The first reported case of candidemia caused by the novel Candida tropicalis diploid sequence type 1515
Introduction: Since the dawn of the new millennium, Candida species have been increasingly implicated as a cause of both healthcare-associated as well as opportunistic yeast infections, due to the widespread use of indwelling medical devices, total parenteral nutrition, systemic corticosteroids, cy...
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Introduction: Since the dawn of the new millennium, Candida species have been increasingly implicated as a cause of both healthcare-associated as well as opportunistic yeast infections, due to the widespread use of indwelling medical devices, total parenteral nutrition, systemic corticosteroids, cytotoxic chemotherapy, and broad-spectrum antibiotics. Candida tropicalis is a pathogenic Candida species associated with considerable morbidity, mortality, and drug resistance issues on a global scale.
Methodology: We report a case of a 43-year-old man who was admitted to our hospital for further management of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia. During his stay in the ward, he received systemic corticosteroids for a total duration of 32 days. A broad-spectrum antibiotic (piperacillin-tazobactam) was also given due to copious amounts of tracheostomy secretions.
Results: The patient’s fever recurred following an afebrile interval of 11 days, and C. tropicalis was cultured from his blood. The yeast was highly resistant to fluconazole and voriconazole but remained susceptible to echinocandins. Unfortunately, the patient was unable to receive any echinocandin and eventually succumbed to candidemia.
Conclusions: Multilocus sequence typing was used to characterize C. tropicalis as a novel diploid sequence type (i.e., 1515) that has not been previously reported.
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| spelling | doaj-art-73c64ea79c1b411a91acfc6e006e8c4e2025-08-20T02:16:06ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802024-12-011812.110.3855/jidc.20096The first reported case of candidemia caused by the novel Candida tropicalis diploid sequence type 1515Chuan H Ding0Shiamala D Navarathinam1Hui-Min Neoh2Toh L Tan3Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaUKM Medical Molecular Biology Institute (UMBI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Introduction: Since the dawn of the new millennium, Candida species have been increasingly implicated as a cause of both healthcare-associated as well as opportunistic yeast infections, due to the widespread use of indwelling medical devices, total parenteral nutrition, systemic corticosteroids, cytotoxic chemotherapy, and broad-spectrum antibiotics. Candida tropicalis is a pathogenic Candida species associated with considerable morbidity, mortality, and drug resistance issues on a global scale. Methodology: We report a case of a 43-year-old man who was admitted to our hospital for further management of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia. During his stay in the ward, he received systemic corticosteroids for a total duration of 32 days. A broad-spectrum antibiotic (piperacillin-tazobactam) was also given due to copious amounts of tracheostomy secretions. Results: The patient’s fever recurred following an afebrile interval of 11 days, and C. tropicalis was cultured from his blood. The yeast was highly resistant to fluconazole and voriconazole but remained susceptible to echinocandins. Unfortunately, the patient was unable to receive any echinocandin and eventually succumbed to candidemia. Conclusions: Multilocus sequence typing was used to characterize C. tropicalis as a novel diploid sequence type (i.e., 1515) that has not been previously reported. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/20096Candida tropicaliscandidemiaCOVID-19multilocus sequence typing |
| spellingShingle | Chuan H Ding Shiamala D Navarathinam Hui-Min Neoh Toh L Tan The first reported case of candidemia caused by the novel Candida tropicalis diploid sequence type 1515 Journal of Infection in Developing Countries Candida tropicalis candidemia COVID-19 multilocus sequence typing |
| title | The first reported case of candidemia caused by the novel Candida tropicalis diploid sequence type 1515 |
| title_full | The first reported case of candidemia caused by the novel Candida tropicalis diploid sequence type 1515 |
| title_fullStr | The first reported case of candidemia caused by the novel Candida tropicalis diploid sequence type 1515 |
| title_full_unstemmed | The first reported case of candidemia caused by the novel Candida tropicalis diploid sequence type 1515 |
| title_short | The first reported case of candidemia caused by the novel Candida tropicalis diploid sequence type 1515 |
| title_sort | first reported case of candidemia caused by the novel candida tropicalis diploid sequence type 1515 |
| topic | Candida tropicalis candidemia COVID-19 multilocus sequence typing |
| url | https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/20096 |
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