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Prevalence and antifungal susceptibility of Candida albicans and its related species Candida dubliniensis and Candida africana isolated from vulvovaginal samples in a hospital of Argentina
Prevalencia y sensibilidad a los antifúngicos de Candida albicans y sus especies relacionadas, Candida dubliniensis y Candida africana aisladas de muestras vulvovaginales en un hospital de Argentina
Laura Theilla, Catiana Dudiuka, Susana Moranob, Soledad Gamarraa, María Elena Nardinb, Emilce Méndezb, Guillermo Garcia-Effrona,
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a Laboratorio de Micología y Diagnóstico Molecular – Cátedra de Parasitología y Micología – Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral – CONICET, Santa Fe, Argentina
b Sección Microbiología, Laboratorio Central, Hospital Dr. José María Cullen, Santa Fe, Argentina
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dubliniensis</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> in a collection of yeasts originally identified as <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span> and isolated from VVC using a molecular-based method coupled with a pooled DNA extraction methodology&#46; Additionally&#44; we evaluated the antifungal susceptibility patterns of these strains&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0010" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0030">Materials and methods</span><span id="sec0015" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0035">Yeast strains</span><p id="par0020" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">A total of 287 strains were included in this study&#46; All isolates were obtained from patients having vaginal infection symptoms attending the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Jos&#233; Mar&#237;a Cullen Hospital</span> &#40;Santa Fe &#8211; Argentina&#41; during 2013&#46; All the strains were identified as <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span> by germ tube formation in human serum and their ability to form green color colonies on CHROMAgar Candida&#8482; &#40;Biomerieux &#8211; Medica-Tec SRL&#44; Buenos Aires&#44; Argentina&#41;&#46; All yeast isolates were referred to the &#8220;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Micolog&#237;a y Diagn&#243;stico Molecular</span>&#8221; Laboratory &#40;CONICET Universidad Nacional del Litoral&#41; where they were stored and identified in accordance with morphology and carbohydrate assimilation and fermentation<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0230"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">11</span></a> and by a molecular procedure as described below&#46; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span> ATCC 90028 and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> NCPF 3949 were used as control strains&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0020" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0040">Molecular identification by using <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">hwp1</span> gene amplicon length</span><p id="par0025" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">A PCR method based on <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">hwp1</span> gene amplification to differentiate <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span>&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> was used&#46; This method identified the three species through the differences in sizes of the obtained PCR fragments&#58; 569<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>bp&#44; 700<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>bp and 941<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>bp&#44; respectively&#44; when the DNA of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span>&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span> DNA was used as template<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0290"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">23</span></a>&#46; Primers are displayed in <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0005">Table 1</a>&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="tbl0005"></elsevierMultimedia></span><span id="sec0025" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0045">Individual and pooled DNA extraction</span><p id="par0030" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The isolates were individually grown in 1<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ml of YPD broth &#40;1&#37; yeast extract&#44; 2&#37; Bacto peptone&#44; 2&#37; dextrose&#41; at 35<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#176;C for 24<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>h and constant shaking &#40;200<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>rpm&#41;&#46; Then&#44; 200<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;l of 10 individual cultures were mixed to obtain 2<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ml yeast cells pools from which the pooled DNA was extracted&#46; The remaining 800<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;l of yeast cultures were kept at &#8722;20<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#176;C and used later to obtain individual genomic DNAs if necessary&#46; Yeast DNAs &#40;individual and pooled&#41; were extracted using a phenol-based procedure<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0305"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">26</span></a>&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0030" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0050">High-throughput screening to rapidly identify <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> in a strain collection</span><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Originally&#44; Romeo <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">et al</span>&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0290"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">23</span></a> designed their method to identify strains using individual DNAs&#46; In an effort to establish a high throughput screening method to study fungal collections we decided to use the same PCR technique but using pooled DNAs &#40;containing DNAs isolated from ten different strains&#41;&#46; The presence of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> or <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> DNA was suspected when more than one PCR band was observed&#46; To uncover <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span>&#44; we