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  • Title: Genetic relatedness among azole-resistant Candida tropicalis clinical strains in Taiwan from 2014 to 2018.
    Author: Zhou ZL, Tseng KY, Chen YZ, Tsai DJ, Wu CJ, Chen YC, Peng HL, Yang YL, Hsieh LY, Chen CH, Hsu CH, Wang LS, Cheng MF, Hsu GJ, Kao CC, Hu BS, Lee YT, Liu JW, Liu KS, Miu WC, Yang HM, Yeh YC, Lo HJ.
    Journal: Int J Antimicrob Agents; 2022 Jun; 59(6):106592. PubMed ID: 35460852.
    Abstract:
    To monitor trends in the distribution of yeast species and the susceptibilities of these species to commonly prescribed antifungal drugs, we conduct the Taiwan Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance of Yeasts (TSARY) every 4 years. We found that 25 of 294 Candida tropicalis isolates from TSARY 2014 and 31 of 314 C. tropicalis isolates from TSARY 2018 were resistant to fluconazole. We determined the genetic relatedness among fluconazole-resistant C. tropicalis isolates by multilocus sequence typing (MLST). Among 174 C. tropicalis isolates, including all 56 fluconazole-resistant, all 26 susceptible-dose dependent and 92 selected fluconazole-susceptible isolates, 59 diploid sequence types (DSTs) were identified. We found that 22 of the 25 fluconazole-resistant C. tropicalis from TSARY 2014 and 29 of the 31 fluconazole-resistant C. tropicalis from TSARY 2018 were genetically related and belonged to the same cluster (clade 4). A combination of mutation and overexpression of ERG11, encoding the target of azole drugs, was the major mechanism contributing to drug resistance. Approximately two-thirds of reviewed patients infected or colonised by fluconazole-resistant C. tropicalis were azole-naïve. Furthermore, there was no evidence of patient-to-patient transmission. Because the clade 4 fluconazole-resistant C. tropicalis strain persists in Taiwan, it is important to identify the source of azole-resistant C. tropicalis to prevent the spread of this resistant strain.
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