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Molecular epidemiology of invasiveCandida albicansat a tertiary hospital in northern Taiwan from 2003 to 2011

doi: 10.1093/mmy/myv065
pmid: 26333357
Molecular epidemiology of invasiveCandida albicansat a tertiary hospital in northern Taiwan from 2003 to 2011
Candida albicans is a common cause of bloodstream fungal infections in hospitalized patients. To investigate its epidemiology, multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was performed on 285 C. albicans bloodstream isolates from patients in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou (CGMHL), Taiwan from 2003 to 2011. Among these isolates, the three major diploid sequence types (DSTs) were 693, 659, and 443 with 19, 16, and 13 isolates, respectively. The 179 DSTs were classified into 16 clades by unweighted pair-group method using arithmetic averages (UPGMA). The major ones were clades 1, 4, 3, and 17 (54, 49, 31, and 31 isolates, respectively). Further analyses with eBURST clustered the 285 isolates into 28 clonal complexes (CC). The most common complexes were CC8, CC20, and CC9. DST 693 that had the highest number of isolates was determined to be the cluster founder of CC20, which belonged to clade 3. So far, 33 isolates worldwide including 29 from Taiwan and 4 from Korea, are CC20, suggesting that CC20 is an Asian cluster. Two fluconazole-resistant isolates belonging to CC12 and CC19 were detected. All other CGMHL isolates were susceptible to 5-flucytosine, amphotericin B, anidulfungin, caspofungin, fluconazole, itraconazole, micafungin, posaconazole, and voriconazole. However, CC20 isolates exhibited significantly lower susceptibility to fluconazole. In conclusion, the 285 CGMHL C. albicans isolates displayed geographically clustering with Asian isolates, and most of them are susceptible to common antifungal drugs. Isolates of DST 693, a Taiwanese major genotype belonging to MLST clade 3, were more resistant to fluconazole than other isolates.
- National Health Research Institutes Taiwan
- National Chiayi University Taiwan
- Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Taiwan
- China Medical University Taiwan
- National Health Research Institutes Taiwan
Adult, Cross Infection, Molecular Epidemiology, Antifungal Agents, Adolescent, Genotype, Taiwan, Infant, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Tertiary Care Centers, Drug Resistance, Fungal, Child, Preschool, Candida albicans, Cluster Analysis, Humans, Candidiasis, Invasive, Child, Mycological Typing Techniques, Multilocus Sequence Typing
Adult, Cross Infection, Molecular Epidemiology, Antifungal Agents, Adolescent, Genotype, Taiwan, Infant, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Tertiary Care Centers, Drug Resistance, Fungal, Child, Preschool, Candida albicans, Cluster Analysis, Humans, Candidiasis, Invasive, Child, Mycological Typing Techniques, Multilocus Sequence Typing
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