Rapid detection of Candida species in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with pulmonary symptoms
Braz. j. microbiol
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47(1): 172-176, Jan.-Mar. 2016. tab
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ABSTRACT
Abstract Candida species, especially C. albicans, are commensals on human mucosal surfaces, but are increasingly becoming one of the important invasive pathogens as seen by a rise in its prevalence in immunocompromised patients and in antibiotic consumption. Thus, an accurate identification of Candida species in patients with pulmonary symptoms can provide important information for effective treatment. A total of 75 clinical isolates of Candida species were obtained from the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of both immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients with pulmonary symptoms. Candida cultures were identified based on nuclear ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS1-ITS2 rDNA) sequence analysis by polymerase chain reaction–restriction fragment length polymorphisms (PCR-RFLP). Molecular identification indicated that the isolates belonged predominantly to C. albicans (52%), followed by C. tropicalis (24%), C. glabrata (14.7%), C. krusei (5.3%), C. parapsilosis (1.3%), C. kefyr (1.3%) and C. guilliermondii (1.3%). Given the increasing complexity of disease profiles and their management regimens in diverse patients, rapid and accurate identification of Candida species can lead to timely and appropriate antifungal therapy.
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Main subject:
Candida
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Candidiasis
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Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
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Lung Diseases, Fungal
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. microbiol
Journal subject:
Microbiology
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Iran
Institution/Affiliation country:
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences/IR
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