Population genetic of Candida krusei isolated from yellow-legged gulls, Southern France

Abstract EN

Candida krusei is resistant-antifungal drugs pathogen, which is causing many infections in human.

Yellow-legged gull was used as a model to study the distribution of C.

krusei isolates in the south of France.

MLVA approach was used to genotype 147 of C.

krusei isolated from 111 fecal samples of gull colonies distributed in two cities Marseille and Montpellier.

Thirty seven C.

krusei genotypes were randomly distributed in gulls from two cities and the allele frequency test confirmed that the two C.

krusei populations where share the same genotypes.

In conclusion, Yellow-legged gulls consider as a good environmental reservoir of C.

krusei isolates, which may be opportunist to infect human.