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MEDICAL MYCOLOGY
Volume 58, Issue 1, Pages 54-60Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myz032
Keywords
aspergillosis; azole resistance; cyp51A gene; Aspergillus fumigatus; susceptibility testing
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- Merck Investigators Studies Program of Merck Sharp Dohme Corp [54903]
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Azole resistance among Aspergillus fumigatus isolates, which is mainly related to mutations in the cyp51A gene, is a concern because it is rising, worldwide disseminated, and associated with treatment failure and death. Data on azole resistance of aspergillus from Latin American countries is very scarce and do not exist for Peru. Two hundred and seven Aspergillus clinical isolates collected prospectively underwent mycology and molecular testing for specie identification, and 143 isolates were confirmed as A. fumigatus sensu stricto (AFSS). All AFSS were tested for in vitro azole susceptibility, and resistant isolates underwent PCR amplification and sequencing of the whole cyp51A gene and its promoter. The in vitro susceptibility showed a minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) range, MIC50 and MIC90 of 0.125 to >16, 0.25, and 0.5 mu g/ml for itraconazole; 0.25 to 2, 0.5, and 0.5 mu g/ml for voriconazole; and 0.003 to 1, 0.06, and 0.125 mu g/ml for posaconazole. Three isolates (2%) showed resistance to itraconazole and exhibited different mutations of the cyp51A gene. One isolate harbored the mutation M220K, while a second one exhibited the G54 mutation plus a modification in the cyp51A gene promoter. The third isolate, from an azole naive patient, presented an integration of a 34-bp tandem repeat (TR34) in the promoter region of the gene and a substitution of leucine 98 by histidine (L98H). The three source patients had a diagnosis or suspicion of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis.
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