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In vivo assessment of drug efficacy against Mycobacterium abscessus using the embryonic zebrafish test system. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2014; 58:4054-63. [PMID: 24798271 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00142-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium abscessus is responsible for a wide spectrum of clinical syndromes and is one of the most intrinsically drug-resistant mycobacterial species. Recent evaluation of the in vivo therapeutic efficacy of the few potentially active antibiotics against M. abscessus was essentially performed using immunocompromised mice. Herein, we assessed the feasibility and sensitivity of fluorescence imaging for monitoring the in vivo activity of drugs against acute M. abscessus infection using zebrafish embryos. A protocol was developed where clarithromycin and imipenem were directly added to water containing fluorescent M. abscessus-infected embryos in a 96-well plate format. The status of the infection with increasing drug concentrations was visualized on a spatiotemporal level. Drug efficacy was assessed quantitatively by measuring the index of protection, the bacterial burden (CFU), and the number of abscesses through fluorescence measurements. Both drugs were active in infected embryos and were capable of significantly increasing embryo survival in a dose-dependent manner. Protection from bacterial killing correlated with restricted mycobacterial growth in the drug-treated larvae and with reduced pathophysiological symptoms, such as the number of abscesses within the brain. In conclusion, we present here a new and efficient method for testing and compare the in vivo activity of two clinically relevant drugs based on a fluorescent reporter strain in zebrafish embryos. This approach could be used for rapid determination of the in vivo drug susceptibility profile of clinical isolates and to assess the preclinical efficacy of new compounds against M. abscessus.
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Sinagra JLM, Kanitz EE, Cerocchi C, Cota C, Fantetti O, Prignano G, Donati P, Tortoli EM, D'Ancona FP, Capitanio B. Mycobacterium abscessus hand-and-foot disease in children: rare or emerging disease? Pediatr Dermatol 2014; 31:292-7. [PMID: 24758202 DOI: 10.1111/pde.12333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Mycobacterium abscessus is emerging as an important cause of cutaneous infections in sporadic cases and outbreak settings. Although immunosuppressed or elderly patients are most commonly affected, in 2006 an outbreak of clinically distinct cutaneous lesions on the hands and feet caused by M. abscessus in a population of healthy children using a public swimming pool was reported. This article describes an outbreak of skin infection in a population of healthy Italian children attending the same school and using the same swimming pool. In January 2010 we identified three children with multiple, painful nodules on the palms and soles. M. abscessus was isolated from one child's lesions. A public health investigation was conducted and a team of dermatologists and public health officers visited all of the children; 514 children were screened and 29 cases were identified overall. All of the affected children had used the school's swimming pool. These children were treated with oral clarithromycin for 4 to 8 weeks. Because of the long period of time between the presentation and diagnosis of the first cases, the possibility that the number of cases may have been underestimated cannot be excluded. To our knowledge, this is the second largest reported cluster of M. abscessus skin infection suspected to be related to swimming pool exposure in a population of otherwise healthy children. It is unclear whether this disease is rare or should be considered as an emerging clinical entity.
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Kalpana S, Sarath Balaji B. Pulmonary infection by rapidly growing mycobacterium in an immunocompetent child. Indian Pediatr 2014; 51:223-4. [DOI: 10.1007/s13312-014-0355-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Mycobacterium Abscessus Granulomatous Cystitis in a Patient With Superficial Bladder Cancer. INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE 2014. [DOI: 10.1097/ipc.0b013e31828875e6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Iwanaga K, Carter ER. Mycobacterium abscessus complex lung infection in a toddler with a tracheostomy. Pediatr Pulmonol 2014; 49:296-8. [PMID: 23460506 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.22789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2012] [Revised: 01/11/2013] [Accepted: 01/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Mycobacterium abscessus complex and other non-tuberculous mycobacteria are infrequently encountered respiratory pathogens in patients with tracheostomies. We report a 4-year-old girl with a tracheostomy, placed during infancy for management of severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia and laryngeal stenosis, who developed a M. abscessus complex lung infection. There was clear evidence of parenchymal involvement and true infection beyond colonization. She demonstrated dramatic clinical, laboratory, and radiographic improvement after prolonged anti-mycobacterial therapy.
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- Kensho Iwanaga
- Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington; Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington
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Mycobacterium abscessus cording prevents phagocytosis and promotes abscess formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:E943-52. [PMID: 24567393 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1321390111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 235] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium abscessus is a rapidly growing Mycobacterium causing a wide spectrum of clinical syndromes. It now is recognized as a pulmonary pathogen to which cystic fibrosis patients have a particular susceptibility. The M. abscessus rough (R) variant, devoid of cell-surface glycopeptidolipids (GPLs), causes more severe clinical disease than the smooth (S) variant, but the underlying mechanisms of R-variant virulence remain obscure. Exploiting the optical transparency of zebrafish embryos, we observed that the increased virulence of the M. abscessus R variant compared with the S variant correlated with the loss of GPL production. The virulence of the R variant involved the massive production of serpentine cords, absent during S-variant infection, and the cords initiated abscess formation leading to rapid larval death. Cording occurred within the vasculature and was highly pronounced in the central nervous system (CNS). It appears that M. abscessus is transported to the CNS within macrophages. The release of M. abscessus from apoptotic macrophages initiated the formation of cords that grew too large to be phagocytized by macrophages or neutrophils. This study is a description of the crucial role of cording in the in vivo physiopathology of M. abscessus infection and emphasizes cording as a mechanism of immune evasion.
