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Spontaneous Mutational Frequency and FKS Mutation Rates Vary by Echinocandin Agent against Candida glabrata

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Echinocandins are front-line agents for treatment of invasive candidiasis. There are no reported agent-specific differences in Candida mutational frequency of resistance or propensity to develop FKS mutations. ABSTRACT Echinocandins are… Click to show full abstract

Echinocandins are front-line agents for treatment of invasive candidiasis. There are no reported agent-specific differences in Candida mutational frequency of resistance or propensity to develop FKS mutations. ABSTRACT Echinocandins are front-line agents for treatment of invasive candidiasis. There are no reported agent-specific differences in Candida mutational frequency of resistance or propensity to develop FKS mutations. The objective of this study was to measure spontaneous and FKS mutation rates among Candida glabrata strains. Twenty bloodstream isolates from patients with or without prior echinocandin exposure were included. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs), minimum fungicidal concentrations (MFCs), and mutation prevention concentrations were higher for caspofungin than for anidulafungin (P < 0.0001) and micafungin (P < 0.0001). Mutational frequencies of resistance at 3× the baseline MIC were highest for caspofungin and lowest for micafungin. A total of 247 isolates were recovered at or above the MFC for caspofungin (n = 159), anidulafungin (n = 74), or micafungin (n = 14). Agent-specific MIC increases were noted for anidulafungin and caspofungin, but not micafungin. Thirty-three percent of isolates harbored hot spot mutations in FKS1 (n = 6) or FKS2 (n = 76). Mutations at the Ser629 (Fks1) or Ser663 (Fks2) loci were more common after selection with anidulafungin or micafungin than with caspofungin (P = 0.003). Four isolates demonstrated >4-fold increases in MICs without FKS hot spot mutations; three of these harbored Fks2 mutations upstream of hot spot 1. The final isolate was FKS1 and FKS2 wild-type, but the 50% inhibitory concentrations of caspofungin and micafungin were increased 2.7- and 8-fold, respectively. In conclusion, micafungin may be superior in vitro to the other agents in limiting the emergence of resistance among C. glabrata. Caspofungin exposure may be most likely to promote resistance development. These data provide a foundation for future investigations of newly developed echinocandin agents.

Keywords: micafungin; fks mutation; caspofungin; mutational frequency

Journal Title: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Year Published: 2018

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