Kordalewska, Milena ; Zhao, Yanan ; Lockhart, Shawn R. ; Chowdhary, Anuradha ; Berrio, Indira ; Perlin, David S. ; Diekema, Daniel J. (2017) Rapid and Accurate Molecular Identification of the Emerging Multidrug-Resistant Pathogen Candida auris Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 55 (8). pp. 2445-2452. ISSN 0095-1137
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00630-17
Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00630-17
Abstract
Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen causing nosocomial and invasive infections associated with high mortality. C. auris is commonly misidentified as several different yeast species by commercially available phenotypic identification platforms. Thus, there is an urgent need for a reliable diagnostic method. In this paper, we present fast, robust, easy-to-perform and interpret PCR and real-time PCR assays to identify C. auris and related species: Candida duobushaemulonii, Candida haemulonii, and Candida lusitaniae. Targeting rDNA region nucleotide sequences, primers specific for C. auris only or C. auris and related species were designed. A panel of 140 clinical fungal isolates was used in both PCR and real-time PCR assays followed by electrophoresis or melting temperature analysis, respectively. The identification results from the assays were 100% concordant with DNA sequencing results. These molecular assays overcome the deficiencies of existing phenotypic tests to identify C. auris and related species.
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Keywords: | Candida; Candidiasis; Microbiological Techniques; Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Candida duobushaemulonii; Candida haemulonii; Candida lusitaniae; Candida auris; PCR Diagnostics; Identification; Real-Time PCR. |
ID Code: | 117458 |
Deposited On: | 21 Apr 2021 08:39 |
Last Modified: | 21 Apr 2021 08:39 |
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