Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2012)
Candida spp. with Acquired Echinocandin Resistance, France, 2004–2010
Abstract
We report 20 episodes of infection caused by acquired echinocandin-resistant Candida spp. harboring diverse and new Fksp mutations. For 12 patients, initial isolates (low MIC, wild-type Fksp sequence) and subsequent isolates (after caspofungin treatment, high MIC, mutated Fksp) were genetically related.
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