Low level of antifungal resistance of Candida glabrata blood isolates in Turkey : Fluconazole minimum inhibitory concentration and FKS mutations can predict therapeutic failure

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BACKGROUND: Candida glabrata is the third leading cause of candidaemia in Turkey; however, the data regarding antifungal resistance mechanisms and genotypic diversity in association with their clinical implication are limited.

OBJECTIVES: To assess genotypic diversity, antifungal susceptibility and mechanisms of drug resistance of C glabrata blood isolates and their association with patients' outcome in a retrospective multicentre study.

PATIENTS/METHODS: Isolates from 107 patients were identified by ITS sequencing and analysed by multilocus microsatellite typing, antifungal susceptibility testing, and sequencing of PDR1 and FKS1/2 hotspots (HSs).

RESULTS: Candida glabrata prevalence in Ege University Hospital was twofold higher in 2014-2019 than in 2005-2014. Six of the analysed isolates had fluconazole MICs ≥ 32 µg/mL; of them, five harboured unique PDR1 mutations. Although echinocandin resistance was not detected, three isolates had mutations in HS1-Fks1 (S629T, n = 1) and HS1-Fks2 (S663P, n = 2); one of the latter was also fluconazole-resistant. All patients infected with isolates carrying HS-FKS mutations and/or demonstrating fluconazole MIC ≥ 32 µg/mL (except one without clinical data) showed therapeutic failure (TF) with echinocandin and fluconazole; seven such isolates were collected in Ege (n = 4) and Gulhane (n = 3) hospitals and six detected recently. Among 34 identified genotypes, none were associated with mortality or enriched for fluconazole-resistant isolates.

CONCLUSION: Antifungal susceptibility testing should be supplemented with HS-FKS sequencing to predict TF for echinocandins, whereas fluconazole MIC ≥ 32 µg/mL may predict TF. Recent emergence of C glabrata isolates associated with antifungal TF warrants future comprehensive prospective studies in Turkey.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:63

Enthalten in:

Mycoses - 63(2020), 9 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 911-920

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Arastehfar, Amir [VerfasserIn]
Daneshnia, Farnaz [VerfasserIn]
Salehi, Mohammadreza [VerfasserIn]
Yaşar, Melike [VerfasserIn]
Hoşbul, Tuğrul [VerfasserIn]
Ilkit, Macit [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Weihua [VerfasserIn]
Hagen, Ferry [VerfasserIn]
Arslan, Nazlı [VerfasserIn]
Türk-Dağı, Hatice [VerfasserIn]
Hilmioğlu-Polat, Süleyha [VerfasserIn]
Perlin, David S [VerfasserIn]
Lass-Flörl, Cornelia [VerfasserIn]

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8VZV102JFY
Antifungal Agents
Antifungal agents
Candida glabrata
Candidaemia
Drug resistance
Fluconazole
Fungal Proteins
Genotype
Journal Article
Molecular typing
Multicenter Study

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Date Completed 12.07.2021

Date Revised 12.07.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/myc.13104

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM309958571