Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.
School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Med Mycol. 2023 Jun 5;61(6). doi: 10.1093/mmy/myad057.
During 2016-2017, Nakaseomyces glabrata (formerly Candida glabrata) caused 14% of cases of candidaemia in South Africa. We aimed to describe the clinical characteristics of adults with N. glabrata candidaemia at 20 sentinel hospitals (accounting for 20% (172/917) of cases) and the antifungal susceptibility of the corresponding isolates. A higher proportion of patients with N. glabrata candidaemia were older (median age: 55 years [interquartile range (IQR): 41-65 years] vs. 49 years [IQR: 35-63 years]; p = 0.04), female (87/164, 53% vs. 283/671, 42%; p = 0.01), admitted to a public-sector hospital (152/172, 88% vs. 470/745, 63%; p < 0.001), treated with fluconazole only (most with suboptimal doses) (51/95, 54% vs. 139/361, 39%; p < 0.001), and had surgery (47/172, 27% vs. 123/745, 17%; p = 0.001) and a shorter hospital stay (median 7 days [IQR: 2-20 days] vs. 13 days [IQR: 4-27 days]; p < 0.001) compared to patients with other causes of candidaemia. Eight N. glabrata isolates (6%, 8/131) had minimum inhibitory concentrations in the intermediate or resistant range for ≥ 1 echinocandin and a R1377K amino acid substitution encoded by the hotspot 2 region of the FKS2 gene. Only 11 isolates (8%, 11/131) were resistant to fluconazole. Patients with confirmed N. glabrata candidaemia are recommended to be treated with an echinocandin (or polyene), thus further guideline training is required.
在 2016 年至 2017 年期间,光滑念珠菌(以前称为念珠菌光滑)导致南非 14%的念珠菌血症病例。我们旨在描述 20 家监测医院(占 917 例病例的 20%(172/917))中成人光滑念珠菌血症患者的临床特征,以及相应分离株的抗真菌药敏性。光滑念珠菌血症患者中,年龄较大的患者比例较高(中位数年龄:55 岁[四分位距(IQR):41-65 岁] vs. 49 岁[IQR:35-63 岁];p=0.04),女性(87/164,53% vs. 283/671,42%;p=0.01),收入公立医院(152/172,88% vs. 470/745,63%;p<0.001),仅接受氟康唑治疗(大多数剂量不足)(51/95,54% vs. 139/361,39%;p<0.001),接受手术(47/172,27% vs. 123/745,17%;p=0.001)和住院时间较短(中位数 7 天[IQR:2-20 天] vs. 13 天[IQR:4-27 天];p<0.001)与其他原因引起的念珠菌血症患者相比。8 株光滑念珠菌分离株(6%,8/131)的最小抑菌浓度在中间或耐药范围内,对棘白菌素的敏感性为 1≥,并且编码 FKS2 基因热点 2 区域的 R1377K 氨基酸取代。只有 11 株分离株(8%,11/131)对氟康唑耐药。建议确诊为光滑念珠菌血症的患者使用棘白菌素(或多烯)治疗,因此需要进一步的指南培训。