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Kim K, Waterer G, Thomson R, Yang IA, Nashi N, Tan DBA, Price P. Levels of anti-cytokine antibodies may be elevated in patients with pulmonary disease associated with non-tuberculous mycobacteria. Cytokine 2014; 66:160-3. [PMID: 24508556 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2014.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2013] [Revised: 12/10/2013] [Accepted: 01/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Pulmonary disease due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is caused by several species (particularly Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium intracellulare) that are abundant in the environment. Th1 cytokines such as interferon (IFN)-γ are important in the control of mycobacteria, but in vitro production of IFN-γ is not deficient in adult patients with pulmonary NTM disease. Antibodies reactive with IFN-γ have been described in patients with disseminated NTM disease, but it is not clear whether they are common in pulmonary disease. Here we show that patients with pulmonary NTM have a higher level of anti-IFN-γ and anti-GM-CSF antibodies than healthy controls, although some controls also have high levels. Levels of anti-IFN-γ antibodies did not correlate with levels of total immunoglobulin. Longitudinal studies are required to determine whether anti-cytokine autoantibodies are consequence rather than a cause of pulmonary NTM disease.
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- Kyungchul Kim
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Greenslopes Private Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Centre for Asthma, Allergy & Respiratory Research, Lung Institute of Western Australia, Australia
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
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Kim BJ, Kim BR, Lee SY, Kook YH, Kim BJ. Rough colony morphology of Mycobacterium massiliense Type II genotype is due to the deletion of glycopeptidolipid locus within its genome. BMC Genomics 2013; 14:890. [PMID: 24341808 PMCID: PMC3878547 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2013] [Accepted: 12/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Background Recently, we introduced the complete genome sequence of Mycobacterium massiliense clinical isolates, Asan 50594 belonging to Type II genotype with rough colony morphology. Here, to address the issue of whether the rough colony morphotype of M. massiliense Type II genotype is genetically determined or not, we compared polymorphisms of the glycopeptidolipid (GPL) gene locus between M. massiliense Type II Asan 50594 and other rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) strains via analysis of genome databases. Results We found deletions of 10 genes (24.8 kb), in the GPL biosynthesis related gene cluster of Asan 50594 genome, but no deletions in those of other smooth RGMs. To check the presence of deletions of GPL biosynthesis related genes in Mycobacterium abscessus − complex strains, PCRs targeting 12 different GPL genes (10 genes deleted in Asan 50594 genome as well as 2 conserved genes) were applied into 76 clinical strains of the M. abscessus complex strains [54 strains (Type I: 33, and Type II: 21) of M. massiliense and 22 strains (rough morphoype: 11 and smooth morphotype: 11) of M. abscessus]. No strains of the Type II genotype produced PCR amplicons in a total of 10 deleted GPL genes, suggesting loss of GPL biosynthesis genes in the genome of M. massiliense type II genotype strains. Conclusions Our data suggested that the rough colony morphotype of the M. massiliense Type II genotype may be acquired via deletion events at the GPL gene locus for evolutionary adaptation between the host and pathogen.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Biomedical Sciences, Liver Research Institute, Cancer Research Institute and Seoul National University Medical Research Center (SNUMRC), Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-799, Republic of Korea.
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Soroka D, Dubée V, Soulier-Escrihuela O, Cuinet G, Hugonnet JE, Gutmann L, Mainardi JL, Arthur M. Characterization of broad-spectrum Mycobacterium abscessus class A β-lactamase. J Antimicrob Chemother 2013; 69:691-6. [PMID: 24132992 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Imipenem and cefoxitin are used to treat Mycobacterium abscessus infections and have moderate activity against this fast-growing mycobacterium (MIC₅₀ of 16 and 32 mg/L, respectively). M. abscessus is highly resistant to most other β-lactams, although the underlying mechanisms have not been explored. Here, we characterized M. abscessus class A β-lactamase (Bla(Mab)) and investigated its role in β-lactam resistance. METHODS Hydrolysis kinetic parameters of purified Bla(Mab) were determined by spectrophotometry for various β-lactams and compared with those of related BlaC from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. MICs of β-lactams were determined for M. abscessus CIP104536 and for Escherichia coli producing Bla(Mab) and BlaC. RESULTS Bla(Mab) had a broad hydrolysis spectrum, similar to that of BlaC, but with overall higher catalytic efficiencies, except for cefoxitin. As expected from its in vivo efficacy, cefoxitin was very slowly hydrolysed by Bla(Mab) (k(cat)/K(m) = 6.7 M(-1) s(-1)). Bla(Mab) hydrolysed imipenem more efficiently (k(cat)/K(m) = 3.0 × 10(4) M(-1) s(-1)), indicating that the in vivo activity of this drug might be improved by combination with a β-lactamase inhibitor. β-Lactamase inhibitors clavulanate, tazobactam and sulbactam did not inhibit Bla(Mab). This enzyme efficiently hydrolysed clavulanate, in contrast to BlaC, which is irreversibly acylated by this inhibitor. Bla(Mab) and BlaC were functional in E. coli and the resistance profiles mediated by these enzymes were in agreement with the kinetic parameters. CONCLUSIONS M. abscessus produces a clavulanate-insensitive broad-spectrum β-lactamase that limits the in vivo efficacy of β-lactams.
