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标题：Phenotypic typing and epidemiological survey of antifungal resistance of Candida species detected in clinical samples of Italian patients in a 17 months’ period
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作者：Margherita Scapaticci ; Andrea Bartolini ; Federica Del Chierico 等
期刊名称：Germs
印刷版ISSN：2248-2997
出版年度：2018
卷号：8
期号：2
页码：58
出版社：European HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases Academy
摘要：Introduction Yeast pathogens are emerging agents of nosocomial as well as community-acquired infections and their rapid and accurate identification is crucial for a better management of high-risk patients and for an adequate treatment.Methods We performed a retrospective review of 156 yeast isolates collected during a 17 months’ period of regular clinical practice at the Microbiology Department of San Camillo Hospital in Treviso, Italy and analyzed by the traditional culture-based method combined with matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS).Results Out of all the samples collected MALDI-TOF MS was able to characterize with a MT score ≥1.7 (accurate result at species level) 12 different yeast and yeast-like species from 140 samples: Candida albicans (63.7%), Candida glabrata (13.6%), Saccharomyces cerevisiae (6.5%), Candida parapsilosis (5.7%), Candida tropicalis (2.1%), Candida pararugosa (2.1%), Candida guilliermondii (2.1%), Candida kefyr (1.4%), Candida lusitaniae (0.7%), Candida palmioleophila (0.7%), Geotrichum silvicola (0.7%), Rhodotorula mucilaginosa (0.7%). Susceptibility testing toward seven common antifungal agents showed a characteristic MIC distribution of C. albicans isolates for echinocandins: particularly we noticed that 72% and 46% of C. albicans showed an MIC value close to clinical breakpoint as defined by EUCAST, respectively for anidulafungin and micafungin.Conclusion Accurate identification of microorganisms and the study of their antifungal susceptibility allow to understand the epidemiology of a particular area, permitting the choice of the most appropriate early antifungal treatment.
关键词：Yeast infection; MALDI-TOF MS; antifungal resistance