Antifungal susceptibilities to amphotericin B, triazoles and echinocandins of 77 clinical isolates of cryptic Aspergillus species in multicenter surveillance in Korea

Med Mycol. 2018 Jun 1;56(4):501-505. doi: 10.1093/mmy/myx067.

Abstract

We investigated the in vitro antifungal susceptibilities of cryptic Aspergillus species from nine Korean hospitals. Based on the CLSI epidemiological cutoff values, resistance rates to amphotericin B, itraconazole, voriconazole, posaconazole and caspofungin were as follows: A. awamori (34 isolates; all 0%), A. tubingensis (22; 0%, 4.5%, 0%, 0%, and 0%, respectively), A. sydowii (16; 0%, 6.3%, 0%, 0%, and 6.3%), A. lentulus (2; 50%, 0%, 100%, 50%, and 0%), and A. tamarii (2; all 0%). A. calidoustus (one isolate) showed resistance to multiple drugs. Thus, cryptic species identification can be mandatory for clinically important Aspergillus isolates, with their susceptibility data.

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Aspergillosis / drug therapy
  • Aspergillosis / microbiology*
  • Aspergillus / classification
  • Aspergillus / drug effects
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Fungal / drug effects*
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Phylogeny
  • Republic of Korea
  • Tubulin / genetics

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Tubulin