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- Daria Soroka
- INSERM, U872, LRMA, Equipe 12 du Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris F-75006, France
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Howard ST, Newman KL, McNulty S, Brown-Elliott BA, Vasireddy R, Bridge L, Wallace RJ. Insertion site and distribution of a genomic island conferring DNA phosphorothioation in the Mycobacterium abscessus complex. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2013; 159:2323-2332. [PMID: 24014661 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.070318-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Nearly half of US clinical isolates of the emerging pathogen Mycobacterium abscessus were reported to exhibit smeared DNA during PFGE. This DNA degradation (Dnd) phenotype results from DNA phosphorothioation, a sulfur modification found in other bacteria and conferred by dnd genes located on mobile elements. Putative dnd genes are located on a 19.6 kbp genomic island (GI) in the M. abscessus type strain ATCC 19977. We confirmed that ATCC 19977(T) is Dnd-positive by PFGE and we developed a PCR assay to predict Dnd phenotype. Dnd-positive strains generated an amplicon from dndC whereas Dnd-negative strains generated a bridge amplicon that spanned the GI insertion site, indicating they lacked the entire 'Dnd-GI'. Comparative analyses of sequences from the bridge amplicon with ATCC 19977(T) revealed the Dnd-GI is flanked by 22 bp repeats in M. abscessus sensu stricto and inserted downstream of a tRNA-Ala gene and between inverted repeats. Regions flanking the Dnd-GI were highly conserved within the M. abscessus complex. Bioinformatics studies suggest the Dnd-GI inserted independently into a strain of Mycobacterium massiliense and that other species of mycobacteria also have dnd genes, supporting reports that the Dnd phenotype is common among actinomycetes. Within the M. abscessus complex, Dnd-positive clinical isolates were primarily M. abscessus sensu stricto, and tandem repeat typing indicated these isolates were highly related, confirming previous PFGE studies and revealing a widespread family of strains with significance in human disease.
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- Susan T Howard
- Department of Microbiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, 11937 U.S. Highway 271, Tyler, TX, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, 11937 U.S. Highway 271, Tyler, TX, USA
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- Mycobacteria/Nocardia Laboratory, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, 11937 U.S. Highway 271, Tyler, TX, USA.,Department of Microbiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, 11937 U.S. Highway 271, Tyler, TX, USA
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- Mycobacteria/Nocardia Laboratory, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, 11937 U.S. Highway 271, Tyler, TX, USA.,Department of Microbiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, 11937 U.S. Highway 271, Tyler, TX, USA
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- Mycobacteria/Nocardia Laboratory, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, 11937 U.S. Highway 271, Tyler, TX, USA.,Department of Microbiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, 11937 U.S. Highway 271, Tyler, TX, USA
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- Mycobacteria/Nocardia Laboratory, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, 11937 U.S. Highway 271, Tyler, TX, USA.,Department of Microbiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, 11937 U.S. Highway 271, Tyler, TX, USA
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- Mycobacteria/Nocardia Laboratory, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, 11937 U.S. Highway 271, Tyler, TX, USA.,Department of Microbiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, 11937 U.S. Highway 271, Tyler, TX, USA
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Draft Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium massiliense Strain M159, Showing Phenotypic Resistance to β-Lactam and Tetracycline Antibiotics. GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS 2013; 1:1/4/e00669-13. [PMID: 23990576 PMCID: PMC3757451 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.00669-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Mycobacterium massiliense is a nontuberculous mycobacterium associated with human infections. We report here the draft genome sequence of M. massiliense strain M159, isolated from the bronchial aspirate of a patient who had a pulmonary infection. This strain showed genotypic and in vitro resistance to a number of tetracyclines and beta-lactam antibiotics.
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Prasanna AN, Mehra S. Comparative phylogenomics of pathogenic and non-pathogenic mycobacterium. PLoS One 2013; 8:e71248. [PMID: 24015186 PMCID: PMC3756022 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2013] [Accepted: 06/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium species are the source of a variety of infectious diseases in a range of hosts. Genome based methods are used to understand the adaptation of each pathogenic species to its unique niche. In this work, we report the comparison of pathogenic and non-pathogenic Mycobacterium genomes. Phylogenetic trees were constructed using sequence of core orthologs, gene content and gene order. It is found that the genome based methods can better resolve the inter-species evolutionary distances compared to the conventional 16S based tree. Phylogeny based on gene order highlights distinct evolutionary characteristics as compared to the methods based on sequence, as illustrated by the shift in the relative position of M. abscessus. This difference in gene order among the Mycobacterium species is further investigated using a detailed synteny analysis. It is found that while rearrangements between some Mycobacterium genomes are local within synteny blocks, few possess global rearrangements across the genomes. The study illustrates how a combination of different genome based methods is essential to build a robust phylogenetic relationship between closely related organisms.
