Clinical profile, antifungal susceptibility, and molecular characterization of Candida auris isolated from patients in a South Indian surgical ICU. - 02/12/21
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Abstract |
Background |
Candida auris is an emerging multidrug resistant yeast which causes blood stream infection especially among critically ill patients. This yeast can also colonize patients and are isolated from hospital environment causing outbreaks in hospital settings.
Objective |
To describe possible outbreak of C. auris infection in surgical ICU and characterize the isolates by molecular typing and azole resistance mechanism.
Methods |
After isolation of Candida auris from cluster of patients from surgical ICU, environment survey was done to identify the source in the hospital. The identity of the isolates was confirmed by Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionisation Time of Flight mass spectroscopy and sequencing 26S and ITS region of rDNA. Molecular typing was done by fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism technique. Antifungal susceptibility testing was performed by CLSI broth dilution technique. ERG11 gene was sequenced to screen for mutations responsible for azole resistance.
Results and conclusion |
A total of eight C. auris was isolated during the four months (December 2018–March 2019) suggesting possible of outbreak in surgical ICU of tertiary care center in South India. C. auris (n = 8) was isolated from urine (n = 4), blood (n = 3) and ear discharge (n = 1) samples. Based on 26S sequence analysis all our isolates belonged to South Asian clade. All the isolates had minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of ≥16 µg/ml to fluconazole. ERG11 sequence exhibited amino acid substitution Y132F in all the isolates. The two environmental isolates clustered closely with an isolate from urine sample. Adherence to strict infection control practices prevented further spread of infection.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Candida auris, Infection control, Molecular typing, Azole resistance, ERG11 mutation
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