Antifungal susceptibilities of Aspergillus fumigatus clinical isolates obtained in Nagasaki, Japan

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Jan;56(1):584-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.05394-11. Epub 2011 Oct 24.

Abstract

We investigated the triazole, amphotericin B, and micafungin susceptibilities of 196 A. fumigatus clinical isolates in Nagasaki, Japan. The percentages of non-wild-type (non-WT) isolates for which MICs of itraconazole, posaconazole, and voriconazole were above the ECV were 7.1%, 2.6%, and 4.1%, respectively. A G54 mutation in cyp51A was detected in 64.2% (9/14 isolates) and 100% (5/5 isolates) of non-WT isolates for itraconazole and posaconazole, respectively. Amphotericin B MICs of ≥2 μg/ml and micafungin minimum effective concentrations (MECs) of ≥16 μg/ml were recorded for two and one isolates, respectively.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Substitution
  • Amphotericin B / administration & dosage
  • Antifungal Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Aspergillosis / drug therapy*
  • Aspergillosis / microbiology
  • Aspergillus fumigatus / drug effects*
  • Aspergillus fumigatus / genetics
  • Aspergillus fumigatus / isolation & purification
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / genetics*
  • Drug Resistance, Fungal / drug effects
  • Echinocandins / administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Fungal Proteins / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Itraconazole / administration & dosage
  • Japan
  • Lipopeptides / administration & dosage
  • Male
  • Micafungin
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mutation
  • Pyrimidines / administration & dosage
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Triazoles / administration & dosage
  • Voriconazole

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Echinocandins
  • Fungal Proteins
  • Lipopeptides
  • Pyrimidines
  • Triazoles
  • Itraconazole
  • posaconazole
  • Amphotericin B
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
  • cytochrome P-450 CYP51A, Aspergillus
  • Voriconazole
  • Micafungin