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- Arun N. Prasanna
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India
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Potentiation of high hydrostatic pressure inactivation of Mycobacterium by combination with physical and chemical conditions. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 97:7417-25. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5067-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2013] [Revised: 06/17/2013] [Accepted: 06/17/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Tuberculosis globally results in almost 2 million human deaths annually, with 1 in 4 deaths from tuberculosis being human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)-related. Primarily a pathogen of the respiratory system, aerobic Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) infects the lungs via the inhalation of infected aerosol droplets generated by people with pulmonary disease through coughing. This review focuses on M. tuberculosis transmission, epidemiology, detection methods and technologies.
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- Balkis A Talip
- Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland
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- Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine
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- Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine
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- Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine
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The first structure of a mycobacteriophage, the Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii phage Araucaria. J Virol 2013; 87:8099-109. [PMID: 23678183 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01209-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The unique characteristics of the waxy mycobacterial cell wall raise questions about specific structural features of their bacteriophages. No structure of any mycobacteriophage is available, although ∼3,500 have been described to date. To fill this gap, we embarked in a genomic and structural study of a bacteriophage from Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii, a member of the Mycobacterium abscessus group. This opportunistic pathogen is responsible for respiratory tract infections in patients with lung disorders, particularly cystic fibrosis. M. abscessus subsp. bolletii was isolated from respiratory tract specimens, and bacteriophages were observed in the cultures. We report here the genome annotation and characterization of the M. abscessus subsp. bolletii prophage Araucaria, as well as the first single-particle electron microscopy reconstruction of the whole virion. Araucaria belongs to Siphoviridae and possesses a 64-kb genome containing 89 open reading frames (ORFs), among which 27 could be annotated with certainty. Although its capsid and connector share close similarity with those of several phages from Gram-negative (Gram(-)) or Gram(+) bacteria, its most distinctive characteristic is the helical tail decorated by radial spikes, possibly host adhesion devices, according to which the phage name was chosen. Its host adsorption device, at the tail tip, assembles features observed in phages binding to protein receptors, such as phage SPP1. All together, these results suggest that Araucaria may infect its mycobacterial host using a mechanism involving adhesion to cell wall saccharides and protein, a feature that remains to be further explored.
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Do PCM, Nussbaum E, Moua J, Chin T, Randhawa I. Clinical significance of respiratory isolates for Mycobacterium abscessus complex from pediatric patients. Pediatr Pulmonol 2013; 48:470-80. [PMID: 22833551 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.22638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2011] [Accepted: 04/24/2012] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Mycobacterium abscessus complex is the most virulent of rapidly growing mycobacteria causing invasive lung disease. To better delineate clinical pediatric experience and outcomes with M. abscessus complex, we retrospectively gathered 5-year data on M. abscessus complex infection and outcomes in a large, hospital-based pediatric pulmonary center. Patients were selected from the database of the microbiology department at Miller Children's Hospital in Long Beach, CA. Patients had at least one positive pulmonary isolate for M. abscessus complex from February 2006 to May 2011. Treatment modality data were collected and successful therapy of disease was determined as clearance of M. abscessus complex infection after antibiotics proven by culture negative respiratory isolate within at least 12 months of therapy initiation. Two cystic fibrosis patients with M. abscessus complex were identified, one with failed therapy and the other with stable pulmonary status despite persistent isolation. One primary ciliary dyskinesia patient had successful clearance of M. abscessus complex, however is now growing M. avium intracellulare. A patient with no prior medical history was successfully treated with antimycobacterial therapy. Eleven patients with neuromuscular disorders had tracheal aspirates positive for M. abscessus complex. None were treated due to stable lung status and all but two had spontaneous clearance of the mycobacteria. The two remaining persist with sporadic isolation of M. abscessus complex without clinical significance. We concluded that patients with tracheostomy associated M. abscessus complex infections do not appear to require treatment and often have spontaneous resolution. Cystic fibrosis or primary ciliary dyskinesia patients may have clinical disease warranting treatment, but current antimycobacterial therapy has not proven to be completely successful. As M. abscessus complex gains prevalence, standardized guidelines for diagnosis and therapy are needed in the pediatric population. Multicenter cohort analysis is necessary to achieve such guidelines.
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- Paul C M Do
- Miller Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Long Beach, California 90806, USA.
