andidemia is a nosocomial infection with high mortality. The presence of pathogenicity factors in Candida spp. collected from blood samples were studied. A total of 53 Candida strains were isolated: C. albicans (16), C. parapsilosis ss (14), C. glabrata (8), C. orthopsilosis (6), C. tropicalis (6), C. krusei (3) Biofilm developed 24h on microtiter plates with RPMI was quantified; the cut-off value was considered the adherence obtained. Adhesion capacity on plates with a PBS suspension incubated 2h were measured. The OD >0.05 were considered positive. Cell surface hydrophobicity (CSH) was measured by the MATH method as the reduction of initial turbidity of the yeast suspension. Secreted aspartylprotease (Saps) activity was assayed in agar-medium with bovine serum albumin as the nitrogen source. The Pz index is obtained dividing the diameter of the colony by the halo produced. A significant relationship exists between adherence capacity and hydrophobicity (P=0.001), but not with the rest. C. albicans is non-hydrophobic, slightly adherent, highly biofilm-producing and have great enzymatic activity. C. tropicalis, which also has filamentation ability, is hydrophobic, adherent, biofilm-producing and with medium enzymatic activity. C. parapsilosis ss is more hydrophobic, adherent, biofilm-producing and with greater enzymatic activity than C. orthopsilosis, although it produces less biofilm than C. albicans and C. tropicalis C. glabrata and C. krusei are hydrophobic and adherent but not biofilm-producing, nor do they have aspartylprotease activity There is a high level of species variability with regard to the presence of the pathogenicity factors studied, according with a high mortality rate.
Las candidemias son infecciones nosocomiales con alta mortalidad. En este estudio valoramos factores de virulencia en Candida spp, aisladas de hemocultivos en el Hospital Puerta del Mar (Cádiz). Se obtuvieron 53 cepas: C. albicans (16), C. parapsilosis ss (14), C. glabrata (8), C. orthopsilosis (6), C. tropicalis (6), C. krusei (3). El biofilm se estudió en placas incubadas 24h con RPMI, tomando como punto de corte el valor de la adherencia. La capacidad de adherencia se valoró incubando 2h las placas con una suspensión de levaduras en PBS, considerando positivos DO>0.5. La hidrofobicidad de la superficie celular (HSC) se valoró por el método MATH según la reducción de la turbidez inicial de la suspensión de levaduras. La actividad aspartil proteasa se valoró en placa con albúmina bovina como fuente de nitrogeno. El índice Pz se calculó dividiendo diámetro de la colonia/ diámetro del halo. Solamente existe relación significativa entre adherencia y HSC. C. albicans es una especie poco hidrofóbica, poco adherente, muy formadora de biofilm y con gran actividad enzimática. C. tropicalis, especie que también filamenta, es hidrofóbica, adherente, formadora de biofilm y con actividad enzimática media. C. parapsilosis ss es mas hidrofóbica, adherente, formadora de biocapa y con mayor actividad enzimática que C. orthopsilosis, aunque es menos productora de biofilm que C. albicans y C. tropicalis C. glabrata y C. krusei son hidrofóbicas y adherentes pero no formadoras de biofilm ni tienen actividad aspartil proteasa. Existe una gran variabilidad relacionada con la especie respecto a la presencia de factores de patogenicidad estudiados, coincidiendo con una mayor mortalidad.
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