Strains sharing alleles at five loci. These 
10 strains were all similarly resistant to azoles as the Indian azole-resistant genotype and all 10 strains carried the same TR34/L98H mutation. The combined allelic comparisons identified that the azole-resistant strains from outside of IndiaTable 1. State-wise distribution of environmental Aspergillus fumigatus isolates with TR34/L98H mutations from India.No. of A. fumigatus isolates with TR34/L98H mutations/No. of isolates tested n = 44/630 (201/486)*Garden soilPaddy/Rice/Red Epigenetics chilly fields soil Tea garden soilTree trunk hollow woodAerial isolations from Nursery flower Soil Epigenetics beneath hospital wards pots soil cotton treesFlower pots soil Garden soil of of hospital Soil with bird hospitals garden droppings??????0/4(2/13) ??0/40(13/17) 12/78(26/33) 0/108(21/21) 0/60(15/21) 0/0(0/5) ??????????????????????????9/51(16/27) ???????????????????????3/5(1/15) ???????0/0(0/25) ?????????0/0(0/6) ???0/0(0/12) ????????????????????????????????????????3/7 (14/39) 
??0/20 (10/10) 15/120 (30/75) ???????2/25 (19/52) ?????????UT of Delhi (n = 266){VPCI{, DU{?Ashok Vihar Park0/0(0/10)Lodhi garden0/80(20/45)Central Park, DU0/27(10/50)Police Lines, DU?Gulabi Bagh?Tamil Nadu (n = 65) Thorapadi Village?Kanchipuram?West Bengal (n = 59) Hoogli Dist., Kolkata?Siliguri?Darjeeling?Bihar (n = 33) Munger?Uttrakhand (n = 21) Kedar, Basora?Haryana (n = 21) Jajjhar?Meghalaya (n = 11) Shillong?Sikkim (n = 6) Gangtok0/5(4/6)Himachal Pradesh (n = 4) Dalhousie0/0(0/4)*Parenthesis denotes the numerator as number of samples positive for A. fumigatus, denominator denotes the number of samples tested; {UT, Union Territory; VPCI, V. P. Chest Institute; DU, Delhi University. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052871.tAzole Resistant A. fumigatus from IndiaAzole Resistant A. fumigatus from IndiaTable 2. In- vitro antifungal susceptibility profile of medical triazoles and triazole fungicides against environmental and clinical Aspergillus fumigatus isolated in India.MIC* (mg/L) Triazole drugs and fungicidesEnvironment TR34/L98H (n = 44) GM* MIC50* 16 8 1 32 32 32 32 32 4 32 32 32 32 Range 251676672Wild type (n = 22) GM MIC50 0.5 0.5 0.5 2 32 2 4 4 0.5 32 2 32 32 Range 0.25? 0.25? 0.06? 1? 16?32 1? 2?6 2? 0.125? 32?32 1? .32 32?Clinical TR34/L98H (n = 9) GM 16 5.9 3.2 32 32 32 32 32 4 32 32 32 32 MIC50 16 8 2 32 32 23727046 32 32 32 4 32 32 32 32 Range 16.16 2?6 1?8 32?32 32?32 32?32 32?32 .32 2?6 32?32 .32 .32 .32 Wild type (n = 13) GM 0.11 0.10 0.25 2.2 29.4 1.8 4.1 3.39 0.4 32 3.0 32 32 MIC50 0.125 0.125 0.25 2 32 2 4 4 0.5 24786787 32 4 32 32 Range 0.03? 0.03?.25 0.125? 1? 16?2 0.5? 2? 2? 0.25? 32?32 1? 32?32 32?Effect size rItraconazole Voriconazole Posaconazole Bromuconazole Cyproconazole Difenoconazole Epoxiconazole Hexaconazole Metconazole Penconazole Tebuconazole Triadimefon Tricyclazole16 8.7 1.03 31.4 32 31.4 32 31 3.8 32 31.4 3216?16 0.43 4?6 0.5? 0.65 0.0.96 0.91 0.72 0.96 0.22 0.96 0.92 0.95 0.89 0 0.96 016?32 2.5 32?32 30.9 16?32 2.0 32?32 5.2 8?32 1? 4.87 0.32?32 30.9 16?32 2.6 .3232?32*Minimum inhibitory concentration; GM, geometric mean. