Rapid identification of Candida albicans and its related species Candida stellatoidea and Candida dubliniensis by a single PCR amplification using primers specific for the repetitive sequence (RPS) of Candida albicans.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Candidiasis is caused by several Candida species, of which Candida stellatoidea and C. dubliniensis are phenotypically close to C. albicans. Although current molecular biology-based techniques can distinguish between C. albicans and C. dubliniensis, a convenient tool that can distinguish C. stellatoidea from C. albicans has not yet been developed. OBJECTIVE:To develop a system that can simply, rapidly and specifically distinguish C. albicans from the related Candida species C. stellatoidea and C. dubliniensis. MATERIALS:Genomic DNAs were purified from various yeast species and amplified by primers specific for the repetitive sequence (RPS) of C. albicans. The PCR products were purified and sequenced in order to test the specificity of the PCR amplification. RESULTS:The PCR primers only amplified several products from C. albicans, C. stellatoidea and C. dubliniensis. Sequence analysis of the products revealed that C. stellatoidea and C. dubliniensis both had RPSs including alt repeats, similar to C. albicans. After the PCR amplification, each of the three Candida species showed a unique amplification profile. Furthermore, RFLP analysis of the PCR products using EcoRI and ClaI produced species-specific restriction profiles. CONCLUSIONS:This PCR-based technique targeting the alt repeats in the RPS is useful as a tool for the rapid identification and distinction of C. albicans, C. stellatoidea and C. dubliniensis.

journal_name

J Dermatol Sci

authors

Kanbe T,Kurimoto K,Hattori H,Iwata T,Kikuchi A

doi

10.1016/j.jdermsci.2005.06.007

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-10-01 00:00:00

pages

43-50

issue

1

eissn

0923-1811

issn

1873-569X

pii

S0923-1811(05)00165-9

journal_volume

40

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