Echinocandin Resistance in Candida auris Occurs in the Murine Gastrointestinal Tract Due to < em > FKS1 < /em > Mutations

This study investigated its antifungal susceptibility and explored FKS1 mutations across the isolates from mice enterically colonized with wild-type C. auris and treated with echinocandin. Resistant C. auris with FKS1 mutations, including S639F, S639Y, D642Y, R1354H, or R1354Y, were isolated and found to be micafungin- and caspofungin-resistant in vivo; however, the MICs of isolates with mutation in R1354 remained below the micafungin breakpoint in vitro.PMID:36920237 | DOI:10.1128/aac.01243-22

Source: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy - March 15, 2023 Category: Microbiology Authors: Tatsuro Hirayama Taiga Miyazaki Makoto Sumiyoshi Yuya Ito Nobuyuki Ashizawa Kazuaki Takeda Naoki Iwanaga Takahiro Takazono Kazuko Yamamoto Koichi Izumikawa Katsunori Yanagihara Koichi Makimura Kazuhiro Tsukamoto Shigeru Kohno Hiroshi Mukae Source Type: research