extracted individual DNA from all the pools showing multiple bands &#40;941<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>bp plus 569<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>bp and&#47;or 700<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>bp&#41; and the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">hwp1</span> PCR was repeated using individual DNAs as templates&#46; Additionally&#44; we extracted individual DNA for 10 randomly chosen pools showing one 941<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>bp band &#40;100 DNAs in total&#41; and repeated the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">hwp1</span> PCR to confirm the specificity of the technique&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0035" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0055">Identification confirmation</span><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">All the strains identified as <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> or <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> by <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">hwp1</span> gene amplification were subsequently identified by sequencing the 5&#46;8S RNA gene and adjacent internal transcribed spacer 1 and 2 regions &#40;ITS1 and ITS2&#41; and the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">hwp1</span> gene<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0185"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2&#44;35</span></a>&#46; Primers are displayed in <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0005">Table 1</a>&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0040" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0060">Antifungal susceptibility testing</span><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Antifungal drugs tested were fluconazole &#40;FLC&#41;&#44; itraconazole &#40;ITC&#41;&#44; voriconazole &#40;VRC&#41;&#44; clotrimazole &#40;CLT&#41;&#44; terbinafine &#40;TRB&#41;&#44; anfotericin B &#40;AMB&#41; and nystatin &#40;NYS&#41; &#40;all purchased from Sigma&#8211;Aldrich Qu&#237;mica &#8211; Buenos Aires&#44; Argentina&#41;&#46; Drug selection was performed based on the treatment options &#40;topical&#44; vaginal ovules and systemic presentations&#41; available at <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Jos&#233; Mar&#237;a Cullen Hospital</span> &#40;Santa Fe&#44; Argentina&#41;&#46; Although AMB is not used to treat vaginal infections&#44; it was added to the list of tested drugs to assess if it was possible to use it as an <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">in vitro</span> surrogate marker for NYS resistance since AMB susceptibility testing is standardized by CLSI and both are polyenes<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0200"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5&#44;6</span></a>&#46; Inoculums of all the isolates were obtained according to CLSI document M27-A3&#46; Result interpretations were performed according to CLSI documents M27-A3 and M27-S4&#46; FLC&#44; ITC and AMB MIC microtitration plates were produced following CLSI M27-A3 guidelines<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0200"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5&#44;6</span></a>&#46; In addition&#44; TRB&#44; CLT and NYS were diluted in dimethyl sulfoxide and the final concentrations ranged from 8 to 0&#46;015<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;ml&#46; Since there are no MIC limit ranges for microdilution tests for these antifungal agents&#44; the quality control strains <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Candida parapsilosis</span> ATCC 22019 and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Candida krusei</span> ATCC 6258 were subjected to twenty MIC repetitions on different days &#40;results are displayed in <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0010">Table 2</a>&#41;&#46; Afterwards&#44; this MIC data was added to earlier MIC results obtained by our group<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0215"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a> and were used as a control of the produced plates&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="tbl0010"></elsevierMultimedia></span><span id="sec0045" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0065">Data collection and statistical analysis</span><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The MIC data presented here are expressed as geometric means &#40;GMs&#41; of three experiments performed on different days&#46; The off-scale MICs were converted to the next concentration up or down in order to be included in the analysis&#46; MIC values were approximated to a normal distribution by transforming them into log<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span> values&#46; GMs were used to statistically compare MIC values and MIC log<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span> values were used to establish susceptibility differences between strains&#46; To establish significant levels of MIC differences&#44; a one-way ANOVA test with Bonferroni&#39;s correction for multiple comparisons was used&#46; A <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">P</span> value &#8804;0&#46;05 was considered significant&#46; This study was approved by the School of Biochemistry &#40;Universidad Nacional del Litoral&#41; and JM Cullen ethics committees&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0050" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0070">Nucleotide sequence accession numbers</span><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> strain <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">hwp1</span> gene sequence was deposited in GenBank under accession number KR704898&#46;</p></span></span><span id="sec0055" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0075">Results</span><span id="sec0060" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0080">Identification and prevalence of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span></span><p id="par0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">With the intention of evaluating the prevalence and potential clinical significance of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> in vaginal samples from Santa Fe city&#44; we molecularly identify the 287 isolates received &#40;previously identified by phenotypic methods as <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span>&#41; by using the amplification of