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Multiple Patterns of Resistance to Fluconazole in Candida glabrata Isolates from a Patient with Oropharyngeal Candidiasis Receiving Head and Neck Radiation

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Redding, Spencer W., Kirkpatrick, William R., Saville, Stephen, Coco, Brent J., White, William, Fothergill, Annette, Rinaldi, Michael, Eng, Tony +2 more·2003·Journal of Clinical Microbiology

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Candida glabrata has emerged in recent years as a significant cause of systemic fungal infection. We have previously reported on the first three patients receiving radiation for head and neck cancer to develop oropharyngeal candidiasis due to C. glabrata . The goal of this study was to track the development of increased fluconazole resistance in C. glabrata isolates and to evaluate previously described genetic mechanisms associated with this resistance from one of these three patients. The patient was a 52-year-old man with squamous cell carcinoma treated with radiation. At week 7 of his radiation, he developed oropharyngeal candidiasis, which was treated with 200 mg of fluconazole daily for 2 weeks. Serial cultures from this and three subsequent time points yielded C. glabrata . Isolates from these cultures were subjected to antifungal susceptibility testing, DNA karyotyping, and evaluation of the expression of genes previously associated with C. glabrata resistance to fluconazole, CgCDR1 , CgCDR2 , and CgERG11 . Two strains (A and B) of C. glabrata were identified and found to display different patterns of resistance development and gene expression. Strain A developed resistance over a 2-week period and showed no overexpression of these genes. In contrast, strain B first showed resistance 6 weeks after fluconazole therapy was discontinued but showed overexpression of all three genes. In conclusion, development of resistance to fluconazole by C. glabrata is a highly varied process involving multiple molecular mechanisms.

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Redding, S. W., Kirkpatrick, W. R., Saville, S., Coco, B. J., White, W., Fothergill, A., Rinaldi, M., Eng, T., Patterson, T. F., & Lopez-Ribot, J.
Affiliations
  • Department of General Dentistry
  • Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
  • Department of Pathology
  • The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (US)
Corresponding author
Redding, Spencer W.
Venue
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Published
2003-02
Volume
41
Issue
2
Pages
619-622
ISSN
  • 0095-1137 (ISSN-L)
  • 1098-660X
OpenAlex
W2147779148
Cited by
85
References
23
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FWCI
3.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Clinical Microbiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Pfizer
  • National Institutes of Health (5-R01-)
  • National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (5-R01-DE11381-6, R01DE011381)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Fungal Plant Pathogen Control
Keywords
Candida glabrata, fluconazole resistance, oropharyngeal candidiasis, head and neck radiotherapy, head and neck cancer, squamous cell carcinoma, multidrug resistance genes, gene overexpression, antifungal susceptibility, serial isolates
MeSH terms
Abnormalities, Radiation-Induced, Antifungal Agents, Candidiasis, Head, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neck, Pharyngitis, Fluconazole, Drug Resistance, Fungal, Candida glabrata

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