Immunotherapy with tacrolimus (FK506) does not select for resistance to calcineurin inhibitors in Candida albicans isolates from liver transplant patients

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Apr;50(4):1573-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.50.4.1573-1577.2006.

Abstract

In Candida albicans, calcineurin mediates tolerance to azole antifungal drugs, survival in serum, and virulence. In this study, we examined 24 Candida isolates from liver transplant recipients receiving a calcineurin inhibitor as a component of their immunosuppressive therapy. We were unable to detect a difference in susceptibility to calcineurin inhibitors in combination with fluconazole, serum, or calcium in these isolates.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Calcineurin Inhibitors*
  • Calcium / pharmacology
  • Candida albicans / drug effects*
  • Drug Resistance, Fungal
  • Fluconazole / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Liver Transplantation*
  • Serum / physiology
  • Tacrolimus / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Calcineurin Inhibitors
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Fluconazole
  • Calcium
  • Tacrolimus