分子识别和Fusarium spp.的抗真菌敏感性. 临床隔离物 临床隔离物
Carla M Román-Montes1,2, Fernanda González-Lara1,2, Paulette Diaz-Lomelí1
1Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico.
Mycoses
|January 12, 2025
概括
分子鉴定揭示了Fusarium petroliphilum作为墨西哥最常见的Fusarium物种. 尽管抗真菌敏感性测试 (AST) 不超过截止值,但菌病例的死亡率很高.
科学领域:
- 医学真菌学 医学真菌学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 分子诊断学 分子诊断
背景情况:
- 准确识别Fusarium物种对于有效治疗fusariosis至关重要.
- 抗真菌耐药性和治疗失败使菌病管理复杂化.
- 关于墨西哥的Fusarium流行病学和抗真菌敏感性测试 (AST) 的数据有限.
研究的目的:
- 分析在墨西哥使用DNA测序的Fusarium物种分布.
- 为了将抗真菌敏感性测试 (AST) 的结果与菌病的临床结果相关联.
主要方法:
- 对临床Fusarium分离物的回顾性研究.
- 通过翻译延长因子-1α基因测序进行分子鉴定.
- 抗真菌敏感性测试 (AST) 用于确定最小抑制度 (MIC).
主要成果:
- 最常见的是Fusarium solani物种复合体 (FSSC) (51.5%),其中最常见的是Fusarium petroliphilum (37%) 和Fusarium oxysporum (20%).
- 没有MIC超过了流行病学截止值.
- 19名患者 (主要是血液性瘤患者) 发生了病,死亡率为32%.
结论:
- 在FSSC内,Fusarium petroliphilum是被确定的主要物种.
- 在菌病患者中观察到较高的死亡率.
- 与F. oxysporum SC和F. fujikuroi SC相比,F. solani SC的MIC50值较高,而F. oxysporum SC和F. fujikuroi SC的MIC50值较高.
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