the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">hwp1</span> gene using a single primer pair<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0290"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">23</span></a>&#46; We employed a higher throughput methodology using DNA pools obtained from ten different isolates as templates&#46; When pooled DNAs were used&#44; the presence of non-<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span> was suspected when two or more bands appeared in the electrophoresis&#46; A 941<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>bp fragment along with a 569<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>bp fragment demonstrated the presence of at least one <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span> and one <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> strain in the DNA pool while the presence of a 700<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>bp fragment proved the existence of at least one <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> strain in the pool &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>&#41;&#46; The presence of two PCR bands was observed in five out of the 29 DNA pools&#46; Four showed a 941&#8211;569<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>bp-double band and the fifth showed a 941&#8211;700<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>bp-band pair representing the presence of at least four <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> and one <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> strains&#46; These five DNA pools were subsequently studied to confirm the results&#46; Individual DNAs were used as PCR template plate to amplify the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">hwp1</span> gene&#46; Four <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> and one <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> were identified&#46; Altogether&#44; we obtained the same results using pooled and individual DNA extraction&#58; four <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> and one <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> strains out of 287 studied isolates &#40;1&#46;39&#37; and 0&#46;35&#37; prevalence&#44; respectively&#41;&#46; The identification of these strains was confirmed by ITS and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">hwp1</span> sequencing&#46; The ITS obtained sequences were compared with the published ITS signature sequences from <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span> &#40;variants I to IV&#41; &#40;Gene bank aa&#46; numbers&#58; KP675686&#46;1&#44; <a id="intr0020" class="elsevierStyleInterRef" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=search&db=nucleotide&doptcmdl=genbank&term=HQ876051.1">HQ876051&#46;1</a>&#44; KP675529&#46;1 and KP675666&#46;1&#44; respectively&#41;&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> &#40;variants I and II&#41; &#40;aa&#46; numbers&#58; <a id="intr0025" class="elsevierStyleInterRef" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=search&db=nucleotide&doptcmdl=genbank&term=AB035589.1">AB035589&#46;1</a> and KP131696&#46;1&#44; respectively&#41;&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span> var&#46; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">stellatoidea</span> &#40;aa&#46; numbers&#58; <a id="intr0030" class="elsevierStyleInterRef" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=search&db=nucleotide&doptcmdl=genbank&term=AJ853768.1">AJ853768&#46;1</a>&#41; and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> &#40;aa&#46; numbers&#58; <a id="intr0035" class="elsevierStyleInterRef" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=search&db=nucleotide&doptcmdl=genbank&term=AY342214.1">AY342214&#46;1</a>&#41;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0185"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a> &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0010">Fig&#46; 2</a>A&#41;&#46; The <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">hwp1</span> gene sequences of our non-<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">albicans</span> strains showed the characteristic nt&#46; gaps &#40;372<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>bp and 241<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>bp difference for <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span>&#44; respectively&#41; &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0010">Fig&#46; 2</a>B&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0005"></elsevierMultimedia><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0010"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Phenotypically&#44; our <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> strain differed from the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span> control strains in its inability to form chlamydospores on corn meal agar&#44; to assimilate trehalose and to grow at 42<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#176;C&#46; However&#44; it developed green colonies on CHROMagar and formed germ tubes under regular conditions &#40;2<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>h at 37<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#176;C&#41;&#46; Our <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> showed a lower rate of germ tube formation when compared to <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> control strains&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0065" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0085">Antifungal susceptibility testing</span><p id="par0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">in vitro</span> activities of the tested antifungal drugs are summarized in <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0015">Table 3</a>&#46; All non-<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span> strains included in this study &#40;4 <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> and the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span>&#41; showed very low MIC values for all the tested antifungal agents&#46; Similarly&#44; antifungal drugs showed good <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">in vitro</span> activity against the majority of the remaining 282 isolates &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span>&#41;&#46; The most potent azole was CLT showing the lowest MIC values &#40;GM<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#46;02<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;ml&#44; MIC90<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#46;03<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;ml&#41; and