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Triazole Antifungal Susceptibility Patterns among Aspergillus Species in Québec, Canada

Matthew P. Cheng, Alexander Lawandi, Todd C. Lee, Philippe J. Dufresne, Danila Seidel, Paul E. Verweij, Oliver A. Cornely, Donald C. Sheppard
Geoffrey A. Land, Editor
Matthew P. Cheng
aDivision of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
bDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
cHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Alexander Lawandi
dDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Todd C. Lee
dDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
eMcGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity, Montreal, Canada
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Philippe J. Dufresne
fInstitut National de Santé Publique du Québec, Laboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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Danila Seidel
gDepartment I of Internal Medicine, ECMM Center of Excellence for Medical Mycology, German Center for Infection Research, partner site Bonn-Cologne (DZIF), University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
hCologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Paul E. Verweij
iCenter of Expertise in Mycology Radboudumc/CWZ, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Oliver A. Cornely
gDepartment I of Internal Medicine, ECMM Center of Excellence for Medical Mycology, German Center for Infection Research, partner site Bonn-Cologne (DZIF), University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
hCologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Donald C. Sheppard
dDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
eMcGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity, Montreal, Canada
kDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00404-19
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  • TABLE 1

    Antifungal susceptibility testing results with VIPcheck plates

    Antifungal agentA. fumigatus
    (n = 86)
    A. flavus
    (n = 12)
    A. niger
    (n = 5)
    A. versicolor
    (n = 4)
    A. glaucus
    (n = 2)
    Aspergillus calidoustus
    (n = 2)
    Other species
    (n = 2)a
    Itraconazole (no. [%])b0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)1 (50)0 (0)0 (0)
    Voriconazole (no. [%])0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)1 (50)0 (0)0 (0)
    Posaconazole (no. [%])0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)1 (50)0 (0)0 (0)
    Any azole (no. [%])0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)1 (50)0 (0)0 (0)
    • ↵a The other species included Aspergillus terreus and Aspergillus nidulans.

    • ↵b Values refer to the number and percentage of isolates that had a positive screening test with VIPcheck plates.

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Triazole Antifungal Susceptibility Patterns among Aspergillus Species in Québec, Canada
Matthew P. Cheng, Alexander Lawandi, Todd C. Lee, Philippe J. Dufresne, Danila Seidel, Paul E. Verweij, Oliver A. Cornely, Donald C. Sheppard
Journal of Clinical Microbiology May 2019, 57 (6) e00404-19; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00404-19

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Triazole Antifungal Susceptibility Patterns among Aspergillus Species in Québec, Canada
Matthew P. Cheng, Alexander Lawandi, Todd C. Lee, Philippe J. Dufresne, Danila Seidel, Paul E. Verweij, Oliver A. Cornely, Donald C. Sheppard
Journal of Clinical Microbiology May 2019, 57 (6) e00404-19; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00404-19
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