Progressive dispersion of azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus: Fatal invasive aspergillosis in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia infected with an A. fumigatus strain with a cyp51A TR46 Y121F M172I T289A allele

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Contributors

  • Susann Rößler - , Institute of Medical Microbiology and Virology (Author)
  • Oliver Bader - , University of Göttingen (Author)
  • Friedrich Stölzel - , Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Author)
  • Ulrich Sommer - , University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Institute of Pathology (Author)
  • Birgit Spiess - , Heidelberg University  (Author)
  • Stephan Geibel - , University of Göttingen (Author)
  • Dieter Buchheidt - , Heidelberg University  (Author)
  • Uwe Groß - , University of Göttingen (Author)
  • Gustavo Baretton - , Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Author)
  • Enno Jacobs - , Institute of Medical Microbiology and Virology (Author)
  • Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner - , University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (Author)

Abstract

Patients with hematologic malignancies as well as allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) patients are at high risk for invasive aspergillosis. Here, we report a culture- and autopsy-proven fatal invasive aspergillosis in an allogeneic HSTC patient which he developed despite posaconazole prophylaxis. The agent was determined to be an azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus strain bearing the cyp51A mutation combination TR46 Y121F M172I T289A. At increasing frequency, the azole resistance of A. fumigatus is being reported globally, limiting treatment options and complicating regimens.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere00270-17
JournalAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Volume61
Issue number8
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2017
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 28743702

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goals

Keywords

  • Aspergillus fumigatus, Azole resistance, Breakthrough aspergillosis, cyp51A mutation, Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, Invasive aspergillosis