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. 2012 Jan;18(1):86–90. doi: 10.3201/eid1801.110556

Table 2. In vitro susceptibility and Fksp mutations of 20 echinocandin-resistant Candida spp. isolates, France, 2004–2010.

Patient no.
Strain
Species
MIC, µg/m, AM3/RPMI 1640 medium
Fksp mutation
Caspofungin
Micafungin
Anidulafungin
Gene
Mutation
1* 05BL1-38 C. albicans 1/2 0.25/1 0.06/0.125 FKS1 (HS1) F641S
2* ODL13-1254 C. albicans 1/2 1/1 0.5/0.5 FKS1 (HS1) S645Y
3† 06BL2-127 C. albicans 2/2 1/0.5 0.125/0.125 FKS1 (HS1) F641S‡ + S645P‡
4 ODL19-1894 C. albicans 4/2 2/2 0.125/0.25 FKS1 (HS1) S645P
5* 08BL1-94 C. albicans 2/4 0.25/1 0.06/0.5 FKS1 (HS2) R1361G§
6* 08BL2-143 C. albicans 8/4 4/2 0.25/0.5 FKS1 (HS1) S645P
7* 09BL1-43 C. albicans 1/2 0.25/1 0.06/0.25 FKS1 (HS1) F641S
8* 09BL1-77 C. albicans 0.5/0.5 0.5/0.25 0.015/0.03 FKS1 (HS1) R647G§
9 06BL1-34 C. krusei 4/8 2/4 1/2 FKS1 (HS1) L648W§,¶
10* 10BL1-50 C. krusei 2/4 1/2 0.06/1 FKS1 (HS1) F645L§,¶
11 ODL7-647 C. glabrata 8/8 0.5/1 0.25/0.125 FKS2 DelF658#
12* 07BL2-157 C. glabrata 4/1 1/0.5 0.25/0.5 FKS2 DelF658#
13* 06BL1-33 C. glabrata 8/8 4/8 2/2 FKS2 S663P
14* ODL21-2028 C. glabrata 1/1 0.25/0.25 0.25/0.25 FKS1 S629P
15* ODL22-2183 C. glabrata 8/2 0.25/0.25 0.25/1 FKS2 S663P
16 ODL23-2221 C. glabrata 1/4 0.06/2 0.06/0.25 FKS1 + FKS2 F625I§ (FKS1) + P667T§ (FKS2)
17* 08BL2-142 C. glabrata 1/4 0.25/2 0.25/2 FKS2 S663P
18 09BL1-55 C. glabrata 8/4 2/4 0.5/0.5 FKS2 S663P
19 10BL1-19 C. glabrata 0.5/4 0.06/0.5 0.06/1 FKS2 F659S + L664V§
20 10BL1-67 C. glabrata 4/4 0.5/1 0.125/1 FKS2 DelF658#

*Parentage of initial isolate available.
†In this patient, another isolate with reduced susceptibility to echinocandin was retrieved. This isolate harbored an S645P mutation in FKS1.
‡Heterozygous mutation.
§Mutations not already described (13).
¶Strains had also an L701M mutation.
#Deletion.