Accuracy of Sensititre YeastOne echinocandins epidemiological cut-off values for identification of FKS mutant Candida albicans and Candida glabrata: a ten year national survey of the Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS).

Kritikos, A; Neofytos, D; Khanna, N; Schreiber, P W; Boggian, K; Bille, J; Schrenzel, J; Mühlethaler, Konrad; Zbinden, R; Bruderer, T; Goldenberger, D; Pfyffer, G; Conen, A; Van Delden, C; Zimmerli, Stefan; Sanglard, D; Bachmann, D; Marchetti, O; Lamoth, F (2018). Accuracy of Sensititre YeastOne echinocandins epidemiological cut-off values for identification of FKS mutant Candida albicans and Candida glabrata: a ten year national survey of the Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS). Clinical microbiology and infection, 24(11), 1214.e1-1214.e4. Elsevier 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.05.012

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OBJECTIVES

Echinocandins represent the first-line treatment of candidaemia. Acquired echinocandin resistance is mainly observed among Candida albicans and Candida glabrata and is associated with FKS hotspot mutations. The commercial Sensititre YeastOne™ (SYO) kit is widely used for antifungal susceptibility testing, but interpretive clinical breakpoints are not well defined. We determined echinocandins epidemiological cut-off values (ECV) for C. albicans/glabrata tested by SYO and assessed their ability to identify FKS mutants in a national survey of candidaemia.

METHODS

Bloodstream isolates of C. albicans and C. glabrata were collected in 25 Swiss hospitals from 2004 to 2013 and tested by SYO. FKS hotspot sequencing was performed for isolates with an MIC≥ECV for any echinocandin.

RESULTS

In all, 1277 C. albicans and 347 C. glabrata were included. ECV 97.5% of caspofungin, anidulafungin and micafungin were 0.12, 0.06 and 0.03 μg/mL for C. albicans, and 0.25, 0.12 and 0.03 μg/mL for C. glabrata, respectively. FKS hotspot sequencing was performed for 70 isolates. No mutation was found in the 52 'limit wild-type' isolates (MIC=ECV for at least one echinocandin). Among the 18 'non-wild-type' isolates (MIC>ECV for at least one echinocandin), FKS mutations were recovered in the only two isolates with MIC>ECV for all three echinocandins, but not in those exhibiting a 'non-wild-type' phenotype for only one or two echinocandins.

CONCLUSION

This 10-year nationwide survey showed that the rate of echinocandin resistance among C. albicans and C. glabrata remains low in Switzerland despite increased echinocandin use. SYO-ECV could discriminate FKS mutants from wild-type isolates tested by SYO in this population.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Infectiology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute for Infectious Diseases
04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute for Infectious Diseases > Clinical Microbiology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute for Infectious Diseases > Parasitology

UniBE Contributor:

Mühlethaler, Konrad, Zimmerli, Stephan

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology

ISSN:

1469-0691

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Stephen Leib

Date Deposited:

01 Nov 2018 16:01

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:31

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.cmi.2018.05.012

PubMed ID:

29909005

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Anidulafungin Antifungal susceptibility testing Candidaemia Caspofungin FKS hotspot Micafungin Minimal inhibitory concentration

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/120798

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