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ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2024

Oral Candida carriage and resistance against common antifungal agents in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients.

Matti Mauramo, Nurgül Tonoz, Jörg Halter, Betsy Joseph, Tuomas Waltimo

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Article in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Matti Mauramo *Department for Oral Health & Medicine, UZB University Centre for Dental Medicine Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. matti.mauramo@helsinki.fi.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0107-4939
Nurgül Tonoz *Department for Oral Health & Medicine, UZB University Centre for Dental Medicine Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Jörg HalterDepartment of Hematology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Betsy JosephSaveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical And Technical Sciences, Chennai, India.
Tuomas WaltimoDepartment for Oral Health & Medicine, UZB University Centre for Dental Medicine Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
University of Basel · CHSaveetha University · INUniversity Hospital of Basel · CHUniversity of Helsinki · FI

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Abstract

purposeAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients receiving long-term and high-dose immunosuppressive medications suffer commonly from oral candida infections. This prospective cohort study examined oral fungal carriage in HSCT recipients and screened the susceptibility against commonly used antifungal agents. An increasing oral occurrence of Candida spp. and the development of resistance against clinically administered fluconazole were hypothesized.

methodsTwo hundred HSCT recipients were included and followed up for 2 years post-HSCT. Oral microbiological specimens were analyzed with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry assays (MALDI-TOF). The colorimetric method was applied for the susceptibility testing by commercially available Sensititre YeastOne (SYO®, TREK Diagnostics Systems, Thermo-Fisher, UK).

resultsThe prevalence of oral Candida spp. carriage increased statistically significantly after a year post-HSCT being 30, 26, 35, 44, and 47%, pre-HSCT, 3, 6, 12, and 24 months post-HSCT, respectively. Altogether, 169 clinical oral Candida strains were isolated. Fourteen Candida spp. were identified, and C. albicans was predominant in 74% of the isolates pre-HSCT with a descending prevalence down to 44% 2 years post-HSCT. An increasing relative proportion of non-albicans species post-HSCT was evident. No development of resistance of C. albicans against fluconazole was found. Instead, a shift from C. albicans towards non-albicans species, especially C. dubliensis, C. glabrata, and relatively seldom found C. krusei, was observed.

conclusionOral Candida carriage increases after HSCT. Instead of the expected development of resistance of C. albicans against fluconazole, the relative proportion of non-albicans strains with innate resistance against azole-group antifungals increased.

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Antifungal AgentsHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationCandidaCandida glabrataFluconazoleHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsProspective StudiesAntifungal AgentsFluconazoleHSCTNon-albicansOral CandidaResistance

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