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Prevalence of Candida Species, Including Candida dubliniensis, in Singapore

Microbial Collection and Screening Laboratory, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology,¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore²

Received 10 June 2002/ Returned for modification 7 August 2002/ Accepted 18 October 2002

We present data on the prevalence of Candida species isolated from inpatients in three Singapore hospitals and from vaginal samples collected at community clinics. Strikingly, 20% of the isolates from blood and vaginal samples were fluconazole-resistant species. By analyzing species-specific gene sequence signatures, we identified Candida dubliniensis from both groups of patients.

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