PL
Badania przeprowadzono u 48 chorych hospitalizowanych w latach 1998-1999 z podejrzeniem uogólnionego bądź układowego zakażenia grzybiczego. Próbki uzyskanego materiału klinicznego badano klasycznymi metodami mikrobiologicznymi oraz zastosowano technikę PCR. Wykazano i potwierdzono możliwość wykorzystania technik biologii molekularnej do szybkiego wykrywania DNA Candida albicans w próbkach materiału klinicznego oraz do monitorowania leczenia przeciwgrzybiczego.
EN
A total of 130 various clinical materials taken from 48 children with suspected systemic fungal infection were used for the study. Clinical samples were tested by use of classical mycological procedures well as by use of molecular technique (PCR assay). The fragments of 125-bp (EO3) and 317bp (HSP) specific for C.albicans were used for amplification. Fifty seven samples (48%) were positive for Candida albicans and eighty four (68%) by use of PCR. It should be stressed that 4 blood samples, 21 urine samples and 5 other samples were positive by use of molecular technique, only. PCR is sensitive and rapid method for detection and identification of Candida albicans from clinical materials of children with fungal infection. This technique can be applied for monitoring presence of fungal DNA in tested samples during antifungal therapy.