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Low prevalence of resistance to azoles in Aspergillus fumigatus in a French cohort of patients treated for haematological malignancies
Abstract : OBJECTIVES: An increase in invasive aspergillosis (IA) due to azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus isolates has been reported for 10 years. Our study aimed to estimate the prevalence of azole resistance in isolates prospectively collected in patients with haematological diseases. METHODS: One hundred and eighteen isolates were collected from 89 consecutive patients over 4 years. Fifty-one patients had proven or probable IA. Species identification was ascertained based on β-tubulin gene sequencing. The MICs of azole drugs were determined using Etest(®), and the cyp51A gene and its promoter were sequenced to detect mutations. RESULTS: All isolates were identified as A. fumigatus and all of them but one had itraconazole and voriconazole MICs of ≤ 2 mg/L and posaconazole MICs of ≤ 0.25 mg/L. An isolate for which the itraconazole MIC was high (itraconazole MIC = 16 mg/L; voriconazole MIC = 0.38 mg/L; and posaconazole MIC = 0.25 mg/L) was recovered from a patient naive to azole treatment and had a new G432S substitution. To establish whether this mutation existed in other isolates, the 1426-2025 bp cyp51A locus was sequenced for all. G432S was not found. CONCLUSIONS: In A. fumigatus, the prevalence of azole resistance is currently low in the haematological population in the Paris area. Surveillance programmes for azole resistance to adapt antifungal treatments are warranted for clinical isolates of A. fumigatus.
Keywords :
voriconazole
Tubulin
Triazoles
Pyrimidines
Mutation
Middle Aged
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Male
Itraconazole
Humans
Hematologic Neoplasms
Female
France
Fungal Proteins
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
80 and over
Antifungal Agents
Aspergillosis
Aspergillus fumigatus
Azoles
Cohort Studies
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
Drug Resistance
Fungal
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Contributor : Floran Bidault <>
Submitted on : Tuesday, November 29, 2016 - 4:27:38 PM
Last modification on : Wednesday, August 19, 2020 - 11:17:20 AM
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