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Single-Cell Optical Nanomotion of Candida albicans in Microwells for Rapid Antifungal Susceptibility Testing

Radonicic, Vjera
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Yvanoff, Charlotte
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Villalba, Maria Ines  
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April 1, 2023
Fermentation-Basel

Candida albicans is an emerging multidrug-resistant opportunistic pathogen representing an important source of invasive disease in humans and generating high healthcare costs worldwide. The development of a rapid and simple antifungal susceptibility test (AFST) could limit the spread of this disease, increase the efficiency of treatment, and lower the risk of developing resistant strains. We developed a microfluidic chip containing an array of microwells that were designed to trap the cells and perform rapid antifungal susceptibility tests using optical nanomotion detection (ONMD). Yeast cell entrapment in a microwell allows for a very rapid exchange of growth medium with the antifungal, which enables performing single-cell ONMD measurements on the same cell before and after antifungal treatment. The exposure to a low concentration of the antifungal caspofungin or flucanozole induced a significant decrease in the nanomotion signal, demonstrating the high sensitivity of this technique. We used this chip to quantify the real-time response of individual C. albicans cells to the antifungal treatment in as fast as 10 min. This simple and label-free technique could be further developed into a simple-to-use device that allows the performance of fast AFST as part of a routine hospital procedure in developed and also eventually developing world countries.

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research article
DOI
10.3390/fermentation9040365
Web of Science ID

WOS:000978664400001

Author(s)
Radonicic, Vjera
Yvanoff, Charlotte
Villalba, Maria Ines  
Devreese, Bart
Kasas, Sandor  
Willaert, Ronnie G.
Date Issued

2023-04-01

Publisher

MDPI

Published in
Fermentation-Basel
Volume

9

Issue

4

Start page

365

Subjects

Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

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Food Science & Technology

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cellular nanomotion

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single cell

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optical nanomotion detection

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microfluidic chip

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microwells

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yeast

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candida albicans

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antifungal

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antifungal susceptibility testing

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antimicrobial susceptibility

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resistance

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fluconazole

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caspofungin

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tracking

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gene

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REVIEWED

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May 22, 2023
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/197748
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