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ArticleMedical mycology2024

Detection of pan-azole resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in horticulture and a composting facility in Belgium.

Hanne Debergh, Philippe Castelain, Karine Goens, Paulien Lefevere, Jessie Claessens, Elien De Vits, Marc Vissers, Liesbet Blindeman, Charlotte Bataille, Claude Saegerman and 1 more

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Article in Medical mycology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Characteristics of individualAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2026
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  2. Global epidemiology of azole resistance inJAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2026
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  3. Azole-ResistantJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  4. Azole Resistance inJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  5. Doubling of triazole resistance rates in invasive aspergillosis over a 10-year period, Belgium, 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2025
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  7. Pan-azole resistance in clinicalOne health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Hanne DeberghMycology and Aerobiology, Sciensano, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Philippe CastelainUnit Risk & Health Impact Assessment, Sciensano, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-3600-1000
Karine GoensMycology and Aerobiology, Sciensano, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Paulien LefevereMycology and Aerobiology, Sciensano, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Jessie ClaessensMycology and Aerobiology, Sciensano, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Elien De VitsMycology and Aerobiology, Sciensano, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Marc VissersOrnamental Plant Research, PCS, 9070 Destelbergen, Belgium.
Liesbet BlindemanOrnamental Plant Research, PCS, 9070 Destelbergen, Belgium.
Charlotte BatailleCRA-W, Plant and Forest Health Unit, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium.
Claude SaegermanFundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health (FARAH) Center, University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
Ann PackeuMycology and Aerobiology, Sciensano, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus (ARAf) is becoming a worldwide health threat due to increasing occurrence in the environment. However, environmental surveillance programs are not commonly in place and are lacking in Belgium. Since no data on the occurrence of ARAf and the presence of hotspots for the selection of azole resistance is available in Belgium, a first study on the prevalence of ARAf in the environment was conducted. A total of 232 air and compost or soil samples were taken from two composting facilities, and from horticultural and agricultural crops. The azole susceptibility pattern was determined using the EUCAST method (E. Def. 9.4), and the cyp51A gene and its promotor region were sequenced in A. fumigatus isolates with phenotypic azole resistance. Six pan-azole-resistant A. fumigatus isolates were identified, originating from compost and horticultural crops. Four isolates carried the TR34/L98H mutation, and one isolate carried the TR46/Y121F/T289A mutation. However, we did not observe any ARAf isolates from agricultural crops. In conclusion, this study reported the first TR34/L98H and TR46/Y121F/T289A mutation isolated from a composting facility and horticulture in Belgium. The implementation of standardization in environmental surveillance of A. fumigatus on a European level would be beneficial in order to identify hotspots.

Indexed as

Antifungal AgentsAspergillus fumigatusAzolesCompostingDrug Resistance, FungalFungal ProteinsBelgiumCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMutationSoil MicrobiologyAntifungal AgentsAzolescytochrome P-450 CYP51A, AspergillusCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemFungal ProteinsagricultureAspergillus fumigatusazole resistancecomposthorticulture

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PMCPMC11223581

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