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We assessed the genetic relatedness of sequential isolates of Candida parapsilosis during persistent or recurrent fungemia and the effect of central venous catheter (CVC) removal. Serial isolates of C. parapsilosis were obtained from 17 patients with persistent or recurrent fungemia over periods of up to 5 months. Forty-eight C. parapsilosis isolates from the blood of 17 patients were analyzed by electrophoretic karyotyping (EK) with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), revealing 25 different karyotypes. The strains sequentially isolated from each of seven patients whose fungemia resolved following CVC removal had the same karyotype. Two patients with fungemia that cleared without CVC removal each had two sequential isolates with different karyotypes. In six (75%) of the eight patients whose fungemia was recurrent even after CVC removal, the karyotypes of the pre- and post-CVC removal isolates were different, implying the emergence of a new strain. Overall, the sequential strains from each patient had identical karyotypes in 53% (9 of 17) of the patients and two different karyotypes in 47% (8 of 17). This study shows that EK with PFGE is useful for investigating persistent or recurrent fungemia due to C. parapsilosis and that recurrent fungemia due to C. parapsilosis is more likely caused by reinfection with a second strain.

Electrophoretic Karyotype Analysis of Sequential Candida parapsilosis Isolates from Patients with Persistent or Recurrent Fungemia