Cholesterol dependent and Amphotericin B resistant isolates of a Candida glabrata strain from an Intensive Care Unit patient.
Here we report on two isolates of Candida glabrata recovered from urine samples collected from of an Intensive Care Unit patient. D1/D2 and ITS 1+2 rDNA sequence analysis confirmed its identification. The isolates were cholesterol dependent and resistant to Amphotericin B.
Rezusta
Antonio
A
Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud y del Deporte de Huesca, Spain.
Aspiroz
Carmen
C
Boekhout
Tenuis
T
Cano
José Francisco
JF
Theelen
Bart
B
Guarro
Josep
J
Rubio
Maria Carmen
MC
D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D041221:Candida glabrata / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000382:microbiology*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics; D025141:Drug Resistance, Fungal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008875:Middle Aged; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D000666:Amphotericin B; D002784:Cholesterol