Identification and typing of the emerging pathogen Candida auris by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation time of flight mass spectrometry.
Victoria GirardSandrine MaillerMarion ChetryCéline VidalGéraldine DurandAlex van BelkumArnaldo L ColomboFerry HagenJacques F MeisAnuradha ChowdharyPublished in: Mycoses (2016)
Candida auris is an emerging antifungal resistant yeast species causing nosocomial and invasive infections, emphasising the need of improved diagnostics and epidemiological typing methods. We show that MALDI-TOF VITEK-MS followed by amplified length polymorphisms allows for accurate species identification and subsequent epidemiological characterisation of strains encountered during potential outbreaks.
Keyphrases
- candida albicans
- mass spectrometry
- genetic diversity
- biofilm formation
- ms ms
- bioinformatics analysis
- high resolution
- multiple sclerosis
- escherichia coli
- acinetobacter baumannii
- staphylococcus aureus
- drug resistant
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- climate change
- risk assessment
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
- cystic fibrosis
- infectious diseases