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Research article Phenotypic and genotypic evaluation of adherence and biofilm development in Candida albicans respiratory tract isolates from hospitalized patients Omar Sadik, Lia Mara Ditu, Irina Gheorghe, Alina Maria Holban, Carmen Curutiu, Gratiela Gradisteanu Parcalabioru, Ionela Avram, Otilia Banu, Othman Al-Mahdawy, Dunya A. Alkurjia, Mariana Carmen Chifiriuc
Correspondence should be addressed to: Irina Gheorghe
Abstract: In recent years, a significant number of epidemiological variations have been observed for fungal infections. In immunocompromised patients, Candida albicans is crucially involved in invasive infections, mostly originating in respiratory tract colonization. The global rise in candidiasis has led researchers to investigate possible correlations between fungal strains virulence profiles and their pathogenic potential, among the most investigated genes being those involved in adherence and biofilm development. In this study, we established the adherence gene profiles of C. albicans strains isolated from respiratory tract secretions in patients hospitalized for cardiovascular diseases and correlated them with the ability of the respective strains to colonize the epithelial cells and form biofilms on the inert substratum. The strains isolated from the lower respiratory tract exhibited the highest adherence capacity and were intensive biofilm producers. The SAP9, ALS3, ALS5, and ALS6 genes were the most frequently detected. There was a significant association between the presence of ALS 3 gene and the cellular substrate colonizing potential of the harboring strains. We also found that the strains expressing SAP9 were more virulent in the phenotypic assays. Detecting the presence of adherence genes from different clinical isolates is a cost-effective tool that would allow researchers to predict the virulence of a certain strain and estimate its potential to adhere to host cells and develop biofilms. Keywords: Candida albicans, adherence genes, adherence to cellular substratum, biofilm
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Sadik O, Ditu LM, Gheorghe I, Holban AM, Curutiu C, Gradisteanu Parcalabioru G, et al. Phenotypic and genotypic evaluation of adherence and biofilm development in Candida albicans respiratory tract isolates from hospitalized patients. Rev Romana Med Lab. 2019;27(1):73-83. DOI:10.2478/rrlm-2019-0007
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