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. 2022 Apr 12;66(5):e01725-21. doi: 10.1128/aac.01725-21

TABLE 2.

Mutations in FKS for isolates of C. albicans, C. glabrata, P. kudriavzevii, C. tropicalis, and K. marxianus having caspofungin MIC ≥ 0.5 mg/L or resistant to anidulafungin according to the EUCAST BP

Range of MICs (mg/L)
Species (nbr of isolates sequenced) Nbr of isolates non-WT Mutation Localization Caspo Mica Anidula Mutations described
Candida albicans (n = 20) 1 F641S HS1 1 0.25 0.25 37
9 S645P HS1 4–>4 0.5 –>4 0.25–1 36
8 S645S/P HS1 0.5–2 0.25–1 0.015–1 36
1 R647G HS1 0.5 0.5 0.03 16
1 R1361G HS2 0.5 0.25 0.25 16
Candida glabrata (n = 27) 1 F625S FKS1HS1 >4 0.5 2 11
4 DelF659 FKS2HS1 4–>4 0.25–2 1–2 11
1 F659S FKS2HS1 0.5 0.06 0.5 43
1 F659V FKS2HS1 4 0.06 1 39
7 S663P FKS2HS1 1–>4 0.125–2 0.25–4 11
1 S663F FKS2HS1 1 0.25 1 43
1 F659S +L664V FKS2HS1 0.5 0.06 1 16
1 S663P +M1439R FKS2HS1 + FKS2 non-hotspot alteration 4 0.5 1 This study
3 R1378S FKS2HS2 1–4 0.06–0.125 0.5–1 53
1 DelF659 + K335N FKS2HS1 + FKS3 non-hotspot alteration >4 1 2 This study
Pichia kudriavzevii (n = 11) 1 F655L HS1 2 1 1 44
2 S659F HS1 4 2 0.5 38
2 S659S/P HS1 0.5–1 0.125 0.06–0.125 38
Candida tropicalis (n = 5) 2 S645P HS1 4 0.5 0.5 54
1 F641L + I1368S HS1 +HS2 >4 2 2 This study
Kluyveromyces marxianus (n = 1) 1 F651F/S HS1 0.5 0.5 1 This study