Abstract
One hundred sixty-three strains stored as Candida parapsilosis in the BCCM/IHEM collection were reidentified based on internal transcribed spacer sequencing: 92% were identified as true C. parapsilosis, while 4.3% and 3% belonged to the closely related species C. metapsilosis and C. orthopsilosis, respectively, providing important epidemiologic information. Furthermore, we showed that matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry is a fast method that can discriminate between these species.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease |
Volume | 70 |
Issue number | 4 |
Pages (from-to) | 544-548 |
ISSN | 0732-8893 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- B780-tropical-medicine
- Mycoses
- Candidiasis
- Candida parapsilosis
- Candida metapsilosis
- Candida orthopsilosis
- Molecular epidemiology
- Identification
- Strains
- Sequencing
- Mass spectrometry