Azole cross-resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2002 Feb;46(2):556-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.46.2.556-557.2002.

Abstract

We susceptibility tested 17 clinical isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus, for most of which MICs of itraconazole were elevated (MIC at which 50% of the isolates tested are inhibited, 16 microg/ml), against itraconazole, posaconazole, ravuconazole, and voriconazole. Posaconazole was the most active against itraconazole-susceptible isolates. A complex pattern of cross-resistance and hypersusceptibility was seen with voriconazole and ravuconazole, suggesting marked differences in activity and mechanisms of resistance.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology*
  • Aspergillus fumigatus / drug effects*
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple
  • Itraconazole / pharmacology
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Pyrimidines / pharmacology
  • Triazoles / pharmacology
  • Voriconazole

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Pyrimidines
  • Triazoles
  • Itraconazole
  • posaconazole
  • Voriconazole