In vitro antifungal activity of Zataria multiflora essential oil, fluconazole and ciclopirox olamine against nonalbicans Candida species isolated from recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis

Document Type : Original Articles

Authors

1 Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

3 Young Researchers & Elite Club, Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

4 Department of Microbiology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.

5 Department of Biological Sciences, College of Sciences, Imam Hussein University, Tehran, Iran.

6 Faculty of pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

7 Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate the antifungal activity of Zataria
multiflora essential oil, fluconazole and ciclopirox olamine against 44 non-albicans
Candida isolates from patients with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis. A set of C.
glabrata (29 strains), C. krusei (3 stains) and C. patapsilosis (2 strains) were studied
using Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) broth macrodilution method.
The results revealed that 33 isolates were resistant (MIC=64 μg/ml), 4 isolates were
susceptible (MIC≤ 8 μg/ml) and 7 isolates had dose-dependent susceptibility (MIC= 16,
32 μg/ml) to fluconazole, respectively. With regard to fluconazole, high resistance rate
was observed in C .glabrata and C. krusei. However, ciclopirox olamine was found to
inhibit the growth of all non-albicans Candida species (MIC≤8 μg/ml). In this study,
favorable antifungal activity against non-albicans Candida species was obtained by Z.
multiflora despite having a wide range of MICs (34875-139500 μg/ml). The results
indicated that ciclopirox olamine and Z. multiflora might be promising in the treatment of
recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis.

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