Minutes of the 1st meeting

Information on the clades and their corresponding DSTs

Rapid identification of the predominant azole-resistant genotype in Candida tropicalis with TaqMan SNP genotyping assay

• Chen YZ, Tseng KY, Tseng MN, Tsai JN, Hsu CC, Liao YC, Lin CC, Tsai DJ, Chen FJ, Hsieh LY, Lin CM, Wu CJ, Sytwu HK, Lo HJ. Expansion of a predominant azole-resistant Candida tropicalis genotype from 2012 to 2018: Evidence from orchard environments in Taiwan. Med Mycol. 2025 Nov 4;63(11):myaf098. doi: 10.1093/mmy/myaf098. PMID: 41124033.
• Tsai DJ, Hsieh LY, Chung PJ, Chen YZ, Jhou YJ, Tseng KY, Yang CJ, Yeh YC, Lin SY, Shin-Jung Lee S, Wu TI, Chiang TT, Chou CH, Miu WC, Liu PY, Lu CT, Lee YT, Syu YL, Hsu GJ, Chen YC, Lee NY, Chen CH, Yang CC, Wang LS, Liu JW, Kao CC, Chang YT, Liu KS, Hu BS, Hsu CH, Huang YC, Lo HJ. Surveillance of pathogenic yeasts in hospital environments in Taiwan in 2020. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2024 Dec;57(6):947-956. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2024.08.011. Epub 2024 Aug 31. PMID: 39271437.
• Tseng KY, Liao YC, Chen YZ, Chen FC, Chen FJ, Sytwu HK, Hsieh LY, Lan CY, Lo HJ. Rapid identification of the predominant azole-resistant genotype in Candida tropicalis. FEMS Yeast Res. 2024 Jan 9;24:foae025. doi: 10.1093/femsyr/foae025. PMID: 39435647; PMCID: PMC11500656.
• Tseng KY, Chen YZ, Zhou ZL, Tsai JN, Tseng MN, Liu HL, Wu CJ, Liao YC, Lin CC, Tsai DJ, Chen FJ, Hsieh LY, Huang KC, Huang CH, Chen KT, Chu WL, Lin CM, Shih SM, Hsiung CA, Chen YC, Sytwu HK, Yang YL, Lo HJ. Detection in Orchards of Predominant Azole-Resistant Candida tropicalis Genotype Causing Human Candidemia, Taiwan. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Nov;30(11):2323-2332. doi: 10.3201/eid3011.240545. PMID: 39447155; PMCID: PMC11521182.
• Fan X, Dai RC, Zhang S, Geng YY, Kang M, Guo DW, Mei YN, Pan YH, Sun ZY, Xu YC, Gong J, Xiao M. Tandem gene duplications contributed to high-level azole resistance in a rapidly expanding Candida tropicalis population. Nat Commun. 2023 Dec 15;14(1):8369. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-43380-2. Erratum in: Nat Commun. 2024 Jan 18;15(1):587. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44825-y. PMID: 38102133; PMCID: PMC10724272.
• Chen Y-Z, Tseng K-Y, Wang S-C, Huang C-L, Lin C-C, Zhou Z-L, Tsai D-J, Lin C-M, Chen Y-L, Chen K-T, Liao Y-C, Chen F-J, Sytwu H-K, Lan C-Y, Lo H-J. Fruits are vehicles of drug-resistant pathogenic Candida tropicalis. Microbiol Spectr. 2023 Dec 12;11(6):e0147123. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01471-23. Epub 2023 Oct 31. PMID: 37905800; PMCID: PMC10714812.
• Tseng KY, Liao YC, Chen FC, Chen FJ, Lo HJ. A predominant genotype of azole-resistant Candida tropicalis clinical strains. Lancet Microbe. 2022 Sep;3(9):e646. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(22)00179-3. Epub 2022 Jun 22. PMID: 35752199.
• Zhou ZL, Tseng KY, Chen YZ, Tsai DJ, Wu CJ, Chen YC, Peng HL, Yang YL, Hsieh LY, Chen CH, Hsu CH, Wang LS, Cheng MF, Hsu GJ, Kao CC, Hu BS, Lee YT, Liu JW, Liu KS, Miu WC, Yang HM, Yeh YC, Lo HJ. Genetic relatedness among azole-resistant Candida tropicalis clinical strains in Taiwan from 2014 to 2018. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2022 Jun;59(6):106592. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2022.106592. Epub 2022 Apr 20. PMID: 35460852.
• Yadav A, Jain K, Wang Y, Pawar K, Kaur H, Sharma KK, Tripathy V, Singh A, Xu J, Chowdhary A. Candida auris on Apples: Diversity and Clinical Significance. mBio. 2022 Apr 26;13(2):e0051822. doi: 10.1128/mbio.00518-22. Epub 2022 Mar 31. PMID: 35357170; PMCID: PMC9040835.
• Lo HJ, Tsai SH, Chu WL, Chen YZ, Zhou ZL, Chen HF, Lee CF, Yang YL. Fruits as the vehicle of drug resistant pathogenic yeasts. J Infect. 2017 Sep;75(3):254-262. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2017.06.005. Epub 2017 Jun 23. PMID: 28648496.