Acquired Echinocandin Resistance in a Candida krusei Isolate Due to Modification of Glucan Synthase

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
2007.0

Abstract

A Candida krusei strain from a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia that displayed reduced susceptibility to echinocandin drugs contained a heterozygous mutation, T2080K, in FKS1. The resulting Phe655-->Cys substitution altered the sensitivity of glucan synthase to echinocandin drugs, consistent with a common mechanism for echinocandin resistance in Candida spp.

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