Biotyping and virulence properties of skin isolates of Candida parapsilosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3481-3486

  De Bernardis, Flavia ^a   Mondello, Francesca ^a   San Millàn, Rosario ^b   Pontòn, Josè ^b   Cassone, Antonio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOTYPOLOGY; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032836641     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.11.3481-3486.1999     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Agatensi, L., F. Franchi, F. Mondello, R. L. Bevilacqua, T. Ceddia, F. De Bernardis, and A. Cassone. 1991. Vaginopathic and proteolytic Candida species in outpatients attending a gynecology clinic. J. Clin. Pathol. 44: 826-830.
2. Bistoni, F., A. Vecchiarelli, E. Cenci, G. Sbaraglia, S. Perito, and A. Cassone. 1984. A Comparison of experimental pathogenicity of Candida species in cyclophosphamide-immunodepressed mice. Sabouraudia 22:409-418.
3. Branchini, M. L., M. A. Pfaller, J. Rhine-Chalberg, T. Frempong, and H. D. Isenberg. 1994. Genotypic variation and slime production among blood and catheter isolates of Candida parapsilosis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 32:452-456.
4. Carruba, G., E. Pontierl, F. De Bernardis, P. Martino, and A. Cassone. 1991. DNA fingerprinting and electrophoretic karyotype of environmental and clinical isolates of Candida parapsilosis. J. Clin. Micobiol. 29:916-922.
5. Cassone, A., F. De Bernardis, E. Pontieri, G. Carruba, C. Girmenia, P. Martino, M. Fernandez-Rodriguez, G. Quindos, and J. Ponton. 1995. Biotype diversity of Candida parapsilosis and its relationship to the clinical source and experimental pathogenicity. J. Infect. Dis. 171:967-975.
6. Cassone, A., F. De Bernardis, A. Torosantucci, E. Tacconelli, M. Tumbarello, and R. Cauda. 1999. In vitro and in vivo anticandidal activity of HIV protease inhibitors. J. Infect. Dis. 180:448-453.
7. Cauda, R., E. Tacconelli, M. Tumbarello, G. Morace, A. Torosantucci, F. De Bernardis, and A. Cassone. 1999. The role of protease inhibitors in preventing recurrent oral candidosis in patients with HIV infection. A prospective case-control study. J. Acquired Immune Defic. Syndr. Hum. Retrovirol. 21: 20-25.
8. Cutler, J. E. 1991. Putative virulence factors of Candida albicans. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 45:187-218.
9. De Bernardis, F., L. Agatensi, K. I. Ross, G. W. Emerson, R. Lorenzini, P. A. Sullivan, and A. Cassone. 1989. Evidence for a role for secreted aspartate proteinase of Candida albicans in vulvovaginal candidiasis. J. Infect. Dis. 161: 1276-1283.
10. De Bernardis, F., R. Lorenzini, R. Verticchio, L. Agatensi, and A. Cassone. 1989. Isolation, acid proteinase secretion, and experimental pathogenicity of Candida parapsilosis from outpatients with vaginitis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 27: 2598-2603.
11. De Bernardis, F., S. Arancia, L. Morelli, B. Hube, D. Sanglard, W. Schafer, and A. Cassone. 1999. Evidence that members of the secretory aspartyl proteinases gene family (SAP), in particular SAP2, are virulence factors for Candida vaginitis. J. Infect. Dis. 179:201-208.
12. De Bernardis, F., F. A. Muehsctlegel, A. Cassone, and W. A. Fonzi. 1998. The pH of the host niche controls gene expression in and virulence of Candida albicans. Infect. Immun. 66:3317-3325.
13. Fernando, P. H. P., and L. P. Samaranayake. 1998. Chromosome length polymorphism in clinical isolates of Candida parapsilosis. APMIS 106:941-946.
14. Fusek, M., E. A. Smith, M. Monod, and S. I. Foundling. 1993. Candida parapsilosis expresses and secretes two aspartic proteinases. FEBS Lett. 327: 108-112.
15. Girmenia, C., P. Martino, F. De Bernardis, G. Gentile, M. Boccanera, M. Monaco, G. Antonucci, and A. Cassone. 1996. Rising incidence of Candida parapsilosis fungemia in patients with hematologic malignancies: clinical aspects, predisposing factors and differential pathogenicity of the causative strains. Clin. Infect. Dis. 23:506-514.
16. Hube, B. 1996. Candida albicans secreted aspartyl proteinases. Curr. Top. Med. Mycol. 7:55-69.
17. Hunter, P. R., C. Fraser, and D. W. R. Mackenzie. 1989. Morphotype markers of virulence in human candidal infections. J. Med. Microbiol. 28:85-91.
18. Komshian, S. V., A. K. Uwaydah, J. D. Sobel, and L. R. Crane. 1989. Fungemia caused by Candida species and Torulopsis glabrata in the hospitalized patient: frequency, characteristics and evaluation of factors influencing outcome. Rev. Infect. Dis. 11:379-390.
