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      Especies y sensibilidad a antifúngicos de cepas de Candida spp. aisladas de la cavidad bucal de pacientes con VIH de Paraguay Translated title: Species and sensitivity to antifungals of Candida spp. strains isolated from the oral cavity of patients with HIV from Paraguay

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          RESUMEN Candida albicans es la levadura más aislada de la cavidad oral de personas con VIH. Sin embargo, el uso de antifúngicos ha incrementado el aislamiento de especies no C. albicans resistentes o con sensibilidad reducida. El objetivo del estudio fue determinar las especies de Candida y la sensibilidad a los antifúngicos de aislamientos de la cavidad bucal de pacientes con VIH, que acudieron al Instituto de Medicina Tropical entre julio a diciembre de 2019. Las levaduras se sembraron en Agar Cromogénico Candida (CONDA®, España) para la identificación presuntiva. Las colonias verdes se identificaron por PCR dúplex y las de coloración distinta o PCR negativa mediante el sistema comercial VITEK®2. La susceptibilidad antifúngica de C. albicans se determinó por VITEK®2, y las no albicans por el método de difusión de discos. De 278 levaduras, C. albicans se aisló en 70,9 %, seguido de C. tropicalis (8,3 %) y C. krusei (5 %). C. albicans presentó 93 % de sensibilidad y 2 % de sensibilidad dosis dependiente al fluconazol; 87 % sensibles y 3 % con sensibilidad intermedia frente a voriconazol; 97, 98 y 100 % sensibilidad a flucitosina, anfotericina B y equinocandinas, respectivamente. C. parapsilosis y C. tropicalis no registraron resistencias a fluconazol y voriconazol. Todos los aislamientos de C. glabrata fueron sensibles dosis dependientes a fluconazol y todos los aislamientos de C. krusei resultaron sensibles a voriconazol. La portación oral de Candida spp. resistentes a azoles podría llevar a fracasos terapéuticos en pacientes con VIH que desarrollen candidiasis orofaríngea.

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          ABSTRACT Candida albicans is the most isolated yeast from the oral cavity of people with HIV. However, the use of antifungals has increased the isolation of non-C. albicans resistant species or those with reduced sensitivity. The objective of the study was to determine the Candida species and the sensitivity to antifungals of isolates from the oral cavity of patients with HIV who attended the Institute of Tropical Medicine between July and December 2019. The yeasts were plated in Candida Chromogenic Agar (CONDA®, Spain) for presumptive identification. Green colonies were identified by duplex PCR and those with different staining or negative PCR using the commercial VITEK®2 system. The antifungal susceptibility of C. albicans was determined by VITEK®2, and non albicans by the disk diffusion method. Of 278 yeasts, C. albicans was isolated in 70.9 %, followed by C. tropicalis (8.3 %) and C. krusei (5 %). C. albicans presented 93 % sensitivity and 2 % dose-dependent sensitivity to fluconazole; 87 % sensitive and 3 % intermediate sensitivity to voriconazole; 97, 98, and 100 % sensitive to flucytosine, amphotericin B, and echinocandins, respectively. C. parapsilosis and C. tropicalis did not register resistance to fluconazole and voriconazole. All C. glabrata isolates were dose-dependently sensitive to fluconazole and all C. krusei isolates were sensitive to voriconazole. The oral carriage of Candida spp. resistant to azoles may lead to therapeutic failures in HIV patients who develop oropharyngeal candidiasis.

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            Atypical oral Candida isolates were recovered from 60 HIV-infected and three HIV-negative individuals. These organisms were germ-tube-positive and produced abundant chlamydospores which were frequently arranged in triplets or in contiguous pairs. They belonged to C. albicans serotype A and had atypical carbohydrate assimilation profiles. Fingerprinting the genomic DNA of a selection of these organisms with the C. albicans-specific probe 27A and five separate oligonucleotides, homologous to eukaryotic microsatellite repeat sequences, demonstrated that they had a very distinct genomic organization compared to C. albicans and C. stellatoidea. This was further established by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and karyotype analysis. Comparison of 500 bp of the V3 variable region of the large ribosomal subunit genes from nine atypical isolates and the corresponding sequences determined from C. albicans, C. stellatoidea, C. tropicalis, C. parapsilosis, C. glabrata, C. kefyr and C. krusei showed that they atypical organisms formed a homogeneous cluster (100% similarity) that was significantly different from the other Candida species analysed, but was most closely related to C. albicans and C. stellatoidea. These genetic data combined with the phenotypic characteristics of these atypical organisms strongly suggest that they constitute a novel species within the genus Candida for which the name Candida dubliniensis is proposed.
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              On the reclassification of species assigned to Candida and other anamorphic ascomycetous yeast genera based on phylogenetic circumscription.

              Multigene phylogenies have been instrumental in revising the classification of ascosporic (teleomorph) yeasts in a natural system based on lines of descent. Although many taxonomic changes have already been implemented for teleomorph taxa, this is not yet the case for the large genus Candida and smaller anascosporic (anamorph) genera. In view of the recently introduced requirement that a fungal species or higher taxon be assigned only a single valid name under the new International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code), the current species of Candida and other anamorph yeast genera must undergo revision to make genus membership consistent with phylogenetic affinities. A review of existing data and analyses shows that certain Candida species may be assigned to teleomorph genera with high confidence using multigene phylogenies. Candida species that form well-circumscribed phylogenetic clades without any teleomorph member justify the creation of new genera. However, a considerable number of Candida species sit at the end of isolated and often long branches, and hence cannot be assigned to larger species groups. They should be maintained in Candida sensu lato until studied by multigene analyses in datasets with comprehensive taxon sampling. The principle of name stability has to be honoured to the largest extent compatible with a natural classification of Candida species.
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                iics
                Memorias del Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud
                Mem. Inst. Investig. Cienc. Salud
                Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud (Asunción, , Paraguay )
                1812-9528
                December 2021
                : 19
                : 3
                : 12-24
                Affiliations
                [4] San Lorenzo Asunción orgnameUniversidad Nacional de Asunción orgdiv1Facultad de Ciencias Químicas Paraguay
                [1] San Lorenzo Asunción orgnameUniversidad Nacional de Asunción orgdiv1Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud Paraguay
                [3] Asunción orgnameMinisterio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social orgdiv1Instituto de Medicina Tropical orgdiv2PRONASIDA Paraguay
                [2] Asunción orgnameLaboratorio San Roque Paraguay
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                S1812-95282021000300012 S1812-9528(21)01900300012
                10.18004/mem.iics/1812-9528/2021.019.03.12
                6f452e85-e1aa-4bbc-94f7-900f8864b329

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 01 November 2021
                : 01 October 2021
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                Candida,oral cavity,HIV,antifungal,cavidad oral,VIH,antifúngicos
                Candida, oral cavity, HIV, antifungal, cavidad oral, VIH, antifúngicos

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