Species Detection of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis in Adult Females and their Antifungal Susceptibility Pattern

Background: Vulvovaginal candidiasis is a major public health problem worldwide and its incidence and prevalence has increased in recent years. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional type of descriptive study was conducted on 100 females over a period of one year from July 2021 to June 2022 in Rajshahi Medical College hospital. Before commencement of the study, ethical clearance was obtained from the Ethical review committee of Rajshahi. Data were collected by a semi structured questionnaire and data analysis were done by SPSS software, version-24. Results: The most common isolates were C. albicans 27 (27.00%) followed by C. tropicalis 8 (8.00%) and C. cruise 4 (4.00%). compounding was the most sensitive and fluconazole was the most resistant antifungal drugs. Non-albicans Candida species showed more antifungal resistance than C. albicans. Conclusion: Both Candida albicans from other Candida species showed a wide range of susceptibility towards different antifungal agents and fluconazole was found to be fewer sensitive drugs.