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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 2004, p. 3358-3366, Vol. 48, No. 9
0066-4804/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.9.3358-3366.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Adherence of Candida albicans to Silicone Induces Immediate Enhanced Tolerance to Fluconazole

Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia

Received 1 March 2004/ Returned for modification 5 March 2004/ Accepted 24 April 2004

Wild-type and efflux pump-deficient cells of Candida albicans adhering to silicone were compared with planktonic cells by flow cytometry for their relative resistance to fluconazole (FCZ). Flow cytometry data on cells carrying a fusion of green fluorescent protein to efflux pump promoters confirmed that enhanced tolerance of attached cells to FCZ was due in part to increased expression of CaMDR1 and CDR1 promoters. Within 2 h of their attachment to silicone, the adherent cells demonstrated levels of FCZ tolerance shown by cells from 24-h biofilms. Following their mechanical detachment, this subset of cells retained a four- to eightfold increase in tolerance compared with the tolerance of planktonic cells for at least two generations. Enhanced efflux pump tolerance to FCZ appeared to be induced within the initial 15 min of attachment in a subset of cells that were firmly attached to the substrata.

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