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Identification and differentiation of Candida species using specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the phospholipase B gene


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Harmal, Nabil S. and Khodavandi, Alireza and Alshawsh, Mohammed A. and Jamal, Farida Fatema @ Farida and Sekawi, Zamberi and Ng, Kee Peng and Chong, Pei Pei (2013) Identification and differentiation of Candida species using specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the phospholipase B gene. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 7 (20). art. no. C95F54C12002. pp. 2159-2166. ISSN 1996-0808

Abstract

Candida species are the major cause of mortality in both immunocompromised and critically ill patients. Therefore, the early diagnosis and differentiation of Candida species isolated from clinical samples is principally important due to their inherently variable antifungal resistance pattern. Herein, rapid and species-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based molecular method was developed for the identification of the four species of Candida most commonly isolated from clinical specimens, namely Candida albicans, Candida parapsilosis, Candida glabrata and Candida tropicalis. The developed method targeted the phospholipase B gene (PLB) as a novel target. We determined the sequences of this gene in previous work. The primers designed achieved highly specific identification of the selected species using simplex PCR assay, which were confirmed by sequencing. There was no cross-amplification of other Candida species nor other fungal organisms tested. The simplex PCR assay yielded detection limits of 1 to 10 cells/ml and 10 fg/µl DNA. These results showed that the PLB gene provides a novel target that could be used for the identification and detection of medically important Candida species from the clinical samples.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Publisher: Academic Journals
Keywords: Candida species; Identification; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Phospholipase B (PLB) gene
Depositing User: Raja Norazlinda Raja Azenam
Date Deposited: 14 Nov 2014 02:49
Last Modified: 28 Mar 2016 02:40
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29824
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