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Review
. 2023 Nov 11;9(11):1099.
doi: 10.3390/jof9111099.

A Repertoire of the Less Common Clinical Yeasts

Estelle Menu  1   2 , Quentin Filori  3 , Jean-Charles Dufour  3   4 , Stéphane Ranque  1   2 , Coralie L'Ollivier  1   2
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Review

A Repertoire of the Less Common Clinical Yeasts

Estelle Menu et al. J Fungi (Basel). .

Abstract

Invasive fungal diseases are a public health problem. They affect a constantly increasing number of at-risk patients, and their incidence has risen in recent years. These opportunistic infections are mainly due to Candida sp. but less common or rare yeast infections should not be underestimated. These so-called "less common" yeasts include Ascomycota of the genera Candida (excluding the five major Candida species), Magnusiomyces/Saprochaete, Malassezia, and Saccharomyces, and Basidiomycota of the genera Cryptococcus (excluding the Cryptococcus neoformans/gattii complex members), Rhodotorula, and Trichosporon. The aim of this review is to (i) inventory the less common yeasts isolated in humans, (ii) provide details regarding the specific anatomical locations where they have been detected and the clinical characteristics of the resulting infections, and (iii) provide an update on yeast taxonomy. Of the total of 239,890 fungal taxa and their associated synonyms sourced from the MycoBank and NCBI Taxonomy databases, we successfully identified 192 yeasts, including 127 Ascomycota and 65 Basidiomycota. This repertoire allows us to highlight rare yeasts and their tropism for certain anatomical sites and will provide an additional tool for diagnostic management.

Keywords: rare yeasts; repertoire; uncommon yeasts.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

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Systematic literature review flowchart.
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WordCloud of the yeast species involved in systemic infections. The size of the name of each species is proportional to the number of times it occurs in the repertoire.
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Figure 3
WordCloud of the yeast species isolated from the central nervous system. The size of the name of each species is proportional to the number of times it occurs in the repertoire.
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Figure 4
WordCloud of the yeast species isolated from the eye. The size of the name of each species is proportional to the number of times it occurs in the repertoire.
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Figure 5
WordCloud of the yeast species name isolated from the ears. The size of the name of each species is proportional to the number of times it occurs in the repertoire.
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Figure 6
WordCloud of the yeast species isolated from the oto-rhino-laryngology system. The size of the name of each species is proportional to the number of times it occurs in the repertoire.
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Figure 7
WordCloud of the yeast species isolated from the pulmonary system. The size of the name of each species is proportional to the number of times it occurs in the repertoire.
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Figure 8
WordCloud of the yeast species isolated from the heart. The size of the name of each species is proportional to the number of times it occurs in the repertoire.
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Figure 9
WordCloud of the yeast species isolated from the gut. The size of the name of each species is proportional to the number of times it occurs in the repertoire.
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Figure 10
WordCloud of the yeast species isolated from the liver. The size of the name of each species is proportional to the number of times it occurs in the repertoire.
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Figure 11
WordCloud of the yeast species isolated from the urinary tract. The size of the name of each species is proportional to the number of times it occurs in the repertoire.
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Figure 12
WordCloud of the yeast species isolated from the osteo-articular system. The size of the name of each species is proportional to the number of times it occurs in the repertoire.
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Figure 13
WordCloud of the yeast species isolated from the skin system. The size of the name of each species is proportional to the number of times it occurs in the repertoire.
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