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. 2014 Aug;58(8):4690–4696. doi: 10.1128/AAC.03255-14

TABLE 3.

FKS sequencing resultsa

Anidula MIC (μg/ml) Caspo MIC (μg/ml) Mica MIC (μg/ml) Flucon MIC (μg/ml) Gene and hot spot region(s)
FKS1 HS1 FKS2 HS1
0.125 0.25 0.008 128 WT WT
0.015 0.25 0.008 32 WT WT
0.03 0.5 0.008 4 WT WT
0.016 0.25 0.008 4 WT WT
0.125 0.25 0.016 1 WT WT
0.016 0.5 0.016 64 WT WT
0.03 0.25 0.016 8 WT WT
0.125 0.25 0.016 8 WT WT
0.03 0.25 0.03 4 WT WT
0.25 0.125 0.03 128 WT WT
0.125 0.25 0.03 128 WT WT
0.125 0.25 0.03 4 WT WT
0.125 0.25 0.03 4 WT WT
0.06 0.25 0.06 4 WT WT
0.125 0.25 0.06 64 WT WT
0.125 0.5 0.06 64 WT WT
0.25 0.125 0.06 4 WT WT
0.25 0.125 0.06 4 F L I L S L R Y P WT
0.5 0.25 0.125 2 WT F L I L F L R D P
0.03 0.25 0.125 128 WT WT
0.5 0.5 0.125 64 F L I L P L R D P WT
0.5 0.125 0.125 64 F L I L P L R D P WT
0.125 0.5 0.125 16 WT WT
0.125 0.125 0.125 8 WT WT
0.06 0.06 0.125 4 WT WT
0.5 0.5 0.125 4 WT WT
2 2 0.25 0.25 WT F L I L S L R D H
1 0.5 0.25 256 WT Y L I L S L R D P
1 2 0.25 256 WT Y L I L S L R D P
0.06 0.125 0.25 64 F L I L S L G D P WT
2 2 0.25 64 WT F L I L F L R D P
1 1 0.25 32 WT S L I L S L R D P
0.06 0.125 0.25 32 F L I L S L G D P WT
1 1 0.25 16 F L I L S L R V P WT
1 1 0.25 8 WT Y L I L S L R D P
0.06 0.125 0.25 8 WT WT
0.06 0.06 0.25 8 WT WT
0.03 0.06 0.25 4 I634V WT
0.03 0.03 0.25 4 WT WT
1 2 0.25 4 WT Y L I L S L R D P
0.5 1 0.25 4 WT Y L I L S L R D P
2 2 0.5 2 WT F L I L P L R D P
0.5 0.25 0.5 1 F L I L S L G D P F L I L S L R V P
0.25 0.25 0.5 128 F L I L S L G D P WT
1 1 0.5 128 WT delF658
0.03 0.06 0.5 8 WT WT
0.125 0.125 0.5 4 F L I L P L R D P F L I L S L R V P
0.03 0.03 0.5 4 WT WT
1 0.5 1 4 F L I L P L R D P WT
0.25 0.5 1 2 F L I L S L G D P WT
2 8 1 256 F L I L P L R D P WT
2 4 1 64 F L I L P L R D P F L I L S L R V P
2 16 1 64 WT F L I L P L R D P
1 4 1 64 WT F L I L P L R D P
2 2 1 4 WT WT
2 4 2 4 WT F L I L P L R D P
0.5 1 2 4 WT F L I L P L R D P
4 8 2 128 WT F L I L P L R D P
2 1 2 128 WT F L I L P L R D P
2 >16 2 128 WT F L I L P L R D P
2 >16 2 64 WT F L I L P L R D P
4 >16 2 16 WT F L I L P L R D P
4 >16 2 16 F L I L P L R D P WT
4 16 2 8 WT F L I L P L R D P
4 >16 2 8 WT delF658
1 16 2 8 WT F L I L P L R D P
4 >16 2 8 WT F L I L P L R D P
2 16 2 4 WT F L I L P L R D P
4 >16 4 4 WT F L I L P L R D P
2 8 4 4 WT F L I L P L R D P
0.5 16 4 256 WT F L I L P L R D P
2 16 4 128 WT F L I L P L R D P
4 >16 4 64 WT F L I L P L R D P
2 16 4 32 WT F L I L P L R D P
4 16 4 32 WT F L I L P L R D P
a

Among the 77 isolates with at least one echinocandin MIC in the intermediate or resistant range, FKS sequencing identified 47 with FKS mutations. Three of the isolates had a mutation that was one amino acid outside the recognized hot spot region. All of the mutations were in FKS1 hot spot 1 or FKS2 hot spot 1. This includes 47/55 (85%) isolates that showed resistance to at least one echinocandin. Anidula, anidulafungin; Caspo, caspofungin; Mica, micafungin; Flucon, fluconazole; WT, wild type. Boldface indicates the amino acid that has been changed in the hot spot.