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Laboratory Methods For Isolation And Identification Of Medically Important Yeast Flashcards

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Eukaryotic, unicellular fungi
Reproduces by budding
Moist to waxy colonies
Round to oval, or less often elongate or irregular in shape

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Yeast

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Yeast cell wall

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Chitin, glucans and mannans

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Yeast cell membrane

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Ergosterol

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CULTURE MEDIA FOR ISOLATION

❏Primary isolation medium for yeasts
❏Acidic pH (5.0) inhibits growth of bacteria
❏High concentration of sugar

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❏Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (SDA)

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Acidic pH of SDA that inhibits the grow of bacteria

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5.0

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Chloramphenicol

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Inhibits bacteria

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inhibits saprobes

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Cycloheximide

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CULTURE MEDIA FOR ISOLATION

❏Selective medium for isolation of fungi

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❏Mycosel Agar
(SDA with Chloramphenicol and Cycloheximide)

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Test to determine if isolated colony is bacteria or yeast
-1 drop of sterile saline/water glass slide

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Wet mount (from colony)

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Germ tube Positive

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No constriction

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Germ tube Negative

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Constriction

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• Screening test used to differentiate Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis from other yeast.
• Tests the ability of the yeast to produce tube-like projections from a conidia or spore in human serum or fetal bovine serum after 2-3 hours of incubation at 37°C.
No constriction
Germ tube Positive

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GERM TUBE

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• Used in the identification of different yeasts • Same as used in bacteriology

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Urease Test

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Intense pink color (Urease Test)

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Positive

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No color change (Urease Test)

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Negative

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• Corn meal with tween 80 agar test
• For distinguishing various species of Candida and other
yeasts
• Polysorbate (tween) 80 is added to cornmeal agar to reduce the surface tension to allow for the development of pseudohyphal, hyphal, blastoconidial growth, chlamydospores and arthroconidia.

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Morphology Studies (Dalmau Plate Method)

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Morphology Studies (Dalmau Plate Method)

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Cornmeal Agar, Potato Dextrose Agar, Rice extract agar

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Can be found on the terminal end of the pseudohyphae

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Chlamydospore

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Seen on cornmeal agar

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Presence of blastoconidia, pseudohyphae, and chlamydospores

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Organism that has Presence of pseudohyphae, blastocondia

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C. albicans
C. dubliniensis
C. krusei
C. parapsilosis
C. keyfr (pseudotropicalis)
C. tropicalis

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Organism that has presence of pseudohyphae, blastocondia, Chlamydoconidia/ Chlamydospores

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C. albicans
C. dubliniensis

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Organism that has presence of arthroconidia, yeast cells only

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C. (Torulopsis) glabrata
Cryptococcus spp.
Rhodotorula spp.

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Organism that has presence of pseudohyphae and yeast cells only

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Saccharomyces spp.

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Organism that has presence of pseudohyphae, arthroconidia

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Trichosporon spp.

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Determines the ability of a yeast to degrade a specific carbohydrate Fermentation is demonstrated by production of gas Useful when other tests fail to identify the isolate
Carbohydrate Fermentation Test
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• Determines the ability of a yeast isolate to use a particular carbohydrate substrate as its sole carbon in a medium • For precise identification of frequently encountered yeasts • Identification is obtained through Analytical Profile Index or using Identification Software.
Carbohydrate Assimilation Test
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Carbohydrate Assimilation Test Identification is obtained through
Analytical Profile Index or using Identification Software.
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Principle: • Composed of 20 cupules for 19 assimilation tests. • The cupules are inoculated with semi-solid minimal medium. • Yeast will only grow if they are capable of utilizing each substrate as the sole carbon source. • Reactions are read by comparing to growth control
API 20 C AUX
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Carbohydate Assimilation Test • API 20 C Interpretation if posotive
Will result to a turbid of the well
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Carbohydate Assimilation Test • API 20 C Interpretation if negative
No turbid of the well
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Other ID Methods: AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (Yeast)
Vitek 2 system Microscan walkaway-96/40/ autoscan -4 systems Phoenix system
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Incubation of Api 20 C Aux
29°C ± 2°C for 48-72 hours
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Positive color of Carbohydrate Fermentation Test
Yellow
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Negative color of Carbohydrate Fermentation Test
Green
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Used for isolation and differentiation of clinically significant Candida species • Colonies of C. albicans, C. tropicalis, and C. krusei produce different colors
Chromogenic Agars
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Color produce of C. albicans/ Candida dubliniernsis in Chromogenic Agars
Green
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Color of C. Tropicalis in chromogenic agars
Blue
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Color of C. Krusei in chromogenic agars
Purple
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Color of C. Glabrata in chromogenic agars
It varies (yellow, gold)
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CGB Agar Used for the differentiation of :
Cryptococcus gattii versus Cryptococcus neoformans
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CGB stands for
L-canavanine glycine bromthymol blue
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Positive reaction of CGB agar
Yellow green to cobalt blue
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Negative reaction of CGB agar
Yellow
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Identification test for C. albicans and C. dubliniensis
Germ tube
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Presumptive Identification Tests for Cryptococcus spp.,Rhodotorula spp., Trichosporon spp. (variable), C. krusei (variable), C. lipolytica
Rapid urease
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Presumptive Identification Tests for Cryptococcus species
India ink
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Other detection method
Serology
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Why use serology?
Ag and Ab are easier to detect vs growing the organism
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Ag and Ab are produced in large quantities and can be found in
Body fluids i.e. serum, CSF, urine
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Ab test:
Immunidiffusion Radioallergosorbent Test RAST
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Ag test
Latex agglutination Radioimmunoassay Lateral flow
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Latex agglutination system
Anti-cryptococcal antibody-coated latex particles
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Lateral flow assay principle
Immunochromatographic dipstick assay
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Advantages of lateral flow assay
1. No specimen pre treatment 2. 2 years shelf life, room temp storage, condensed packaging 3. Internal control line eliminates external conteol requirements 4. As easy as home pregnancy test 5. Only product fDA-cleared for both C. Neoformans and C. Gattii
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Lateral flow assay running time
10 mins
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Limitations of latex agglutination system
Cross reaction with trichosporon beigelii
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Latex agglutination system running time
45 mins

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