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Fungaemia diagnosis could be improved by reducing the time to identification of yeast from blood cultures. This study aimed to evaluate three rapid methods for the identification of yeast direct from blood cultures; Gram's stain analysis, the AdvanDX Peptide Nucleic Acid in Situ Hybridisation Yeast Traffic Light system (PNA‐FISH YTL) and Bruker Sepsityper alongside matrix‐assisted laser desorption...
Candidaemia remains a relevant challenge in everyday patient care on intensive care units and general wards. Delays to adequate treatment increase mortality rates and institutional standard operating procedures facilitate optimal treatment. A positive blood culture requires immediate treatment. Echinocandins are the first‐line drugs of choice. Indwelling catheters have to be removed if feasible. Daily...
Cryptococcus gattii, a species belonging to the Cryptococcus complex which occurs endemically in tropical and subtropical regions, has been reported as a causative agent of cryptococcosis in healthy individuals. We report a case of meningitis in HIV‐negative patient from Cuiaba, MT, in the Midwestern region of Brazil. Cryptococcus gattii AFLP6/VGII was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid and molecular...
Candidemia is the most frequent manifestation observed with invasive candidiasis. The aim of this study was to analyse the trends of candidemia in a large tertiary‐care hospital to determine the overall incidence during January 1996–December 2012, as well as to determine the susceptibility of 453 isolates according to the revised Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) breakpoints. Candidemia...
Accurate identification of fungal pathogens using a sequence‐based approach requires an extraction method that yields template DNA pure enough for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or other types of amplification. Therefore, the objective of this study was to develop and standardise a rapid, inexpensive DNA extraction protocol applicable to the major fungal phyla, which would yield sufficient template...
Limited data are available on temporal and geographic variation of occurrence and antifungal resistance of non‐C. albicans Candida species (non‐CA‐CSP) from the USA. The objective of this study was to evaluate the occurrence and antifungal resistance of 1694 isolates of non‐CA‐CSP collected during the period 2006–2011. Isolates were recovered in 33 hospitals located in four regions: Northcentral,...
K101 Nail Solution (trademarks Emtrix®, Nalox™, Naloc™) is a combination of propylene glycol, urea and lactic acid in a topical formulation for the treatment of nails affected by onychomycosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the Minimal Cidal Concentration (MCC) of K101 Nail Solution against Trichophyton rubrum and Candida albicans as well as the effect of K101 Nail Solution on the micromorphology...
The increasing incidence of vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) and the emergence of fluconazole resistance are an indisputable fact. However, little information is available regarding the correlation between fluconazole resistance in vaginal Candida albicans and the expression of drug efflux pump genes. In this study, we investigated the species distribution, fluconazole susceptibility profiles and the...
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