Molecular identification of Candida auris by PCR amplification of species-specific GPI protein-encoding genes

Autor: Piet W. J. de Groot, Eulogio Valentín, María Ángeles Tormo-Más, Elena Eraso, Jordan Fernández-Pereira, Alba Ruiz-Gaitán, Javier Pemán
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
r-IIS La Fe. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica del Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe
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ISSN: 1438-4221
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2018.06.014
Popis: The emerging multidrug-resistant pathogenic yeast Candida auris causes life-threatening invasive infections and shows a capacity for hospital transmission that is uncommon in other Candida species. Rapid and accurate diagnosis of C. curls infections is crucial; however, the fungus is frequently misidentified. Here, we present a rapid and easily applicable PCR assay for reliable identification of C. auris by designing primers from unique GPI protein-encoding genes. Specificity of the used primers for C. auris was verified with a panel of 19 different Candida species including the clinically most relevant and phylogenetically closely related species. Efficacy of the PCR approach was validated by correctly identifying 112 C. auris isolates from an outbreak in a Spanish hospital, 20% of which were not reliably identified by MALDI-TOF MS, and 27 genotypically diverse C. auris isolates originating from hospitals in various countries, in a test that included (blind) negative controls. By employing two GPI protein primer pairs in a single PCR, a double screening can be performed, which enhances the robustness of the PCR assay and avoids potential false negatives due to recent evolutionary events, as was observed for two isolates. Our PCR method, which is based on the uniqueness of selected GPI protein-encoding genes, is useful for easy, low-cost, and accurate identification of C. auris infections in a clinical setting.
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