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    Investigation of culturable human gut mycobiota from the segamat community in Johor, Malaysia

    Date
    2021-06-08
    Author
    Huët, Marie Andrea Laetitia
    Wong, Li Wen
    Goh, Calvin Bok Sun
    Hussain, Md Hamed
    Muzahid, Nazmul Hasan
    Dwiyanto, Jacky
    Lee, Shaun Wen Huey
    Ayub, Qasim
    Reidpath, Daniel
    Lee, Sui Mae
    Rahman, Sadequr
    Tan, Joash Ban Lee
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    Huët, M.A.L., Wong, L.W., Goh, C.B.S., Hussain, M.H., Muzahid, N.H., Dwiyanto, J., Lee, S.W.H., Ayub, Q., Reidpath, D., Lee, S.M., Rahman, S. and Tan, J.B.L. (2021) ‘Investigation of culturable human gut mycobiota from the segamat community in Johor, Malaysia’, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 37(7), p. 113. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-021-03083-6.
    Abstract
    Although several studies have already been carried out in investigating the general profile of the gut mycobiome across several countries, there has yet to be an officially established baseline of a healthy human gut mycobiome, to the best of our knowledge. Microbial composition within the gastrointestinal tract differ across individuals worldwide, and most human gut fungi studies concentrate specifically on individuals from developed countries or diseased cohorts. The present study is the first culture-dependent community study assessing the prevalence and diversity of gut fungi among different ethnic groups from South East Asia. Samples were obtained from a multi-ethnic semi-rural community from Segamat in southern Malaysia. Faecal samples were screened for culturable fungi and questionnaire data analysis was performed. Culturable fungi were present in 45% of the participants’ stool samples. Ethnicity had an impact on fungal prevalence and density in stool samples. The prevalence of resistance to fluconazole, itraconazole, voriconazole and 5-fluorocytosine, from the Segamat community, were 14%, 14%, 11% and 7% respectively. It was found that Jakun individuals had lower levels of antifungal resistance irrespective of the drug tested, and male participants had more fluconazole resistant yeast in their stool samples. Two novel point mutations were identified in the ERG11 gene from one azole resistant Candida glabrata, suggesting a possible cause of the occurrence of antifungal resistant isolates in the participant’s faecal sample.
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    https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/12827
    Official URL
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-021-03083-6
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