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Identification and characterization of potential therapeutic candidates in emerging human pathogen Mycobacterium abscessus: a novel hierarchical in silico approach. PLoS One 2013; 8:e59126. [PMID: 23527108 PMCID: PMC3602546 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2012] [Accepted: 02/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium abscessus, a non-tuberculous rapidly growing mycobacterium, is recognized as an emerging human pathogen causing a variety of infections ranging from skin and soft tissue infections to severe pulmonary infections. Lack of an optimal treatment regimen and emergence of multi-drug resistance in clinical isolates necessitate the development of better/new drugs against this pathogen. The present study aims at identification and qualitative characterization of promising drug targets in M. abscessus using a novel hierarchical in silico approach, encompassing three phases of analyses. In phase I, five sets of proteins were mined through chokepoint, plasmid, pathway, virulence factors, and resistance genes and protein network analysis. These were filtered in phase II, in order to find out promising drug target candidates through subtractive channel of analysis. The analysis resulted in 40 therapeutic candidates which are likely to be essential for the survival of the pathogen and non-homologous to host, human anti-targets, and gut flora. Many of the identified targets were found to be involved in different metabolisms (viz., amino acid, energy, carbohydrate, fatty acid, and nucleotide), xenobiotics degradation, and bacterial pathogenicity. Finally, in phase III, the candidate targets were qualitatively characterized through cellular localization, broad spectrum, interactome, functionality, and druggability analysis. The study explained their subcellular location identifying drug/vaccine targets, possibility of being broad spectrum target candidate, functional association with metabolically interacting proteins, cellular function (if hypothetical), and finally, druggable property. Outcome of the present study could facilitate the identification of novel antibacterial agents for better treatment of M. abscesses infections.
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Huang CW, Chen JH, Hu ST, Huang WC, Lee YC, Huang CC, Shen GH. Synergistic activities of tigecycline with clarithromycin or amikacin against rapidly growing mycobacteria in Taiwan. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2013; 41:218-23. [PMID: 23312605 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2012.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2012] [Revised: 09/19/2012] [Accepted: 10/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The occurrence of diseases caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) is increasing in Taiwan. In this study, the in vitro antimicrobial activities of tigecycline, minocycline, tetracycline and doxycycline were evaluated against 160 clinical RGM isolates, including 34 Mycobacterium abscessus sensu stricto (s.s.), 44 Mycobacterium massiliense, 1 Mycobacterium bolletii, 58 Mycobacterium fortuitum and 23 Mycobacterium chelonae. Clarithromycin and amikacin were tested alone as well as for synergistic effect with tigecycline. Both amikacin and tigecycline showed excellent activities against the RGM. More than 85% of each of the five RGM species isolates showed susceptibility to the two drugs. The MIC₅₀ and MIC₉₀ values (drug concentrations at which 50% and 90%, respectively, of the tested isolates did not show any visible growth) of amikacin were 1-4 mg/L and 2-8 mg/L, respectively, whilst those of tigecycline were 0.125-1 mg/L and 0.5-2.0 mg/L. Clarithromycin had only moderate activity, with ≥42.9% but ≤87.5% of each RGM species isolates showing susceptibility. The other three drugs had limited or no antimicrobial activity, with <40% of each RGM species isolates showing susceptibility. Combined with clarithromycin, tigecycline had synergistic activity against 92.9%, 68.8%, 100%, 35.7% and 46.2% of M. abscessus s.s., M. massiliense, M. bolletii, M. fortuitum and M. chelonae isolates, respectively. However, tigecycline combined with amikacin had synergistic activity against <25% but antagonistic activity against >18% of each RGM species. Thus, tigecycline alone may be an alternative for treating RGM diseases in patients who are intolerant to cefoxitin, imipenem or amikacin. However, it should be used with caution or not used in combination with amikacin for RGM diseases.
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- Chien-Wen Huang
- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Fong Yuan Hospital, Taiwan Department of Health, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
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Szumowski JD, Adams KN, Edelstein PH, Ramakrishnan L. Antimicrobial efflux pumps and Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug tolerance: evolutionary considerations. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2013; 374:81-108. [PMID: 23242857 PMCID: PMC3859842 DOI: 10.1007/82_2012_300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The need for lengthy treatment to cure tuberculosis stems from phenotypic drug resistance, also known as drug tolerance, which has been previously attributed to slowed bacterial growth in vivo. We discuss recent findings that challenge this model and instead implicate macrophage-induced mycobacterial efflux pumps in antimicrobial tolerance. Although mycobacterial efflux pumps may have originally served to protect against environmental toxins, in the pathogenic mycobacteria, they appear to have been repurposed for intracellular growth. In this light, we discuss the potential of efflux pump inhibitors such as verapamil to shorten tuberculosis treatment by their dual inhibition of tolerance and growth.
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- John D Szumowski
- Department of Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases), University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA,
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Boon C, Dick T. How Mycobacterium tuberculosis goes to sleep: the dormancy survival regulator DosR a decade later. Future Microbiol 2012; 7:513-8. [PMID: 22439727 DOI: 10.2217/fmb.12.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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With 2 million deaths per year, TB remains the most significant bacterial killer. The long duration of chemotherapy and the large pool of latently infected people represent challenges in disease control. To develop drugs that effectively eradicate latent infection and shorten treatment duration, the pathophysiology of the causative agent Mycobacterium tuberculosis needs to be understood. The discovery that the tubercle bacillus can develop a drug-tolerant dormant form and the identification of the underlying genetic program 10 years ago paved the way for a deeper understanding of the life of the parasite inside human lesions and for new approaches to antimycobacterial drug discovery. Here, we summarize what we have learnt since the discovery of the master regulator of dormancy, DosR, and the key gaps in our knowledge that remain. Furthermore, we discuss a possible wider clinical relevance of DosR for 'nontuberculous mycobacteria'.
