Low Level of Antifungal Resistance in Iranian Isolates of Candida glabrata Recovered from Blood Samples in a Multicenter Study from 2015 to 2018 and Potential Prognostic Values of Genotyping and Sequencing of PDR1

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Establishing an effective empirical antifungal therapy requires that national surveillance studies be conducted. Herein, we report the clinical outcome of infections with and the microbiological features of Iranian isolates of Candidaglabrata derived from patients suffering from candidemia. C. glabrata isolates were retrospectively collected from four major cities in Iran; identified by a 21-plex PCR, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry, and large subunit of ribosomal DNA sequencing; and genotyped by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP). Mutations in PDR1, ERG11, and hot spot 1 (HS1) of FKS1 and FKS2 were investigated, and antifungal susceptibility testing (AFST) was performed (by the CLSI M27-A3 and M27-S4 methods). Seventy isolates of C. glabrata were collected from 65 patients with a median age of 58 years. Fluconazole was the most widely used (29.23%) and least effective antifungal agent. The overall crude mortality rate was 35.4%. Only one strain was resistant to fluconazole, and 57.7% and 37.5% of the isolates were non-wild type (non-WT) for susceptibility to caspofungin and voriconazole, respectively. All isolates showed the WT phenotype for amphotericin B, posaconazole, and itraconazole. HS1 of FKS1 and FKS2 did not harbor any mutations, while numerous missense mutations were observed in PDR1 and ERG11 AFLP clustered our isolates into nine genotypes; among them, genotypes 1 and 2 were significantly associated with a higher mortality rate (P = 0.034 and P = 0.022, α < 0.05). Moreover, 83.3% of patients infected with strains harboring a single new mutation in PDR1, T745A, died despite treatment with fluconazole or caspofungin. Overall, Iranian isolates of C. glabrata were susceptible to the major antifungal drugs. Application of genotyping techniques and sequencing of a specific gene (PDR1) might have prognostic implications.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:63

Enthalten in:

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 63(2019), 7 vom: 02. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Arastehfar, Amir [VerfasserIn]
Daneshnia, Farnaz [VerfasserIn]
Zomorodian, Kamiar [VerfasserIn]
Najafzadeh, Mohammad Javad [VerfasserIn]
Khodavaisy, Sadegh [VerfasserIn]
Zarrinfar, Hossein [VerfasserIn]
Hagen, Ferry [VerfasserIn]
Zare Shahrabadi, Zahra [VerfasserIn]
Lackner, Michaela [VerfasserIn]
Mirhendi, Hossein [VerfasserIn]
Salehi, Mohammadreza [VerfasserIn]
Roudbary, Maryam [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Weihua [VerfasserIn]
Kostrzewa, Markus [VerfasserIn]
Boekhout, Teun [VerfasserIn]

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Antifungal Agents
Antifungal susceptibility testing
Candida glabrata
Candidemia
CgPDR1
ERG11
Genotyping
HS1 of FKS1 and FKS2
Iran
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 13.05.2020

Date Revised 13.05.2020

published: Electronic-Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1128/AAC.02503-18

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM295581034