NDLI: Seminested PCR for Diagnosis of Candidemia: Comparison with Culture, Antigen Detection, and Biochemical Methods for Species Identification

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Author	Ahmad, Suhail Khan, Zaiba Mustafa, Abu S. Khan, Zia U.
Copyright Year	2002
Abstract	The rapid detection and identification of Candida species in clinical laboratories are extremely important for the management of patients with hematogenous candidiasis. The presently available culture and biochemical methods for detection and species identification of Candida are time-consuming and lack the required sensitivity and specificity. In this study, we have established a seminested PCR (snPCR) using universal and species-specific primers for detection of Candida species in serum specimens. The universal outer primers amplified the 3′ end of 5.8S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) and the 5′ end of 28S rDNA, including the internally transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2), generating 350- to 410-bp fragments from the four commonly encountered Candida species, viz., C. albicans, C. tropicalis, C. glabrata, and C. parapsilosis. The species-specific primers, complementary to unique sequences within the ITS2 of each test species, amplified species-specific DNA in the reamplification step of the snPCR. The sensitivity of Candida detection by snPCR in spiked serum specimens was close to 1 organism/ml. Evaluation of snPCR for specific identification of Candida species with 76 clinical Candida isolates showed 99% concordant results with the Vitek and/or ID32C yeast identification system. Further evaluation of snPCR for detection of Candida species in sera from culture-proven (n = 12), suspected (n = 16), and superficially colonized (n = 10) patients and healthy subjects (n = 12) showed that snPCR results were consistently negative with sera from healthy individuals and colonized patients. In culture-proven candidemia patients, the snPCR results were in full agreement with blood culture results with respect to both positivity and species identity. In addition, snPCR detected candidemia due to two Candida species in five patients, compared to three by blood culture. In the category of suspected candidemia with negative blood cultures for Candida, nine patients (56%) were positive by snPCR; two of them had dual infection with C. albicans and either C. tropicalis or C. glabrata. In conclusion, the snPCR developed in this study is specific and more sensitive than culture for the detection of Candida species in serum specimens. Moreover, the improved detection of cases of candidemia caused by more than one Candida species is an additional advantage.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jcm.40.7.2483-2489.2002
Ending Page	2489
Page Count	7
Starting Page	2483
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00951137
e-ISSN	1098660X
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Issue Number	7
Volume Number	40
Language	English
Publisher	American Society for Microbiology
Publisher Date	2002-07-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	American Society for Microbiology
Subject Keyword	Microbiology (medical) Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Microbiology (medical)

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