Extensive ERG۱۱ mutations associated with fluconazole-resistant Candida albicans isolated from HIV-infected patients
- سال انتشار: 1398
- محل انتشار: مجله قارچ شناسی پزشکی، دوره: 5، شماره: 3
- کد COI اختصاصی: JR_CUMM-5-3_001
- زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
- تعداد مشاهده: 108
نویسندگان
Department of Microbiology, Tagore Medical College and Hospital, Rathinamangalam, Chennai, India
Department of Microbiology, Tagore Medical College and Hospital, Rathinamangalam, Chennai, India
Department of Microbiology, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, India
چکیده
Background and Purpose: Azoles are preferred antifungal agents given their inexpensiveness, limited toxicity, and potentiality of oral administration. However, the extensive use of prophylactic azole therapy for chronic infections, especially in immunocompromised patients, has led to an increase in azole resistance, thereby rising health care costs. Fluconazole resistance is associated with poor clinical outcomes and the emergence of new infections. The present study aimed to investigate the mutations of ERG۱۱ gene in fluconazole-resistant Candida albicans isolates. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted on ۸۰ clinical samples collected from HIV-infected patients with suspected candidiasis in Tagore Medical College Hospital and Government Hospital of Thoracic Medicine, Chennai, India, for a period of ۱۸ months (May ۲۰۱۶-December ۲۰۱۷). The antifungal susceptibility pattern was determined by agar diffusion and broth dilution techniques as per the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines. The ERG۱۱ gene of the known fluconazole-resistant strains of C. albicans was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In addition, the samples were subjected to sequencing and mutation analysis. Results: A total of ۶۰ Candida species were isolated from HIV patients and were speciated using standard, conventional, and molecular methods. Candida albicans comprised ۲۸.۳% (n=۱۷) of the Candida isolates, ۵۹% (n=۱۰) of which were resistant to fluconazole. Sequencing of the amplified product of ERG۱۱ C. albicans gene isolates showed that they were highly mutated and included many nonsense mutations which were not reported earlier. Conclusion: The molecular characterization of ERG۱۱ gene showed many missense and nonsense mutations. Such mutations, which were unique to the geographical area under investigation, could be concluded to account for the development of resistance to fluconazole.کلیدواژه ها
AIDS, Antifungal Resistance, Candida species, Candidiasis, ERG۱۱, Fluconazole, Mutationاطلاعات بیشتر در مورد COI
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