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- Calvin Boon
- Dx Assays Pte Ltd, Woodlands Central Industrial Estate, 35 Marsiling Industrial Estate Road 3, Unit 02-03/02/01, 739257, Singapore
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Chopra S, Koolpe GA, Tambo-Ong AA, Matsuyama KN, Ryan KJ, Tran TB, Doppalapudi RS, Riccio ES, Iyer LV, Green CE, Wan B, Franzblau SG, Madrid PB. Discovery and optimization of benzotriazine di-N-oxides targeting replicating and nonreplicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Med Chem 2012; 55:6047-60. [PMID: 22691154 DOI: 10.1021/jm300123s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Compounds bactericidal against both replicating and nonreplicating Mtb may shorten the length of TB treatment regimens by eliminating infections more rapidly. Screening of a panel of antimicrobial and anticancer drug classes that are bioreduced into cytotoxic species revealed that 1,2,4-benzotriazine di-N-oxides (BTOs) are potently bactericidal against replicating and nonreplicating Mtb. Medicinal chemistry optimization, guided by semiempirical molecular orbital calculations, identified a new lead compound (20q) from this series with an MIC of 0.31 μg/mL against H37Rv and a cytotoxicity (CC(50)) against Vero cells of 25 μg/mL. 20q also had equivalent potency against a panel of single-drug resistant strains of Mtb and remarkably selective activity for Mtb over a panel of other pathogenic bacterial strains. 20q was also negative in a L5178Y MOLY assay, indicating low potential for genetic toxicity. These data along with measurements of the physiochemical properties and pharmacokinetic profile demonstrate that BTOs have the potential to be developed into a new class of antitubercular drugs.
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- Sidharth Chopra
- Center for Infectious Disease and Biodefense Research, Bioscience Division, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3493, USA
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Whole-genome sequence of the emerging pathogen Mycobacterium abscessus strain 47J26. J Bacteriol 2012; 194:549. [PMID: 22207751 DOI: 10.1128/jb.06440-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium abscessus is a rapidly growing environmental mycobacterium commonly found in soil and water which is often also associated with infections in humans, particularly of the lung. We report herein the draft genome sequence of M. abscessus strain 47J26.
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Kim TS, Lee HM, Yoo H, Park YK, Jo EK. Intracellular Signaling Pathways that Regulate Macrophage Chemokine Expression in Response toMycobacterium abscessus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.4167/jbv.2012.42.2.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Tae Sung Kim
- Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
- Infection Signaling Network Research Center, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
- Infection Signaling Network Research Center, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Research and Development, Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Osong Bio-Health Science Technopolis, Chungbuk, Korea
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- Department of Research and Development, Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Osong Bio-Health Science Technopolis, Chungbuk, Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
- Infection Signaling Network Research Center, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
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Kim M, Sung YB, Kim BN. Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Caused by Mycobacterium abscessusDeveloped after Intramuscular Injection: A Case Report. Infect Chemother 2012. [DOI: 10.3947/ic.2012.44.2.67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Minkyu Kim
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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Falkinham JO, Macri RV, Maisuria BB, Actis ML, Sugandhi EW, Williams AA, Snyder AV, Jackson FR, Poppe MA, Chen L, Ganesh K, Gandour RD. Antibacterial activities of dendritic amphiphiles against nontuberculous mycobacteria. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2011; 92:173-81. [PMID: 22209468 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2011.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2011] [Revised: 11/30/2011] [Accepted: 12/04/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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The anti-mycobacterial activities of nine series of dicarboxyl and tricarboxyl dendritic amphiphiles with one alkyl, two alkyl, and cholestanyl tails against Mycobacterium abscessus, Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium chelonae, Mycobacterium marinum and Mycobacterium smegmatis have been measured. The dendritic amphiphiles overcame the limited aqueous solubility of natural long-chain fatty acids, alcohols, and amines to enable profiling the susceptibilities of the different mycobacterial species to the physicochemical properties of these amphiphiles. Several dendritic amphiphiles showed strong anti-mycobacterial activity with high critical micelle concentrations and low hemolytic activities thereby offering platforms for the development of antibiotics of higher activity against nontuberculous mycobacteria.
