Avaliação da virulência in vitro de Candida spp (BERKHOUT,1923) isoladas de orofaringe de Struthio camelus (LINNAEUS, 1758)

Abstract

The objective of this work was checked Candida's percentage spp in oropharynx of ostriches (Struthio camelus) and he valued in vitro the virulence of the isolated strains. The motivation for this research was due to the fact of the ostrich be exotic sorts and for the ignorance of the potential microrganisms that this one has. The animals were divided in four groups, totalizing 80 samples. The research of the presence of the agent in swabs originating from the birds was done in the Laboratory of Patogenic Yeasts and You set, Depto of Microbiology and Imunology Veterinary, Institute of Veterinary, UFRRJ, for processing of same, with sowings in environment of cultivation on Sabouraud dextrose agar. The confirmation of isolations were carried out through tests of macromorphology, micromorphology, realization of auxanogram, zimogram and complementary proofs. Of the total of samples of the oropharynx, 32,5 % obtained growth with yeasts, only or accompanied by moulds. The growth of C. albicans corresponded to 65,38 % of the total of isolates. The most of the isolated ones were strongly positive for production of protease and approximately also they showed half of these positive samples for the production of phospholipases what suggests some degree of virulence of these strains.