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Emerging echinocandin-resistant Candida albicans and glabrata in Switzerland

Published inInfection, vol. 48, no. 5, p. 761-766
Publication date2020
Abstract

Echinocandins represent the first-line therapy of candidemia. Echinocandin resistance among Candida spp. is mainly due to acquired FKS mutations. In this study, we report the emergence of FKS-mutant Candida albicans/glabrata in Switzerland and provide the microbiological and clinical characteristics of 9 candidemic episodes. All patients were previously exposed to echinocandins (median 26 days; range 15-77). Five patients received initial echinocandin therapy with persistent candidemia in 4 of them. Overall mortality was 33%.

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  • Autre - Fungal Infection Network of Switzerland (FUNGINOS)
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COSTE, A T et al. Emerging echinocandin-resistant Candida albicans and glabrata in Switzerland. In: Infection, 2020, vol. 48, n° 5, p. 761–766. doi: 10.1007/s15010-020-01475-8
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