Hydro-contamination fongique par Fusarium spp. en milieu hospitalier pendant une période de construction

Adaptation de Candida albicans dans les tissus humains: du commensalisme à la pathogénicité

National audience; Candida albicans (C. albicans) est un micro-organisme eucaryote appartenant à la flore commensale des muqueuses de l’homme sain. Ce commensalisme résulte d’un équilibre entre la levure et les systèmes de défense de l’hôte. La rupture de cet équilibre chez un patient fragilisé (sujet infecté par le VIH, neutropénique, cancéreux, transplanté ou séjournant en service de réanimation) favorisera une colonisation intense des muqueuses, un envahissement de la barrière digestive et enfin la possibilité de dissémination hématogène. Les candidémies restent des infections graves puisque la mortalité directement attribuable à l’infection est estimée à 38%. Nos travaux ont d’abord por…

Construction, validation et amélioration continue de banque de spectres pour l’utilisation en routine de la spectrométrie de masse en mycologie médicale

Résumé publié dans: Journal de Mycologie Médicale / Journal of Medical Mycology, sept. 2012, 55(3): 279-280. doi:10.1016/j.mycmed.2012.07.024; National audience

Caspase-8 prevents sustained activation of NF-kappaB in monocytes undergoing macrophagic differentiation.

Abstract Caspases have demonstrated several nonapoptotic functions including a role in the differentiation of specific cell types. Here, we show that caspase-8 is the upstream enzyme in the proteolytic caspase cascade whose activation is required for the differentiation of peripheral-blood monocytes into macrophages. On macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) exposure, caspase-8 associates with the adaptor protein Fas-associated death domain (FADD), the serine/threonine kinase receptor-interacting protein 1 (RIP1) and the long isoform of FLICE-inhibitory protein FLIP. Overexpression of FADD accelerates the differentiation process that does not involve any death receptor. Active caspase…

Using a Multi-Locus Microsatellite Typing method improved phylogenetic distribution of Candida albicans isolates but failed to demonstrate association of some genotype with the commensal or clinical origin of the isolates.

EA MERS CT3 Enjeu 3; International audience; The dimorphic yeast Candida albicans is a component of the normal microflora at the mucosal surfaces of healthy individuals. It possesses an array of phenotypic properties considered as virulence traits that contribute to pathogenicity of the yeast in immuno-compromised patients. We addressed the question of the pathogenicity of lineages of C. albicans with regard to their genotype in three series of C. albicans isolates (a series of commensal isolates collected in healthy individuals, a group of bloodstream isolates and a group of non-bloodstream clinical isolates) using a Multi-Locus Microsatellite Typing (MLMT) approach based on the analysis o…

Comparison of MALDI-TOF mass spectra with microsatellite length polymorphisms inCandida albicans

Candida albicans is the most frequent yeast involved in human infections. Its population structure can be divided into several genetic clades, some of which have been associated with antifungal susceptibility. Therefore, detecting and monitoring fungal clones in a routine laboratory setting would be a major epidemiological advance. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectra results are now widely used as bar codes to identify microorganisms in clinical microbiology laboratories. This study aimed at testing MALDI-TOF mass spectra bar codes to identify clades among a set of C. albicans isolates. Accordingly, 102 clinical strains were genotyped using 10…