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Rapid Identification of Candida Species with Species-Specific DNA Probes

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Elie, Cheryl M., Lott, Timothy J., Reiss, Errol, Morrison, Christine J.·1998·Journal of Clinical Microbiology

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Rapid identification of Candida species has become more important because of an increase in infections caused by species other than Candida albicans , including species innately resistant to azole antifungal drugs. We previously developed a PCR assay with an enzyme immunoassay (EIA) format to detect amplicons from the five most common Candida species by using universal fungal primers and species-specific probes directed to the ITS2 region of the gene for rRNA. We designed probes to detect seven additional Candida species ( C. guilliermondii , C. kefyr , C. lambica , C. lusitaniae , C. pelliculosa , C. rugosa , and C. zeylanoides ) included in the API 20C sugar assimilation panel, five probes for species not identified by API 20C ( C. haemulonii , C. norvegica , C. norvegensis , C. utilis , and C. viswanathii ), and a probe for the newly described species C. dubliniensis , creating a panel of 18 Candida species probes. The PCR-EIA correctly identified multiple strains of each species tested, including five identified as C. albicans by the currently available API 20C database but determined to be C. dubliniensis by genotypic and nonroutine phenotypic characteristics. Species identification time was reduced from a mean of 3.5 days by conventional identification methods to 7 h by the PCR-EIA. This method is simple, rapid, and feasible for identifying Candida species in clinical laboratories that utilize molecular identification techniques and provides a novel method to differentiate the new species, C. dubliniensis , from C. albicans .

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  1. [27]27. Westerman, J. M., C. M. Elie, and C. J. Morrison. 1998. Improved identification of Candida species using biotinylated species-specific DNA probes, abstr. J107, p. 481. In Abstracts of the 38th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.

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Authors
Elie, C. M., Lott, T. J., Reiss, E., & Morrison, C. J.
Affiliations
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
Venue
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Published
1998-11
Volume
36
Issue
11
Pages
3260-3265
ISSN
  • 0095-1137 (ISSN-L)
  • 1098-660X
OpenAlex
W2152603420
Cited by
159
References
30
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FWCI
6.03
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Clinical Microbiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • Georgia State University
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Clinical Biochemistry › Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
Keywords
Candida species identification, species-specific DNA probes, Candida dubliniensis, Candida albicans, non-albicans Candida, azole resistance
MeSH terms
Base Sequence, Candida, Candida albicans, Candidiasis, Digoxigenin, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Genotype, Humans, Immunoenzyme Techniques, Mycology, Phenotype, Sensitivity and Specificity, Species Specificity, DNA Probes, Polymerase Chain Reaction

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