Stepwise emergence of azole, echinocandin and amphotericin B multidrug resistance in vivo in Candida albicans orchestrated by multiple genetic alterations

RH Jensen, KMT Astvad, LV Silva… - Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Objectives The objective of this study was to characterize the underlying molecular
mechanisms in consecutive clinical Candida albicans isolates from a single patient …

Next-generation sequencing offers new insights into the resistance of Candida spp. to echinocandins and azoles

C Garnaud, F Botterel, N Sertour… - Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Objectives MDR Candida strains are emerging. Next-generation sequencing (NGS), which
enables extensive and deep genome analysis, was used to investigate echinocandin and …

Analysis of antifungal resistance genes in Candida albicans and Candida glabrata using next generation sequencing

K Spettel, W Barousch, A Makristathis, I Zeller, M Nehr… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Introduction/Objectives An increase in antifungal resistant Candida strains has been
reported in recent years. The aim of this study was to detect mutations in resistance genes of …

The evolution of drug resistance in clinical isolates of Candida albicans

CB Ford, JM Funt, D Abbey, L Issi, C Guiducci… - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Candida albicans is both a member of the healthy human microbiome and a major pathogen
in immunocompromised individuals. Infections are typically treated with azole inhibitors of …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics of in vitro development of azole resistance in Candida tropicalis

S Paul, S Singh, D Sharma, A Chakrabarti… - Journal of Global …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives Increasing incidence of azole resistance in Candida tropicalis, especially to
fluconazole, has been seen in Asian countries including India. Limited knowledge is …

Molecular mechanisms of azole resistance in Candida bloodstream isolates

JQM Teo, SJY Lee, AL Tan, RSM Lim, Y Cai… - BMC infectious …, 2019 - Springer
Background Antifungal resistance rates are increasing. We investigated the mechanisms of
azole resistance of Candida spp. bloodstream isolates obtained from a surveillance study …

Comparative genomics for the elucidation of multidrug resistance in Candida lusitaniae

A Kannan, SA Asner, E Trachsel, S Kelly, J Parker… - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Multidrug resistance (MDR) has emerged in hospitals due to the use of several agents
administered in combination or sequentially to the same individual. We reported earlier …

Large-scale genome mining allows identification of neutral polymorphisms and novel resistance mutations in genes involved in Candida albicans resistance to …

E Sitterlé, AT Coste, T Obadia… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background The genome of Candida albicans displays significant polymorphism.
Point mutations in genes involved in resistance to antifungals may either confer phenotypic …

Monitoring antifungal resistance in a global collection of invasive yeasts and molds: application of CLSI epidemiological cutoff values and whole-genome sequencing …

M Castanheira, LM Deshpande, AP Davis… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
The activity of 7 antifungal agents against 3,557 invasive yeasts and molds collected in 29
countries worldwide in 2014 and 2015 was evaluated. Epidemiological cutoff values (ECVs) …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of genetic markers of resistance to echinocandins, azoles and 5-fluorocytosine in Candida glabrata by next-generation sequencing: a feasibility …

C Biswas, SCA Chen, C Halliday, K Kennedy… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives Multi-antifungal drug resistance in Candida glabrata is increasing. We examined
the feasibility of next-generation sequencing (NGS) to investigate the presence of antifungal …