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Molecular epidemiology of Cryptococcus neoformans species complex isolates from HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients in southeast China

Min CHEN MM, Wei-Hua PAN MD, Wan-Qing LIAO MM, Xiao-Ran LI BS, Bi-Wei FENG BS, Zhe-Xue QUAN PhD, Shao-Xi WU MD, Xiao-Ping TANG MD, Zhi-Rong YAO MD,

Frontiers of Medicine 2010, Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages 117-126 doi: 10.1007/s11684-010-0011-z

Abstract: This study investigated the molecular types of the species complex isolates and their clinical manifestations among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive and HIV-negative patients in southeast China in the past 15 years. The molecular types of 109 isolates from 108 patients were analyzed by the PCR fingerprinting method, sequences of internal transcribed spacers of rDNA (ITS region), and sequences of the capsule-associated gene (). In HIV-positive patients, clinical isolates were grouped into molecular types VNI (75%, 15/20), VNII (15%, 3/20), and VNIII (10%, 2/20). In HIV-negative patients, the majority of the clinical isolates were grouped into molecular types VNI (72%, 64/89), VNII (13%, 12/89), VGI (12%, 11/89), VNIII (1%, 1/89), and VGII (1%, 1/89). In reference to the mating type of the isolates, 97% (106/109) were of the α, 2% (2/109) were of the α/- and 1% (1/109) were of theα/. As for the clinical manifestations of the molecular types among the patients, the average cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure of the patients infected by the was higher than that of the patients infected by the . These results suggest that both HIV-positive and HIV-negative cryptococcal patients in the southeast of China are mostly infected by the strains. No strains were found in HIV-positive patients.

Keywords： Cryptococcus neoformans Cryptococcus gattii cryptococcosis molecular epidemiology molecular type mating