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Candidiasis in Mastitic Milk and Humans in El-Beheira Province, Egypt: Isolation, Molecular Characterization, and Antifungal Susceptibility

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Veterinary epidemiology

Abstract

The current work was carried out in El-Beheira Province, Egypt to estimate the frequency of Candida species occurrence in mastitic milk of cattle and buffalo as well as oral swabs from humans besides detection of some virulence factors and determine the antifungal susceptibility of the obtained Candida strains. A total of 350 raw milk samples were randomly collected from clinically mastitic bovine milk. Also, 140 oral swabs were obtained from patients attending external clinics of El-Delingat Hospital to be examined for the presence of Candida. The recorded results showed a high frequency of Candida spp. (36.9%) among the examined milk samples. Candida spp. isolated from cow milk (39.9%) was higher than that isolated from buffalo milk (29.3%). Also, the total prevalence of Candidiasis in human samples was 62.9% and the highest prevalence in relation to age groups was noticed in the age group > 2 - < 16 years (65.5%) and finally, the age group >40 years (58.8%). The identified Candida spp. in human samples were C. albicans (37.5%), C. glabrata (17.1%), C. krusei (14.8%), C. parapsilosis (13.6%), C. tropicalis (11.4%), C. guilliermondii (4.5%) and C. kefyr (1.1%). It was observed that the highest prevalence of Candida species was among artificially fed infants (77.8%) and the lowest prevalence was detected in breastfed infants (53.3%). Based on the recorded results, Candida species constitute a major threat to both dairy animals and humans. Also, improperly heated milk constitutes a potential source of infection for humans so efficient pasteurization must be performed to avoid this risk.

DOI

10.21608/djvs.2023.208559.1115

Keywords

Candida, Milk, Human, Isolation, Virulence genes, Antifungal susceptibility

Authors

First Name

Asmaa

Last Name

Badran

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Department of Animal Hygiene and Zoonoses, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Egypt

Email

asmaa_badran289@vetmed.dmu.edu.eg

City

Damanhour

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First Name

Mousa

Last Name

Ayoub

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Affiliation

Department of Animal Hygiene and Zoonoses, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Egypt

Email

mousaayoub2007@yahoo.com

City

Damanhour

Orcid

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First Name

Nabil

Last Name

Bakear

MiddleName

Mohammed

Affiliation

Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Egypt

Email

nabil.bakear@vetmed.dmu.edu.eg

City

Damanhour

Orcid

-

First Name

Sabah

Last Name

Shaaban

MiddleName

Ibrahim

Affiliation

Department of Animal Hygiene and Zoonoses, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Egypt

Email

sabah_ibrahim@vetmed.dmu.edu.eg

City

Damanhour

Orcid

0000-0002-2589-6988

Volume

11

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

46074

Issue Date

2024-02-01

Receive Date

2023-05-03

Publish Date

2024-03-06

Page Start

8

Page End

14

Print ISSN

2636-3003

Online ISSN

2636-3011

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1,001

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Publication Title

Damanhour Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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https://djvs.journals.ekb.eg/

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Candidiasis in Mastitic Milk and Humans in El-Beheira Province, Egypt: Isolation, Molecular Characterization, and Antifungal Susceptibility

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24 Dec 2024