Yazarlar : Pfaller MA, Castanheira M, Lockhart SR, Ahlquist AM, Messer SA, Jones RN.

Yayın : J Clin Microbiol.

Yayın Yılı : 2012

Pubmed Linki : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22278842

Konu : Enfeksiyon

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Abstract

The echinocandin class of antifungal agents is considered to be the first-line treatment of bloodstream infections (BSI) due to Candida glabrata. Recent reports of BSI due to strains of C. glabrata resistant to both fluconazole and the echinocandins are of concern and prompted us to review the experience of two large surveillance programs, the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program for the years 2006 through 2010 and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention population-based surveillance conducted in 2008 to 2010. The in vitro susceptibility of 1,669 BSI isolates of C. glabrata to fluconazole, voriconazole, anidulafungin, caspofungin and micafungin was determined by CLSI broth microdilution methods. Fluconazole MICs of ≥64 μg/ml were considered resistant. Strains for which anidulafungin and caspofungin MICs were ≥ 0.5 μg/ml and for which micafungin MICs were ≥ 0.25 μg/ml were considered resistant. A total of 162 isolates (9.7%) were resistant to fluconazole of which 98.8% were non-susceptible to voriconazole (MIC > 0.5 μg/ml), and 9.3%, 9.3%, and 8.0% were resistant to anidulafungin, caspofungin, and micafungin, respectively. There were 18 fluconazole-resistant isolates that were resistant to one or more of the echinocandins (11.1% of all fluconazole-resistant isolates), all of which contained an acquired mutation in fks 1 or fks 2. By comparison, there were no echinocandin-resistant strains detected among 110 fluconazole-resistant isolates of C. glabrata tested in 2001 to 2004. These data document the broad emergence of co-resistance over time to both azoles and echinocandins in clinical isolates of C. glabrata.

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