Candida duobushaemulonii: An emerging rare pathogenic yeast isolated from recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis in Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 407-410

  Boatto, Humberto Fabio ^a,b   Cavalcanti, Sarah Desirée Barbosa ^c   Del Negro, Gilda M B ^c   Girão, Manoel João B C ^a   Francisco, Elaine Cristina ^a   Ishida, Kelly ^c   Gompertz, Olga Fischman ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DE MOGI DAS CRUZES   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antifungal susceptibility testing; Candida duobushaemulonii; Recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; BRAZIL; CANDIDA; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84971492714     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160166     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Almeida Jr JN, Assy JGPL, Levin AS, Del Negro GMB, Giudice MC, Tringoni MP, et al. Candida haemulonii complex species, Brazil, January 2010-March 2015. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016; 22(3): 561-3.
2. Almeida Jr JN, Motta AL, Rossi F, Abdala E, Pierrotti LC, Kono ASG, et al. First report of clinical isolate of Candida haemulonii in Brazil. Clinics. 2012; 67(10): 1229-31.
3. Cendejas-Bueno E, Kolecka A, Alastruey-Izquierdo A, Theelen B, Groenewald M, Kostrzewa M, et al. Reclassification of the Candida haemulonii complex as Candida haemulonii (C. haemulonii group I), C. duobushaemulonii sp. nov. (C. haemulonii group II), and C. haemulonii var. vulnera var. nov.: three multiresistant human pathogenic yeasts. J Clin Microbiol. 2012; 50(11): 3641-51.
4. CLSI-Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute. Reference method for broth dilution antifungal susceptibility testing of yeasts; Fourth informational supplement. CLSI document M27-S4. Wayne: Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; 2012.
5. Giraldo PC, Rodrigues HM, Melo AG, do Amaral RL, Passos MRL, Eleutério Jr J, et al. Vulvovaginitis and the treatment of asymptomatic partners: a systematic review and metanalisis. DST-J Bras Doenças Sex Transm. 2013; 25(1): 36-40.
6. Khan ZU, Al-Sweih NA, Ahmad S, Al-Kazemi N, Khan S, Joseph L, et al. Outbreak of fungemia among neonates caused by Candida haemulonii resistant to amphotericin b, itraconazole, and fluconazole. J Clin Microbiol. 2007; 45(6): 2025-7.
7. Kim MN, Shin JH, Sung H, Lee K, Kim EC, Ryoo N. Candida haemulonii and closely related species at 5 university hospitals in Korea; identification, antifungal susceptibility, and clinical features. Clin Infect Dis. 2009; 48: 57-61.
8. Kim S, Ko KS, Moon SY, Lee MS, Lee MY, Son JS. Catheter-related candidemia caused by Candida haemulonii in a patient in long-term care hospital. J Korean Med Sci. 2011; 26(2): 297-300.
9. Kurtzman CP, Fell JW, Boekhout T, Robert V. Methods for isolation, phenotypic characterization and maintenance of yeasts. In: Kurtzman CP, Fell JW, Boekhout T, editors. The Yeasts, a Taxonomic Study. Elsevier; 2011. p. 87-110.
10. Lavarde V, Daniel F, Saez H, Arnold M, Faguer B. Peritonite mycosique a Torulopsis haemulonii. Bul Soc Fr Mycol Med. 1984; 13: 173-6.
11. Lehmann PF, Wu LC, Pruitt WR, Meyer SA, Ahearn DG. Unrelatedness of groups of yeasts within the Candida haemulonii complex. J Clin Microbiol. 1993; 31(7): 1683-7.
12. Li J, Fan RS, Liu XP, Li DM, Nie ZH, Li F, et al. Biased genotype distributions of Candida albicans strains associated with vulvovaginal candidosis and candidal balanopostitis in China. Clin Infect Dis. 2008; 47(9): 1119-25.
13. Luo G, Mitchell TG. Rapid identification of pathogenic fungi directly from cultures by using multiplex PCR. J Clin Microbiol. 2002; 40(8): 2860-5.
14. Oberoi JK, Wattal C, Goel N. Non-albicans Candida species in blood stream infections in a tertiary care hospital at New Delhi, India. Indian J Med Res. 2012; 136(6): 997-1003.
15. Pappas PG, Kauffman CA, Andes DR, Clancy CJ, Marr KA, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, et al. Clinical practice guideline for the management of candidiasis: 2016 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis. 2016; 62(4): e1-50.
16. Ramos LS, Figueiredo-Carvalho MH, Barbedo LS, Ziccardi M, Chaves AL, Zancopé-Oliveira RM, et al. Candida haemulonii complex: species identification and antifungal susceptibility profiles of clinical isolates from Brazil. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2015; 70(1): 111-5.
17. Richter SS, Galask RP, Messer SA, Hollis RJ, Diekema DJ, Pfaller MA. Antifungal susceptibilities of Candida species causing vulvovaginitis and epidemiology of recurrent cases. J Clin Microbiol. 2005; 43(5): 2155-62.
18. Rocha BA, Del Negro GMB, Yamamoto L, de Souza MVB, Precioso AR, Okay TS. Identification and differentiation of Candida species from pediatric patients by random amplified polymorphic DNA. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2008; 41(1): 1-5.
19. Ruan SY, Kuo YW, Huang CT, Hsiue HC, Hsueh PR. Infections haemulonii due to Candida: species identification, antifungal susceptibility and outcomes. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2010; 35(1): 85-8.
20. Sobel JD, Wiesenfeld HD, Martens MGE, Danna P, Hooton TM, Rompalo A. Maintenance fluconazole therapy for recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis. N Engl J Med. 2004; 351(9): 876-83.
21. Sobel JD. Vulvovaginal candidosis. Lancet. 2007; 369: 1961-71.
22. Taira CL, Okay TS, Delgado AF, Ceccon MEJR, de Almeida MTG, Del Negro GMB. A multiplex nested PCR for the detection and identification of Candida species in blood samples of critically ill paediatric patients. BMC Infect Dis. 2014; 14: 406-12.
23. White TJ, Bruns T, Lee S, Taylor J. Amplification and direct sequencing of fungal ribosomal RNA genes for phylogenetic. In: Inns MA, Gelfand DH, Sninsky J, White TJ, editors. PCR protocols a guide to methods and applications. New York: Academic Press; 1990. p. 315-22.