Azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus is highly prevalent in the environment of Vietnam, with marked variability by land use type
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Azole-resistant environmental Aspergillus fumigatus presents a threat to public health but the extent of this threat in Southeast Asia is poorly described. We conducted environmental surveillance in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam, collecting air and ground samples across key land-use types, and determined antifungal susceptibilities of Aspergillus section Fumigati (ASF) isolates and azole concentrations in soils. Of 119 ASF isolates, 55% were resistant (or non-wild type) to itraconazole, 65% to posaconazole and 50% to voriconazole. Azole resistance was more frequent in A. fumigatus sensu stricto isolates (95%) than other ASF species (32%). Resistant isolates and agricultural azole residues were overrepresented in samples from cultivated land. cyp51A gene sequence analysis showed 38/56 resistant A. fumigatus sensu stricto isolates carried known resistance mutations, with TR34/L98H most frequent (34/38).
Date Issued
2021-12
Date Acceptance
2021-07-03
Citation
Environmental Microbiology, 2021, 23 (12), pp.7632-7642
ISSN
1462-2912
Publisher
Society for Applied Microbiology
Start Page
7632
End Page
7642
Journal / Book Title
Environmental Microbiology
Volume
23
Issue
12
Copyright Statement
© 2021 Society for Applied Microbiology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the accepted version of the following article: Duong, T.-M.N., Le, T.-V., Tran, K.-L.H., Nguyen, P.-T., Nguyen, B.-P.T., Nguyen, T.-A., Nguyen, H.-L.P., Nguyen, B.-N.T., Fisher, M.C., Rhodes, J., Marks, G., Fox, G.J., Chen, S.C.-A., Walsh, M.G., Barrs, V.R., Talbot, J., Halliday, C.L., Sorrell, T.C., Day, J.N. and Beardsley, J. (2021), Azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus is highly prevalent in the environment of Vietnam, with marked variability by land use type. Environ Microbiol, 23: 7632-7642, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15660
Sponsor
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Wellcome Trust
Wellcome Trust
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Grant Number
MR/R015600/1
219551/Z/19/Z
219551/Z/19/Z
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Microbiology
CYP51A GENE
TR34/L98H MUTATIONS
SECTION FUMIGATI
CYSTIC-FIBROSIS
MECHANISMS
SUSCEPTIBILITY
SURVEILLANCE
BURDEN
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2021-07-07