Candida spp. with Acquired Echinocandin Resistance, France, 2004–2010

Candida spp. with Acquired Echinocandin Resistance, France, 2004–2010

We report 20 episodes of infection caused by acquired echinocandin-resistant Candida spp. harboring diverse and new Fksp mutations. For 12 patients, initial isolates (low MIC, wild-type Fksp sequence) and subsequent isolates (after caspofungin treatment, high MIC, mutated Fksp) were genetically rela...

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Main Authors: Eric Dannaoui, Marie Desnos-Ollivier, Dea Garcia-Hermoso, Fredéric Grenouillet, Sophie Cassaing, Marie-Thérèse Baixench, Stéphane Bretagne, Françoise Dromer, Olivier Lortholary
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
caspofungin
echinocandins
FKS mutation
Candida albicans
Candida glabrata
Candida krusei
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/1/11-0556_article

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