Biofilm formation and antifungal susceptibility of Trichosporon asahii isolates from Mexican patients
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2017.02.008
Biofilm formation and antifungal susceptibility of Trichosporon asahii isolates from Mexican patients
Abstract
Background: Trichosporon asahii is a yeast-like fungus that has recently gained importance as a cause of opportunistic systemic infections. The pathogenicity and virulence factors of T. asahii remain largely unknown. Because of the association between invasive infections and the use of catheters and related devices, the ability of the microorganism to adhere and form biofilms may play an important role in the pathogenicity during a trichosporonosis.
Aims: The aim of this study is to identify an association between biofilm formation by T. asahii isolates and their genotype and/or clinical source.
Methods: The biofilm production of 49 T. asahii strains isolated from Mexican patients was measured using the crystal violet stain method, and a comparison made with different adhesion phase incubation times. Antifungal susceptibility testing was performed using a modified CLSI protocol coupled with the quantification of the viable cells with the XTT reduction method.
Results: All the T. asahii isolates assayed were able to produce biofilm in vitro, with an intraspecific variability being observed. Overall, increased biofilm production was found when extending the adhesion phase incubation time from 2 to 4h. No association could be established between the biofilm-producing phenotype and either the genotype or clinical source. Higher antifungal resistance to amphotericin B and fluconazole was linked to increased biofilm production by T. asahii.
Conclusions: All clinical isolates tested were able to produce biofilm. No association could be established between biofilm formation and genotype or clinical source.
Keywords: Antifungal susceptibility; Biofilm; Biopelícula; Sensibilidad a los antifúngicos; Trichosporon asahii.
Copyright © 2017 Asociación Española de Micología. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.
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