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052871.tcontained alleles at seven of the nine microsatellite loci found in the Indian azole-resistant genotype, one more than all the Indian azole-susceptible strains combined. At locus 2A, only the sample from outside India contained the allele #14 (in 8 of the 51 strains) found in the Indian azole-resistant genotype while the azolesusceptible sample from India did not contain this allele (.Strains sharing alleles at five loci. These 10 strains were all similarly resistant to azoles as the Indian azole-resistant genotype and all 10 strains carried the same TR34/L98H mutation. The combined allelic comparisons identified that the azole-resistant strains from outside of IndiaTable 1. State-wise distribution of environmental Aspergillus fumigatus isolates with TR34/L98H mutations from India.No. of A. fumigatus isolates with TR34/L98H mutations/No. of isolates tested n = 44/630 (201/486)*Garden soilPaddy/Rice/Red chilly fields soil Tea garden soilTree trunk hollow woodAerial isolations from Nursery flower Soil beneath hospital wards pots soil cotton treesFlower pots soil Garden soil of of hospital Soil with bird hospitals garden droppings??????0/4(2/13) ??0/40(13/17) 12/78(26/33) 0/108(21/21) 0/60(15/21) 0/0(0/5) ??????????????????????????9/51(16/27) ???????????????????????3/5(1/15) ???????0/0(0/25) ?????????0/0(0/6) ???0/0(0/12) ????????????????????????????????????????3/7 (14/39) ??0/20 (10/10) 15/120 (30/75) ???????2/25 (19/52) ?????????UT of Delhi (n = 266){VPCI{, DU{?Ashok Vihar Park0/0(0/10)Lodhi garden0/80(20/45)Central Park, DU0/27(10/50)Police Lines, DU?Gulabi Bagh?Tamil Nadu (n = 65) Thorapadi Village?Kanchipuram?West Bengal (n = 59) Hoogli Dist., Kolkata?Siliguri?Darjeeling?Bihar (n = 33) Munger?Uttrakhand (n = 21) Kedar, Basora?Haryana (n = 21) Jajjhar?Meghalaya (n = 11) Shillong?Sikkim (n = 6) Gangtok0/5(4/6)Himachal Pradesh (n = 4) Dalhousie0/0(0/4)*Parenthesis denotes the numerator as number of samples positive for A. fumigatus, denominator denotes the number of samples tested; {UT, Union Territory; VPCI, V. P. Chest Institute; DU, Delhi University. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052871.tAzole Resistant A. fumigatus from IndiaAzole Resistant A. fumigatus from IndiaTable 2. In- vitro antifungal susceptibility profile of medical triazoles and triazole fungicides against environmental and clinical Aspergillus fumigatus isolated in India.MIC* (mg/L) Triazole drugs and fungicidesEnvironment TR34/L98H (n = 44) GM* MIC50* 16 8 1 32 32 32 32 32 4 32 32 32 32 Range 251676672Wild type (n = 22) GM MIC50 0.5 0.5 0.5 2 32 2 4 4 0.5 32 2 32 32 Range 0.25? 0.25? 0.06? 1? 16?32 1? 2?6 2? 0.125? 32?32 1? .32 32?Clinical TR34/L98H (n = 9) GM 16 5.9 3.2 32 32 32 32 32 4 32 32 32 32 MIC50 16 8 2 32 32 23727046 32 32 32 4 32 32 32 32 Range 16.16 2?6 1?8 32?32 32?32 32?32 32?32 .32 2?6 32?32 .32 .32 .32 Wild type (n = 13) GM 0.11 0.10 0.25 2.2 29.4 1.8 4.1 3.39 0.4 32 3.0 32 32 MIC50 0.125 0.125 0.25 2 32 2 4 4 0.5 24786787 32 4 32 32 Range 0.03? 0.03?.25 0.125? 1? 16?2 0.5? 2? 2? 0.25? 32?32 1? 32?32 32?Effect size rItraconazole Voriconazole Posaconazole Bromuconazole Cyproconazole Difenoconazole Epoxiconazole Hexaconazole Metconazole Penconazole Tebuconazole Triadimefon Tricyclazole16 8.7 1.03 31.4 32 31.4 32 31 3.8 32 31.4 3216?16 0.43 4?6 0.5? 0.65 0.0.96 0.91 0.72 0.96 0.22 0.96 0.92 0.95 0.89 0 0.96 016?32 2.5 32?32 30.9 16?32 2.0 32?32 5.2 8?32 1? 4.87 0.32?32 30.9 16?32 2.6 .3232?32*Minimum inhibitory concentration; GM, geometric mean. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052871.tcontained alleles at seven of the nine microsatellite loci found in the Indian azole-resistant genotype, one more than all the Indian azole-susceptible strains combined. At locus 2A, only the sample from outside India contained the allele #14 (in 8 of the 51 strains) found in the Indian azole-resistant genotype while the azolesusceptible sample from India did not contain this allele (.
