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Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020
Research

Paradoxal Trends in Azole-Resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in a National Multicenter Surveillance Program, the Netherlands, 2013–2018

Pieter P.A. Lestrade, Jochem B. Buil, Martha T. van der Beek, Ed J. Kuijper, Karin van Dijk, Greetje A. Kampinga, Bart J.A. Rijnders, Alieke G. Vonk, Sabine C. de Greeff, Annelot F. Schoffelen, Jaap van Dissel, Jacques F. Meis, Willem J.G. Melchers, Paul E. VerweijComments to Author , and Kuijper
Author affiliations: VieCuri Hospital, Venlo, the Netherlands (P.P.A. Lestrade); Center of Expertise in Mycology Radboud University Medical Center/Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (J.B. Buil, J.F. Meis, W.J.G. Melchers, P.E. Verweij); Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands (M.T. van der Beek, E.J. Kuijper); Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (K. van Dijk); University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (G.A. Kampinga); Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (B.J.A. Rijnders, A.G. Vonk); Center for Infectious Disease Control, Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands (S.C. de Greeff, A.F. Schoffelen, J. van Dissel)

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Table 2

Resistance profiles of 640 azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus isolates classified according to voriconazole clinical breakpoints in a national multicenter surveillance program in the Netherlands, 2013–2018*

Voriconazole classification (no. isolates) No. (%) isolates
Itraconazole Posaconazole Isavuconazole
Voriconazole-susceptible (18)
Susceptible 0 1 (5.6) 6/16 (37.5)
Intermediate 1 (5.6) 2 (11.1) NA
Resistant
 17 (94.4)
 15 (83.3)
 10/16 (62.5)
Voriconazole-intermediate (124)
Susceptible 0 4 (3.2) 2/121 (1.7)
Intermediate 6 (4.8) 19 (15.3) NA
Resistant
 118 (95.2)
 101 (81.5)
 119/121 (98.3)
Voriconazole-resistant (498)
Susceptible 50 (10) 8 (1.6) 0/396 (0)
Intermediate 25 (5) 28 (5.6) NA
Resistant 423 (85) 462 (92.8) 396/396 (100)

*Isavuconazole was not measured before 2014; therefore, denominator is different in comparison with itraconazole and posaconazole. NA, not applicable (no intermediate susceptibility category defined for isavuconazole).

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