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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2021 Feb 4;22(7):867–887. doi: 10.1080/14656566.2021.1873951

Table 1.

Resistance index of Candida strains to antifungal agents in different countries

Country Clinical specimen Resistance index References
Argentina Vulvovaginal Fluconazole (3.55% C. albicans) [227]
Brazil Saliva and oropharyngeal Fluconazole (27% C. albicans) [228]
Brazil blood Fluconazol (6% C. glabrata; 7.3% C. tropicalis)
Voriconazol (4.9% C. tropicalis)
[229]
Canada blood Fluconazole (0.6 % C. albicans; 1% C. glabrata; 4.9% C. parapsilosis complex)
Micafungin (0.1% C. albicans; 2.5% C. glabrata)
[230]
China Invasive candidiasis Fluconazole (20% C. albicans; 11% C. glabrata; 29.7% C. tropicalis; 20% C. parapsilosis)
Itraconazole (28.2% C. albicans; 6.8% C. glabrata; 40.5 % C. tropicalis; 33.4% C. krusei; 20% C. parapsilosis)
Voriconazole (23.6% C. albicans; 6.8% C. glabrata; 27% C. tropicalis; 25% C. krusei; 20% C. parapsilosis)
[231]
Ghana vulvovaginal Fluconazole (50% C. albicans; 12 % C. glabrata; 1% C. parapsilosis)
Niatatin (4%C. glabrata; 1% C. krusei)
Voriconazole (7% C. albicans; 11% C. glabrata; 1% C. krusei; 1% C. parapsilosis)
[232]
Iran oropharyngeal ketoconazole (93.75% C. albicans; 89.28% of Candida non-albicans Candida species)
Fluconazole (62.50% C. albicans; 42.85% Candida non-albicans Candida species)
[233]
Ireland blood Fluconazole (2% C. albicans; 37 % C. glabrata
Itraconazole (5% C. albicans; 21% C. glabrata;
Flucytosine (3% C. albicans)
Amphotericin B (14% C. glabrata)
[234]
Italy blood Fluconazole (1.2% C. albicans; 12% C. glabrata; 6% C. parapsilosis, 10% C. tropicalis)
Itraconazole (2% C. albicans; 25% C. glabrata; 0.7% C. parapsilosis, 3.9% C. tropicalis)
Voriconazole (1.4% C. albicans; 0.7% C. parapsilosis, 1.9% C. tropicalis)
Anidulafungin (0.5% C. glabrata; 1.9% C. tropicalis)
Caspofungin (0.5% C. glabrata; 1.9% C. tropicalis)
[235]
Peru blood Fluconazole (C. parapsilosis 2,3%)
Voriconazole (5% C. albicans)
[236]
Peru blood Fluconazole (2.2% C. albicans; 5% C. parapsilosis) [237]
Saudi Arabia blood Fluconazole (23% C. albicans; 27.8% C. tropicalis; 51.7% C. glabrata; 48% C. parapsilosis)
Voriconazole (17% C. albicans; 12,5% C. tropicalis; 21.7% C. glabrata; 2% C. parapsilosis; 6% C. krusei)
Amphotericin B (2% C. albicans; 23.5% C. krusei)
Caspofungin (23% C. albicans; 4.2% C. tropicalis; 3.3% C. glabrata; 6% C. krusei)
[238]
Scotland blood Fluconazole (5.26% C. glabrata) [239]
Spain blood Fluconazole (0.3% C. albicans; 6.6% C. tropicalis; 10.8% C. glabrata; 0.9% C. parapsilosis)
Voriconazole (6.6% C. tropicalis)
Caspofungin (0.7% C. albicans; 1.08% C. glabrata)
Micafungin (0.35% C. albicans)
[240]
Taiwan blood Fluconazole (13.9% C. tropicalis; 3.1% C. glabrata; 6.1% C. parapsilosis)
Voriconazole (10.7% C. tropicalis)
Caspofungina (2.5% C. tropicalis; 2.1% C. glabrata)
Micafungina (2.5% C. tropicalis; 5.2% C. glabrata)
Anidulafungina (1.6% C. tropicalis; 5.2% C. glabrata)
[241]
Turkey blood Fluconazole (2.8 % C. glabrata) [242]
USA blood Fluconazole (0.3% C. albicans; 8.6% C. glabrata; 7.6% C. parapsilosis; 4.2% C. tropicalis)
Voriconazole (0.1% C. albicans; 2.1% C. parapsilosis; 2.1% C. tropicalis)
Echinocandins (0.4% C. albicans; 4.4% C. glabrata; 2.6% C. krusei)
[243]
Pakistan, India, South Africa, and Venezuela blood, urine, soft tissue and other Fluconazole (93% C. auris)
Amphotericin B (35% C. auris)
Echinocandins (7% C. auris)
Flucytosine (6% C. auris)
[115]
Southern Asian, South African and Japanese/Korean Nosocamial infection Amphotericin B (14.6% C. auris)
Fluconazole (100% C. auris)
Itraconazole (4.6% C. auris)
Voriconazole (48.3% C. auris)
Posaconazole (12.8% C. auris)
Isavuconazole (5.9% C. auris)
Anidulafungin (C. auris 6.8%)
Nistatina 3.6% (C. auris)

[244]
USA blood, urine and extern ear channel Fluconazole (71.4% C. auris)
Voriconazole (14.2 C. auris)
Amphotericin B (14.2% C. auris)
[245]
Spain Urine and blood Fluconazole (100% C. auris)
Voriconazole (17.9% C. auris)
Isavuconazole (1.8% C. auris)
Anidulafungin (3.6% C. auris)
[246]