with vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) in Jos, Plateau Setxaatme,i nNeigde. ria. Methods: A total of one hundred and seventy seven (177) Candida isolates were using both Tphheen sottryapinics awnedr em oobletcauinlaerd mfreotmho d32s0. female patients with VVC and were identified presence or absence of a transposable intron inT thheei r genotypes were determined, based on the were recognized as being C. albicans and all the 25S rDNA. Results: Eighty four (84) strains 84 C. albicans strains resulted to be genotype fAlu. cAonntaifzuonleg.a lC sounsccelupstiiboinlist:y testing showed that 13 of those isolates (15.48%) were resistant to was common among Based on these data, we concluded that C. albicans genotype A knowledge,