Laboratory Medicine ›› 2015, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (10): 1017-1020.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2015.10.013

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Comparison on genotyping of Candida parapsilosis by polymorphic microsatellite marker technology and repetitive sequence-based PCR

LI Zhen, DONG Danfeng, ZHANG Lihua, JIANG Cen, PENG Yibing.   

  1. Department of Clinical Laboratory, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
  • Received:2015-01-12 Online:2015-10-30 Published:2015-11-04

Abstract: Objective

To evaluate the application of polymorphic microsatellite marker(PMM)technology and repetitive sequence-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for genotyping of Candida parapsilosis.

Methods

From March 2012 to November 2013, 55 Candida parapsilosis isolates were collected from 5 hospitals in Shanghai, which were further identified as Candida parapsilosis sensu stricto (43 isolates) by amplifying and sequencing with internal transcribed sequence(ITS). All the isolates were genotyped by repetitive sequence-based PCR and PMM technology. Finally, the results and efficacy of these 2 genotyping methods were compared.

Results

The 43 Candida parapsilosis sensu stricto isolates had only 1 genotype by repetitive sequence-based PCR. PMM technology generated 22 genotypes. The major genotypes were Type Ⅰ (10 isolates) and Type Ⅱ (6 isolates), whereas Type Ⅲ-Ⅶ were observed in 2 or 3 isolates. Another 15 genotypes were observed in only 1 isolate.

Conclusions

PMM technology is an effective genotyping method for Candida parapsilosis sensu stricto with high resolution and repeatability, which could be used to determine the micro-evolutionary variations. However, repetitive sequence-based PCR is not suitable for the genotyping of Candida parapsilosis sensu stricto.

Key words: Candida parapsilosis, Genotype, Polymorphic microsatellite marker technology, Repetitive sequence-based polymerase chain reaction

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