only thirteen strains showed CLT MIC value &#8805;0&#46;25<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;ml&#46; FLC was the tested drug with the widest range of MIC values &#40;0&#46;06&#8211;64&#46;00<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;ml&#41;&#46; Reduced susceptibility to FLC was observed in ten <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span> strains out of the 282 studied &#40;3&#46;55&#37;&#41;&#46; Of these ten strains&#44; three were FLC susceptible-dose dependent while seven were resistant to FLC &#40;three strains were exclusively resistant to FLC and four strains were azole-cross-resistant&#41;&#46; Concerning the oral triazoles&#44; ITC and VRC showed very good <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">in vitro</span> activity &#40;GM<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#46;03<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;ml and a MIC90<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#46;06<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;ml for ITC and GM<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#46;021<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;ml and a MIC90<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#46;03<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;ml&#41;&#46; There were only four &#40;1&#46;41&#37;&#41; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span> strains showing high ITC and VRC MIC values &#40;&#8805;4&#46;00<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;ml&#41;&#46; These strains showed FLC cross-resistance &#40;FLC MIC &#8805;16<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;ml&#41; and high CLT MIC values &#40;&#8805;0&#46;25<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;ml&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="tbl0015"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0075" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Both tested polyenes showed a narrow range of MIC values &#40;0&#46;03&#8211;0&#46;25<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;ml for both AMB and NYS&#41; and showed no differences in <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">in vitro</span> activity &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#46;43&#41;&#46; None of the 287 strains showed high MIC values for NYSor for AMB&#46; Furthermore&#44; TRB was the least active drug against the isolates tested &#40;GM<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>6&#46;25<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;ml and MIC90<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>8&#46;00<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;ml&#41;&#46; However&#44; the five non-albicans isolates including four <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> and one <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> showed slightly lower TRB MIC values&#44; ranging from 1&#46;00 to 2&#46;00<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#956;g&#47;ml &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#46;42&#41;&#46;</p></span></span><span id="sec0070" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0090">Discussion</span><p id="par0080" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In the present study&#44; we used the amplification of the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">hwp1</span> gene to evaluate the presence of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> among vaginal isolates identified as <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span> in accordance with their phenotypic characteristics&#46; We demonstrated that the amplification of the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">hwp1</span> gene using pooled DNAs was as efficient as using individual DNAs to differentiate <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> from <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span>&#46; Thus&#44; this methodology can be used as a high throughput screening method to study fungal collections&#46;</p><p id="par0085" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Earlier reports from Europe and Africa demonstrated that <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> represented more than 5&#37; of the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span> species complex isolated from female genital specimens and that it was more prevalent than <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> in this type of samples<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0185"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2&#44;13&#44;25&#44;31</span></a>&#46; Conversely&#44; in our patients&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> was less prevalent than <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> &#40;0&#46;35&#37; and 1&#46;39&#37;&#44; respectively&#41;&#46;</p><p id="par0090" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">To the best of our knowledge&#44; the described <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> strain is the first autochthonous Argentinian isolate reported so far&#46; The strain was identified as <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> by two different sequencing-based methods &#40;ITS and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">hwp1</span> gene sequencing&#41;&#46; Phenotypically&#44; our <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> strain showed characteristics that coincide with previous reports<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0185"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2&#44;25&#44;33</span></a>&#46; We observed a lower filamentation rate in serum for the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> isolate&#46; This fact was reported also by Borman <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">et al</span><a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0185"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">&#46;</span> These authors linked this lower hyphal formation capacity to the reduced virulence of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> and its narrow anatomical niche&#46;</p><p id="par0095" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">When antifungal susceptibility was analyzed&#44; our <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> strains showed low MIC values to all the antifungal tested&#46; Moreover&#44; reduced susceptibility was rare in all