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- Joseph O Falkinham
- Department of Biological Science (0406), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
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Cortes M, Singh AK, Reyrat JM, Gaillard JL, Nassif X, Herrmann JL. Conditional gene expression in Mycobacterium abscessus. PLoS One 2011; 6:e29306. [PMID: 22195042 PMCID: PMC3240655 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2011] [Accepted: 11/24/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium abscessus is an emerging human pathogen responsible for lung infections, skin and soft-tissue infections and disseminated infections in immunocompromised patients. It may exist either as a smooth (S) or rough (R) morphotype, the latter being associated with increased pathogenicity in various models. Genetic tools for homologous recombination and conditional gene expression are desperately needed to allow the study of M. abscessus virulence. However, descriptions of knock-out (KO) mutants in M. abscessus are rare, with only one KO mutant from an S strain described so far. Moreover, of the three major tools developed for homologous recombination in mycobacteria, only the one based on expression of phage recombinases is working. Several conditional gene expression tools have recently been engineered for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium smegmatis, but none have been tested yet in M. abscessus. Based on previous experience with genetic tools allowing homologous recombination and their failure in M. abscessus, we evaluated the potential interest of a conditional gene expression approach using a system derived from the two repressors system, TetR/PipOFF. After several steps necessary to adapt TetR/PipOFF for M. abscessus, we have shown the efficiency of this system for conditional expression of an essential mycobacterial gene, fadD32. Inhibition of fadD32 was demonstrated for both the S and R isotypes, with marginally better efficiency for the R isotype. Conditional gene expression using the dedicated TetR/PipOFF system vectors developed here is effective in S and R M. abscessus, and may constitute an interesting approach for future genetic studies in this pathogen.
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- Mélanie Cortes
- Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de médecine, Paris, France
- INSERM (U-1002), Paris, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de médecine, Paris, France
- INSERM (U-1002), Paris, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de médecine, Paris, France
- INSERM (U-1002), Paris, France
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- EA 3647 Physiopathologie et diagnostic des infections microbiennes, Université Versailles St Quentin, and Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, AP-HP, Garches, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de médecine, Paris, France
- INSERM (U-1002), Paris, France
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- EA 3647 Physiopathologie et diagnostic des infections microbiennes, Université Versailles St Quentin, and Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, AP-HP, Garches, France
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Zhao P, Zhang YY, Li YB, Zhu Y, Wan KL. Diagnosis of pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium abscessus: a case report. J Int Med Res 2011; 39:968-75. [PMID: 21819731 DOI: 10.1177/147323001103900332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) is a non-tuberculous mycobacterium and an important emerging pathogen causing skin, soft tissue and pulmonary infections. The case of a 59-year-old man with a history of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and current pulmonary infection due to M. abscessus, complicated with pneumocardial disease and bronchiectasis, is described. Zhiel-Neelsen stain and acid Lowenstein-Jensen culture were both positive for acid-fast bacillus. The patient was initially misdiagnosed and ineffectively treated for pulmonary TB. Antimycobacterial susceptibility tests found the isolate to be resistant to four first-line and seven second-line antituberculosis drugs. The isolate was finally identified as M. abscessus using 16S ribosomal RNA and hsp65 and rpoB gene sequence analysis. Species of mycobacterium should be included in the differential diagnosis when patients do not respond to standard antituberculosis therapy. Molecular methods are useful for rapid and species-specific identification.
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- P Zhao
- Chaoyang Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Novel insights into the innate immune response to non-tuberculous Mycobacteria. Immunol Cell Biol 2011; 90:568-70. [PMID: 21989418 DOI: 10.1038/icb.2011.86] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Nessar R, Reyrat JM, Murray A, Gicquel B. Genetic analysis of new 16S rRNA mutations conferring aminoglycoside resistance in Mycobacterium abscessus. J Antimicrob Chemother 2011; 66:1719-24. [PMID: 21652621 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES We studied the development and fitness cost of 2-deoxystreptamine aminoglycoside resistance of Mycobacterium abscessus. METHODS Spontaneous 2-deoxystreptamine aminoglycoside-resistant mutants were selected and the frequency of their appearance was determined. The 3' part of the rrs gene was sequenced to characterize mutations. Additionally, we determined the MICs of aminoglycoside drugs for the different mutants obtained. The dominance/recessivity traits of the different mutations were examined and we explored the potential cost conferred by the mutations selected in vitro on the fitness of these isolates compared with the wild-type strain. RESULTS The in vitro mutation rate for 2-deoxystreptamine aminoglycoside resistance was ∼10(-7) mutations/cell division. In addition to the known rrs A→G substitution at position 1408 (Escherichia coli numbering), which confers kanamycin resistance (Kan(R)), three new substitutions in rrs were identified in M. abscessus Kan(R) mutants, i.e. T→A at 1406, C→T at 1409 and G→T at 1491. Heterodiploids carrying genomic mutations T→A at 1406 and A→G at 1408 with the wild-type rrs gene carried by the pNBV1 vector showed a resistant phenotype. In contrast, heterodiploids carrying genomic mutations C→T at 1409 and G→T at 1491 with the wild-type rrs gene carried by the pNBV1 vector had a susceptible phenotype. No burden on fitness was observed for the different mutations. CONCLUSION Mutations in the rrs gene that confer high-level 2-deoxystreptamine aminoglycoside resistance on M. abscessus differ in their dominance/recessivity traits and have no biological cost under our experimental conditions.
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- Rachid Nessar
- Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine Paris Descartes, F-75730 Paris Cedex 15, France.