19. Kossoff, E. H., E. S. Bucherer, and M. G. Karlowicz. 1998. Candidemia in a neonatal intensive care unit trends during fifteen years and clinical features of 111 cases. Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 17:504-508.
20. Levin, A. S., S. F. Costa, N. S. Mussi, M. Basso, S. I. Sinto, C. Machado, D. C. Geiger, M. C. Villares, A. Z. Schreiber, A. A. Barone, and M. L. Branchini. 1998. Candida parapsilosis fungemia associated with implantable and semi-implantable central venous catheters and the hands of health care workers. Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 30:243-249.
21. Levy, I., L. G. Rubin, S. Vasishtha, V. Tucci, and S. K. Sood. 1998. Emergence of Candida parapsilosis as the predominant species causing candidemia in children. Clin. Infect. Dis. 26:1086-1088.
22. Lin, D., L. C. Wu, M. G. Rinaldi, and P. F. Lehmann. 1995. Three distinct genotypes within Candida parapsilosis from clinical sources. J. Clin. Microbiol. 33:1815-1821.
23. Lott, T. J., R. J. Kuykendall, S. F. Welber, A. Pramanik, and B. A. Lasker. 1993. Genomic heterogenicity in the yeast Candida parapsilosis. Curr. Genet. 23:463-467.
24. Meunier-Carpentier, F., T. E. Kiehn, and D. Armstrong. 1981. Fungemia in the immunocompromised host: changing patterns, antigenemia, high mortality. Am. J. Med. 71:263-270.
25. Monod, M., G. Togui, B. Hube, and D. Sanglard. 1999. Multiplicity of genes encoding secreted aspartyl proteinases in candida species. Mol. Microbiol. 13:357-368.
26. Odds, F. C. 1988. Candida and candidosis, 2nd ed. Baillière-Tindall, London, England.
27. Panagoda, G. J., and L. P. Samaranayake. 1998. The relationship between the cell length, adhesion to acrylic and relative cell surface hydrophobicity of Candida parapsilosis. Med. Mycol. 36:373-378.
28. Plouffe, J. F., D. G. Brown, J. J. Silva, T. Eck, R. L. Stricof, and F. R. Fekety. 1977. Nosocomial outbreak of Candida parapsilosis fungemia related to intravenous infusions. Arch. Intern. Med. 137:1686-1689.
29. Pontieri, E., L. Gregori, M. Gennarelli, T. Ceddia, G. Navelli, B. Dallapiccola, F. De Bernardis, and G. Carruba. 1996. Correlation of SfiI macrorestriction endonuclease fingerprint analysis of Candida parapsilosis isolates with source of isolation. J. Med. Microbiol. 45:173-178.
30. Roy, B., and S. A. Meyer. 1998. Confirmation of the distinct genotype groups within the form species Candida parapsilosis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 36:216-218.
31. Ruchel, R., B. Boning, and M. Borg. 1986. Characterization of a secretory proteinase of Candida and evidence for the absence of the enzyme during infection in vitro. Infect. Immun. 53:411-419.
32. San Millàn, R., P. Ezkurra, G. Quindòs, R. Robert, J. M. Senet, and J. Pontòn. 1996. Effect of monoclonal antibodies directed against Candida albicans cell wall antigens on the adhesion of the fungus to polystyrene. Microbiology 142:2271-2277.
33. Strausbaugh, L., D. L. Sewell, T. T. Ward, A. Pfaller, T. Heitzmann, and R. Tjoelker. 1994. High frequency of yeast carriage on hands of hospital personnel. J. Clin. Microbiol. 32:2299-2300.
34. Vazquez, S. A., A. Beckley, S. Donabedian, S. D. Sobel, and M. S. Zervas. 1993. Comparison of restriction enzyme analysis versus pulsed-field gradient gel electrophoresis as a typing system for Torulopsis glabraia and Candida species other than C. albicans. J. Clin. Microbiol. 31:2021-2030.
35. Vecchiarelli, A., F. Bistoni, E. Cenci, S. Perito, and A. Cassone. 1985. In vitro killing of Candida species by murine immunoeffectors and its relationship to the experimental pathogenicity. Sabouraudia 23:377-387.
36. Vollrath, D., and R. W. Davis. 1987. Resolution of DNA molecules greater than 5 megabases by contour-clamped homogeneous electric field. Nucleic Acids Res. 15:7865-7876.
37. Weems, J. J., M. E. Chamberland, J. Ward, M. Willy, A. A. Padhye, and S. L. Solomon. 1987. Candida parapsilosis fungemia associated with parenteral nutrition and contaminated blood pressure transducers. J. Clin. Microbiol. 25:1029-1032.
38. Weems, J. J., Jr. 1992. Candida parapsilosis: epidemiology, pathogenicity, clinical manifestations, and antimicrobial susceptibility. Clin. Infect. Dis. 14: 757-766.