the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Candida</span> strains studied&#44; reinforcing the idea that <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span> and its related species isolated from VVC patients are usually susceptible to antifungal agents<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0210"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7&#44;8&#44;12&#44;21&#44;22&#44;29</span></a>&#46; In the case of azoles&#44; CLT and ITC showed the highest potency and FLC MIC GMs values were similar to those obtained in previous reports for yeast causing VVC<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0180"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1&#44;3&#44;22</span></a>&#46; However&#44; 3&#46;55&#37; &#40;10&#47;282&#41; of the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span> strains showed FLC reduced susceptibility &#40;three susceptible-dose dependent&#41;&#44; three FLC-resistant and four of these strains were azole cross-resistant&#46; This FLC resistance frequency in <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span> isolated from VVC was higher than that mentioned in other published reports&#44; where there was no FLC resistance<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0235"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12&#44;21&#44;29</span></a>&#46;</p><p id="par0100" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">These susceptibility patterns and the wide range of FLC MIC values observed in our strain collection allow us to infer that in Santa Fe city several molecular mechanism of azole resistance may coexist and antifungal resistance could become a problem in the future<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0195"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4&#44;18&#44;19&#44;27&#44;28&#44;34</span></a>&#46;</p><p id="par0105" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Here we report the first Argentinian <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> isolate and a high-throughput screening method to uncover the presence of this newly described species variety in a collection of yeasts isolated from VVC&#46; We also demonstrate that <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span> related species have low prevalence in our region&#46; Moreover&#44; antifungal resistance seems not to be a serious concern in Santa Fe city region &#40;Argentina&#41;&#46; However&#44; VVC treatment should be supported by laboratory results&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0075" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0095">Ethical disclosures</span><span id="sec0080" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0100">Protection of people and animals subjects</span><p id="par0110" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors declare that no experiments were performed on humans or animals for this study&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0085" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0105">Confidentiality of data</span><p id="par0115" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors declare that this article does not appear patient data&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0090" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0110">Right to privacy and informed consent</span><p id="par0120" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors declare that this article does not appear patient data&#46;</p></span></span><span id="sec0095" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0115">Conflict of interest</span><p id="par0125" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest&#46;</p></span></span>"
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        "resumen" => "<span id="abst0005" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><p id="spar0005" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Candida africana</span> taxonomical status is controversial&#46; It was proposed as a separate species within the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Candida albicans</span> species complex&#59; however&#44; phylogenetic analyses suggested that it is an unusual variety of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans&#46;</span> The prevalence of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span>-related species &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Candida dubliniensis</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span>&#41; as vulvovaginal pathogens is not known in Argentina&#46; Moreover&#44; data on antifungal susceptibility of isolates causing vulvovaginal candidiasis is scarce&#46; The aims of this study were to establish the prevalence of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> in vaginal samples and to evaluate the antifungal susceptibilities of vaginal <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span> species complex strains&#46; We used a molecular-based method coupled with a new pooled DNA extraction methodology to differentiate <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> in a collection of 287 strains originally identified as <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span> isolated from an Argentinian hospital during 2013&#46; Antifungal susceptibilities to fluconazole&#44; clotrimazole&#44; itraconazole&#44; voriconazole&#44; nystatin&#44; amphotericin B and terbinafine were evaluated by using the CLSI M27-A3 and M27-S4 documents&#46; Of the 287 isolates&#44; 4 <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> and one <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> strains &#40;1&#46;39&#37; and 0&#46;35&#37; prevalence&#44; respectively&#41; were identified&#46; This is the first description of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> in Argentina and its identification was confirmed by sequencing the ITS2 region and the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">hwp1</span> gene&#46; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; dubliniensis</span> and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; africana</span> strains showed very low MIC values for all the tested antifungals&#46; Fluconazole-reduced-susceptibility and azole cross-resistance were observed in 3&#46;55&#37; and 1&#46;41&#37; of the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">C&#46; albicans</span> isolates&#44; respectively&#46; These results demonstrate that antifungal resistance is still a rare phenomenon in this kind of isolates&#46;</p></span>"
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