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Sánchez-Chardi A, Olivares F, Byrd TF, Julián E, Brambilla C, Luquin M. Demonstration of cord formation by rough Mycobacterium abscessus variants: implications for the clinical microbiology laboratory. J Clin Microbiol 2011; 49:2293-5. [PMID: 21490192 PMCID: PMC3122772 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.02322-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2010] [Accepted: 03/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In low-income countries some infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria are misdiagnosed as multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. In most of these settings the observation of microscopic cords is the only technique used to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the laboratory. In this article we definitively demonstrate that Mycobacterium abscessus, an emerging pulmonary pathogen, also forms microscopic cords.
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- Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- The University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108
- Department of Medicine, Albuquerque Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108
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- Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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Roux AL, Ray A, Pawlik A, Medjahed H, Etienne G, Rottman M, Catherinot E, Coppée JY, Chaoui K, Monsarrat B, Toubert A, Daffé M, Puzo G, Gaillard JL, Brosch R, Dulphy N, Nigou J, Herrmann JL. Overexpression of proinflammatory TLR-2-signalling lipoproteins in hypervirulent mycobacterial variants. Cell Microbiol 2011; 13:692-704. [PMID: 21143571 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2010.01565.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Changes in the cell envelope composition of mycobacteria cause major changes in cytokine profiles of infected antigen presenting cells. We describe here the modulation of inflammatory responses by Mycobacterium abscessus, an emerging pathogen in cystic fibrosis. M. abscessus is able to switch from a smooth (S) to a rough (R) morphotype by the loss of a surface glycopeptidolipid. R variants are associated with severe clinical forms and a 'hyper-proinflammatory' response in ex vivo and in vivo models. Using partitioning of cell surface components we found that a complex fraction, more abundant in R variants than in S variants, made a major contribution to the TLR-2-dependent hyper-proinflammatory response induced by R variants. Lipoproteins were the main TLR-2 agonists in this fraction, consistent with the larger amounts of 16 lipoproteins in cell surface extracts from R variants; 15 out of 16 being more strongly induced in R variant than in S variant. Genetic interruption of glycopeptidolipid pathway in wild-type S variant resulted in R phenotype with similar induction of lipoprotein genes. In conclusion, R morphotype in M. abscessus is associated with increased synthesis/exposure at the cell surface of lipoproteins, these changes profoundly modifying the innate immune response through TLR-2-dependent mechanisms.
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- Anne-Laure Roux
- EA 3647 Physiopathologie et diagnostic des infections microbiennes, Université Versailles St Quentin, and Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, AP-HP, Garches, France
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This unit covers genetic manipulation protocols for M. abscessus, including nucleic acid extraction (plasmid DNA, genomic DNA, and RNA), transformation, and a recombineering mutagenesis method. M. abscessus is a Biosafety Level 2 (BSL-2) bacterium, and working considerations are also discussed.
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- Halima Medjahed
- Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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Cortesia C, Lopez GJ, de Waard JH, Takiff HE. The use of quaternary ammonium disinfectants selects for persisters at high frequency from some species of non-tuberculous mycobacteria and may be associated with outbreaks of soft tissue infections. J Antimicrob Chemother 2010; 65:2574-81. [PMID: 20926395 PMCID: PMC2976628 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are increasingly important as opportunistic infections after major and minor surgical procedures, likely because they are ubiquitous and not effectively killed by many commonly used disinfectants. Outbreaks of soft tissue infections with NTM appeared related to the use of commercial disinfectants based on quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs). Methods We studied the survival of clinical and environmental isolates of Mycobacterium abscessus, Mycobacterium massiliense, Mycobacterium chelonae and Mycobacterium fortuitum after 20 min, 60 min or 24 h exposures to different QACs, and the surviving bacteria were then re-exposed to QACs to see if the percentage of surviving bacteria had increased. The bacteria were labelled with a dnaA–gfp fusion and their level of QAC resistance monitored as increasing fluorescence. The QAC-resistant bacteria were then serially restreaked onto non-selective medium and retested for QAC survival. Results The frequency of survivors was <1 in 105 bacteria with Mycobacterium smegmatis, but >1 in 100 with the other mycobacteria studied. Different environmental and clinical isolates had similar QAC MICs, but QAC survivors of each strain were resistant. The QAC-surviving strains reverted to the original, non-resistant phenotype after several passages on non-selective medium. Conclusions QACs should not be used in settings where even minimally invasive procedures are performed, as they select for a non-genetically determined reversible resistant phenotype that appears at high frequency with several rapidly growing mycobacterial species associated with healthcare-related infections. M. smegmatis behaves differently and is not an adequate model for testing the activity of disinfectants against NTM.
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- Claudia Cortesia
- Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, CMBC, IVIC, Caracas, Venezuela
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Development of a rapid ATP bioluminescence assay for biocidal susceptibility testing of rapidly growing mycobacteria. J Clin Microbiol 2010; 48:3725-8. [PMID: 20720030 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01482-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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An ATP-based biocide susceptibility assay for mycobacteria was developed by optimizing the cell lysis and assay conditions. Compared to the conventional agar plating method, the assay was rapid (1.5 h) and showed high sensitivity and specificity as determined by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. The test species, Mycobacterium immunogenum, M. chelonae, and M. abscessus, showed various susceptibilities to the glutaraldehyde- and isothiazolone-based test biocides.
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