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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2006, p. 77-84, Vol. 44, No. 1
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.1.77-84.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Internal Transcribed Spacer Sequencing versus Biochemical Profiling for Identification of Medically Important Yeasts

D. E. Ciardo, G. Schär, E. C. Böttger, M. Altwegg,{dagger} and P. P. Bosshard*

Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Universität Zürich, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland

Received 28 June 2005/ Returned for modification 15 August 2005/ Accepted 12 October 2005

In this study, we established an in-house database of yeast internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences. This database includes medically important as well as colonizing yeasts that frequently occur in the diagnostic laboratory. In a prospective study, we compared molecular identification with phenotypic identification by using the ID32C system (bioMérieux) for yeast strains that could not be identified by a combination of CHROMagar Candida and morphology on rice agar. In total, 113 yeast strains were included in the study. By sequence analysis, 98% of all strains were identified correctly to the species level. With the ID32C, 87% of all strains were identified correctly to the species or genus level, 7% of the isolates could not be identified, and 6% of the isolates were misidentified, most of them as Candida rugosa or Candida utilis. For a diagnostic algorithm, we suggest a three-step procedure which integrates morphological criteria, biochemical investigation, and sequence analysis of the ITS region.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zürich, Gloriastr. 30/32, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland. Phone: 41 44 634 27 00. Fax: 41 44 634 49 06. E-mail: philboss{at}immv.unizh.ch.

{dagger} Present address: Bio-Analytica AG, 6000 Luzern 6, Switzerland.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2006, p. 77-84, Vol. 44, No. 1
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.1.77-84.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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