Abstract
Rezafungin is an investigational echinocandin under development for the treatment and prevention of invasive fungal infections, with a long half-life in humans (∼130 h) and potent in vitro activity against Aspergillus spp. Our objective was to further evaluate its activity against Aspergillus fumigatus isolates, including azole-resistant isolates and cryptic Aspergillus spp. Clinical isolates of Aspergillus were used, including 15 WT and 31 azole-resistant A. fumigatus, 11 Aspergillus lentulus, 5 each of Aspergillus thermomutatus and Aspergillus udagawae and 11 Aspergillus calidoustus. Minimum effective concentrations (MECs) and MICs of rezafungin, caspofungin, micafungin, posaconazole and voriconazole were determined by CLSI M38-A2 broth microdilution. Differences in geometric mean (GM) MEC/MIC values were assessed for significance by ANOVA. Rezafungin GM MECs for A. fumigatus were 0.024 and 0.043 mg/L for WT and azole-resistant isolates, respectively. Rezafungin was also active against cryptic species, including A. lentulus (0.016 mg/L), A. calidoustus (0.044 mg/L), A. thermomutatus (MEC range ≤0.015-0.25 mg/L) and A. udagawae (≤0.015-0.03 mg/L). This activity was similar to that of caspofungin and micafungin with the excepti...Continue Reading
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