Abstract
An increasing number of outbreaks due to resistant non-albicans Candida species have been reported worldwide. Between 2014 and 2016, Candida isolates causing invasive candidiasis were recovered in a Mexican hospital. Isolates were identified to species level and antifungal susceptibility was determined. In the time period studied, 74 invasive candidiasis cases were identified, with 38% (28/74) caused by Candida parapsilosis, out of which 54% (15/28) were fluconazole resistant. The ERG11 gene was sequenced for 12 recoverable fluconazole-resistant C. parapsilosis isolates and SNPs identified. The 12 isolates had one common silent point mutation in ERG11 (T591C) and seven isolates had an additional (A395T) mutation, which corresponded to Y132F. Four of the isolates carrying this mutation were closely related within the same cluster by microsatellite typing. This is the first report of an invasive candidiasis outbreak in Mexico due to azole-resistant C. parapsilosis associated with the Y132F substitution.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 664-671 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Medical Mycology |
Volume | 59 |
Issue number | 7 |
Early online date | 10 Dec 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2021 |
Bibliographical note
AcknowledgmentWe thank DNA Sequencing & Services (MRC I PPU, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Scotland, www.dnaseq.co.uk) for DNA sequencing. DECL was funded by a Wellcome Trust Strategic Award for Medical Mycology and Fungal Immunology (097377) PhD studentship and MP was funded by the Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Aberdeen (MR/N006364/1) for MRes studentship. DMM was funded by NC3Rs (BB/P02050X/1) and BBSRC (BB/P02050X/1).
Keywords
- Candida parapsilosis
- ERG11
- Y132F
- outbreak
- Mexico