Acquired multi-azole resistance in Candida tropicalis during persistent urinary tract infection in a dog

Abstract

Multi-azole resistance acquisition by Candida tropicalis after prolonged antifungal therapy in a dog with urinary candidiasis is reported. Pre- and post-azole treatment isolates were clonally related and had identical silent mutations in the ERG11 gene, but the latter displayed increased azole minimum inhibitory concentrations. A novel frameshift mutation in ERG3 was found in some isolates recovered after resistance development, so it appears unlikely that this mutation is responsible for multi-azole resistance.

Keywords

• Azole resistance
• Candida tropicalis
• Dogs
• Multilocus sequence typing
• Urinary tract infections