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. 2020 Apr 19;20(1):287.
doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-04985-w.

Molecular identification and antifungal susceptibility profile of yeast from vulvovaginal candidiasis

Yu Shi #  1   2   3 , Yuxia Zhu #  1   2 , Shangrong Fan  4   5   6 , Xiaoping Liu  7 , Yiheng Liang  1   2 , Yingying Shan  1   2
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Molecular identification and antifungal susceptibility profile of yeast from vulvovaginal candidiasis

Yu Shi et al. BMC Infect Dis. .

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Abstract

Background: Accurate identification Candida is important for successful therapy and epidemiology study. The aim of research is to study API 20C yeast identification system identification rate by using molecular identification as gold standard and tested the antifungal susceptibility of Candida from patients with vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC).

Methods: In total, 3574 yeast isolates were obtained from patients with VVC. API 20C yeast identification, molecular identification and in vitro antifungal susceptibility were performed.

Results: C. albicans was the predominant Candida species [2748 isolates, 76.9%] in VVC. The isolates from vaginal samples represented 22 species based on molecular identification. The API 20C system identifies only 11 of the species encountered during the study period. Based on the API 20C system, 3273 (91.78%) isolates were correctly identified to the species level. The correct identification rate of the API 20C system for rare yeast was 15.29% (26/170 isolates). Antifungal susceptibility was tested in a total of 1844 isolates of Candida from patients with VVC. C. albicans was susceptible to most of the tested antifungals. The MICs of azoles for C. glabrata were higher than those for C. albicans. The MICs of echinocandins for C. parapsilosis were higher than those for C. albicans.

Conclusions: The API 20C yeast identification system can be used to reliably identify the most common Candida species while molecular methods are necessary for the identification of closely related, emerging, and rare yeast species. The results from this study suggest that much of the previous studies on the epidemiology of VVC should be re-thought. C. albicans was susceptible to most of the tested antifungals.

Keywords: Antifungal susceptibility; Candida; Candidiasis; Identification; Vulvovaginal.

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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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The distribution of the yeast from VVC
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The distribution of the yeast from VVC by years
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