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. 2017 Sep 22;61(10):e00906-17. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00906-17

TABLE 4.

Summary of FKS alterations detected among Candida isolates displaying echinocandin MIC values above the ECV

Country or U.S. state Organism MIC (μg/ml) by CLSI methoda
1,3-β-d-Glucan synthase mutationsb
Anidulafungin Caspofungin Micafungin FKS1 HS1 FKS1 HS2 FKS2 HS1 FKS2 HS2
Italy Candida albicans 0.12 0.12 0.06 (>ECV) WT WT NT NT
New York Candida albicans 0.25 1 (R) 1 (R) S645P WT NT NT
Indiana Candida albicans 0.5 1 (R) 1 (R) S645P WT NT NT
New York Candida glabrata 0.25 0.5 (R) 0.03 WT WT P667T NT
New York Candida glabrata 0.5 (R) 0.25 0.25 (R) WT WT S663P WT
Slovenia Candida glabrata 0.5 (R) 0.25 0.06 (>ECV) WT WT WT WT
Colorado Candida glabrata 0.25 0.12 0.06 (>ECV) WT WT WT WT
Indiana Candida glabrata 2 (R) 2 (R) 0.5 (R) F625S WT F659Y WT
Israel Candida glabrata 2 (R) 2 (R) 2 (R) WT WT F659S WT
California Candida glabrata 2 (R) 8 (R) 2 (R) S629P WT WT WT
California Candida glabrata 0.25 0.5 (R) 0.25 (R) WT WT F659S WT
Australia Candida glabrata 0.06 0.5 (R) 0.015 WT WT WT WT
New York Candida glabrata 2 (R) 2 (R) 2 (R) WT WT S663P WT
Canada Candida glabrata 4 (R) >8 (R) 4 (R) S629P WT S663P WT
Canada Candida glabrata 4 (R) >8 (R) 4 (R) S629P WT S663P WT
Georgia Candida glabrata 2 (R) 2 (R) 0.5 (R) F625S WT WT WT
California Candida glabrata 1 (R) 1 (R) 0.25 (R) F625S WT WT WT
Colorado Candida glabrata 0.5 (R) 0.25 0.03 WT WT WT WT
Virginia Candida glabrata 0.12 0.06 0.12 (>ECV) WT WT WT WT
Turkey Candida tropicalis 0.06 0.06 0.12 (>ECV) WT WT NT NT
a

R, resistant according to CLSI document MS7-S4 (13); >ECV, a concentration greater than the ECV according to CLSI document M59 (12).

b

NT, not tested; WT, wild type/no mutation detected.