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Article: High oral prevalence of Candida krusei in leprosy patients in Northern Thailand

TitleHigh oral prevalence of Candida krusei in leprosy patients in Northern Thailand
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Issue Date2002
PublisherAmerican Society for Microbiology.
Citation
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2002, v. 40 n. 12, p. 4479-4485 How to Cite?
AbstractAlthough Candida albicans is the most common human yeast pathogen, other Candida species such as C. krusei are now recognized as emerging agents, especially in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease. C. krusei is inherently resistant to the widely used triazole antifungal fluconazole and poses therapeutic problems, especially in systemic candidiasis. In a surveillance study of leprosy patients (with arrested or burnt-out disease) in a leprosarium in northern Thailand, we found a rate of oral carriage of C. krusei (36%) significantly (P < 0.05) higher than that for a healthy control group (10%). Among the Candida-positive patients, 16 of 35 (46%) carried C. krusei, while C. albicans was the second most common isolate (12 of 35 patients; 34%). The corresponding figures for the control group were 2 of 13 (15%) and 6 of 13 (46%), respectively. Studies of the antifungal resistance of the C. krusei isolates from patients indicated that all except one of the isolates were resistant to fluconazole, two isolates were resistant to ketoconazole, and all isolates were sensitive to amphotericin B. Evaluation of their genetic profiles by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis with three different primers and subsequent analysis of the gel profiles by computerized cluster-derived dendrograms revealed that the C. krusei isolates from patients belonged to 10 disparate clusters, despite the origin from a single locale. These nascent findings indicate an alarmingly high prevalence of a Candida species resistant to a widely used antifungal in a part of the world where HIV disease is endemic.
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dc.contributor.authorSamaranayake, LPen_HK
dc.contributor.authorSamaranayake, YHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorGrote, Men_HK
dc.contributor.authorPow, Een_HK
dc.contributor.authorCheung, Ben_HK
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dc.identifier.citationJournal of Clinical Microbiology, 2002, v. 40 n. 12, p. 4479-4485en_HK
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dc.description.abstractAlthough Candida albicans is the most common human yeast pathogen, other Candida species such as C. krusei are now recognized as emerging agents, especially in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease. C. krusei is inherently resistant to the widely used triazole antifungal fluconazole and poses therapeutic problems, especially in systemic candidiasis. In a surveillance study of leprosy patients (with arrested or burnt-out disease) in a leprosarium in northern Thailand, we found a rate of oral carriage of C. krusei (36%) significantly (P < 0.05) higher than that for a healthy control group (10%). Among the Candida-positive patients, 16 of 35 (46%) carried C. krusei, while C. albicans was the second most common isolate (12 of 35 patients; 34%). The corresponding figures for the control group were 2 of 13 (15%) and 6 of 13 (46%), respectively. Studies of the antifungal resistance of the C. krusei isolates from patients indicated that all except one of the isolates were resistant to fluconazole, two isolates were resistant to ketoconazole, and all isolates were sensitive to amphotericin B. Evaluation of their genetic profiles by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis with three different primers and subsequent analysis of the gel profiles by computerized cluster-derived dendrograms revealed that the C. krusei isolates from patients belonged to 10 disparate clusters, despite the origin from a single locale. These nascent findings indicate an alarmingly high prevalence of a Candida species resistant to a widely used antifungal in a part of the world where HIV disease is endemic.en_HK
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dc.subject.meshCandida - classification - drug effects - genetics - isolation & purificationen_HK
dc.subject.meshCandidiasis, Oral - complications - epidemiology - microbiologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshCarrier State - epidemiology - microbiologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshLeprosy - complicationsen_HK
dc.subject.meshAntifungal Agents - pharmacologyen_HK
dc.titleHigh oral prevalence of Candida krusei in leprosy patients in Northern Thailanden_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.emailSamaranayake, LP:lakshman@hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1128/JCM.40.12.4479-4485.2002en_HK
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