Azole resistance and cyp51A mutation screening in Aspergillus fumigatus in Mexico

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BACKGROUND: Fungicide exposure in the environment has driven the emergence of azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus worldwide. A screening test allows identification of resistant isolates.

OBJECTIVES: We screened clinical samples for azole-resistant Aspergillus through azole-containing agar plates and identified mutations in the cyp51A gene of A. fumigatus.

METHODS: Aspergillus isolates from clinical samples collected in a tertiary care centre from 2014 to 2017 were screened for azole resistance. Samples were subcultured in azole-containing agar plates. Isolates with a positive screening test were subject to DNA extraction, DNA amplification and sequencing of the cyp51A gene (coding and promoter regions). Clinical data were obtained from medical records.

RESULTS: We screened 43 Aspergillus isolates from 39 patients for azole resistance. Three isolates from three patients grew on azole-containing agar plates: two A. fumigatus and one Aspergillus flavus. PCR analysis and cyp51A sequencing identified the TR34/L98H mutation in both A. fumigatus isolates. The prevalence of cyp51A mutations among A. fumigatus was 8.3% (2/24). Both patients with TR34/L98H mutants were azole naive and presented with invasive aspergillosis; one had multiple myeloma and the other was a liver retransplant recipient. They suffered progressive disease and failed voriconazole therapy.

CONCLUSIONS: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of azole-resistant A. fumigatus with the TR34/L98H mutation in two azole-naive patients with refractory invasive aspergillosis in Mexico.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

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2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:74

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The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 74(2019), 7 vom: 01. Juli, Seite 2047-2050

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gonzalez-Lara, Maria F [VerfasserIn]
Roman-Montes, Carla M [VerfasserIn]
Diaz-Lomeli, Paulette [VerfasserIn]
Rangel-Cordero, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Valenzuela, Maria O [VerfasserIn]
Ponce-de-Leon, Alfredo [VerfasserIn]
Sifuentes-Osornio, Jose [VerfasserIn]
Ostrosky-Zeichner, Luis [VerfasserIn]
Martinez-Gamboa, Areli [VerfasserIn]

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9035-51-2
Antifungal Agents
Azoles
Cytochrome P-450 CYP51A, Aspergillus
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
EC 1.14.14.-
Fungal Proteins
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 11.08.2020

Date Revised 11.08.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/jac/dkz121

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NLM298363534