Autor según el artículo: Giraldo, Alejandra; Sutton, Deanna A; Samerpitak, Kittipan; de Hoog, G Sybren; Wiederhold, Nathan P; Guarro, Josep; Gene, Josepa
Departamento: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
Autor/es de la URV: Gené Díaz, Josepa / Guarro Artigas, Josep
Resumen: Ochroconis is a dematiaceous fungus able to infect immunocompetent people. Recently, the taxonomy of the genus has been reevaluated, and the most relevant species, Ochroconis gallopava, was transferred to the new genus Verruconis. Due to the important clinical implications of these fungi and based on the recent classification, it was of interest to know the spectra of Ochroconis and Verruconis species in clinical samples received in a reference laboratory in the United States. A set of 51 isolates was identified morphologically and molecularly based on sequence analyses of the nuclear ribosomal RNA (nrRNA), actin, and β-tubulin genes. Verruconis gallopava was the most common species (68.6%), followed by Ochroconis mirabilis (21.5%). One isolate of Ochroconis cordanae was found, being reported for the first time in a clinical setting. The most common anatomical site of isolation was the lower respiratory tract (58.8%), followed by superficial and deep tissues at similar frequencies (21.6 and 19.6%, respectively). Interestingly, three new species were found, which are Ochroconis olivacea and Ochroconis ramosa from clinical specimens and Ochroconis icarus of an environmental origin. The in vitro antifungal susceptibilities of eight antifungal drugs against the Ochroconis isolates revealed that terbinafine and micafungin were the most active drugs.
Áreas temáticas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Química Odontología Microbiology (medical) Microbiology Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Interdisciplinar Farmacia Ensino Engenharias ii Enfermagem Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciência de alimentos Ciência da computação Biotecnología Biodiversidade
Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Direcció de correo del autor: josepa.gene@urv.cat
Identificador del autor: 0000-0001-6195-9299
Fecha de alta del registro: 2024-09-07
Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Enlace a la fuente original: https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jcm.02027-14
URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Journal Of Clinical Microbiology. 52 (12): 4189-4201
Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Giraldo, Alejandra; Sutton, Deanna A; Samerpitak, Kittipan; de Hoog, G Sybren; Wiederhold, Nathan P; Guarro, Josep; Gene, Josepa (2014). Occurrence of ochroconis and verruconis species in clinical specimens from the United States. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology, 52(12), 4189-4201. DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02027-14
DOI del artículo: 10.1128/JCM.02027-14
Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Año de publicación de la revista: 2014
Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications