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Miao X, Yang W, Wang S, Tang J, Luo X, Chen T. Lung abscess caused by the anaerobic pathogen Tannerella forsythia. Respirol Case Rep 2024; 12:e01391. [PMID: 38831800 PMCID: PMC11147646 DOI: 10.1002/rcr2.1391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024] Open
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Odontogenic infections can spread to the respiratory tract. Despite the known role of Tannerella forsythia as the primary pathogen in periodontitis, the association between T. forsythia infection and risk of pneumonia or lung abscess remains unknown. In this report, we present a case of lung abscess caused by T. forsythia infection. The pathogen was detected by metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of the patient. The clinical characteristics and possible mechanisms of the infection are discussed. T. forsythia is a conditional pathogen that can cause lung abscess in the presence of helper bacteria and reduced host immune status. The course of treatment should be personalized and might be longer than 3 months.
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- XiaYi Miao
- Department of Respiratory MedicinePutuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineShanghaiPeople's Republic of China
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- Department of Respiratory MedicinePutuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineShanghaiPeople's Republic of China
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- Department of Respiratory MedicinePutuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineShanghaiPeople's Republic of China
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- Department of Respiratory MedicinePutuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineShanghaiPeople's Republic of China
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- Department of Respiratory MedicinePutuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineShanghaiPeople's Republic of China
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- Department of Respiratory MedicinePutuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineShanghaiPeople's Republic of China
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Chen Y, Mao L, Lai D, Xu W, Zhang Y, Wu S, Yang D, Zhao S, Liu Z, Xiao Y, Tang Y, Meng X, Wang M, Shi J, Chen Q, Shu Q. Improved targeting of the 16S rDNA nanopore sequencing method enables rapid pathogen identification in bacterial pneumonia in children. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2023; 12:1001607. [PMID: 36699719 PMCID: PMC9868273 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.1001607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Objectives To develop a rapid and low-cost method for 16S rDNA nanopore sequencing. Methods This was a prospective study on a 16S rDNA nanopore sequencing method. We developed this nanopore barcoding 16S sequencing method by adding barcodes to the 16S primer to reduce the reagent cost and simplify the experimental procedure. Twenty-one common pulmonary bacteria (7 reference strains, 14 clinical isolates) and 94 samples of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from children with severe pneumonia were tested. Results indicating low-abundance pathogenic bacteria were verified with the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Further, the results were compared with those of culture or PCR. Results The turnaround time was shortened to 6~8 hours and the reagent cost of DNA preparation was reduced by employing a single reaction adding barcodes to the 16S primer in advance. The accuracy rate for the 21 common pulmonary pathogens with an abundance ≥ 99% was 100%. Applying the culture or PCR results as the gold standard, 71 (75.5%) of the 94 patients were positive, including 25 positive cultures (26.6%) and 52 positive quantitative PCRs (55.3%). The median abundance in the positive culture and qPCR samples were 29.9% and 6.7%, respectively. With an abundance threshold increase of 1%, 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%, the test sensitivity decreased gradually to 98.6%, 84.9%, 72.6%, 67.1% and 64.4%, respectively, and the test specificity increased gradually to 33.3%, 71.4%, 81.0%, 90.5% and 100.0%, respectively. Conclusions The nanopore barcoding 16S sequencing method can rapidly identify the pathogens causing bacterial pneumonia in children.
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- Yinghu Chen
- The Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China,National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China,Joint Research Center for Molecular Diagnosis of Severe Infection in Children, Binjiang Institute of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Joint Research Center for Molecular Diagnosis of Severe Infection in Children, Binjiang Institute of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- The Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China,National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China,Joint Research Center for Molecular Diagnosis of Severe Infection in Children, Binjiang Institute of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- The Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China,National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China,Joint Research Center for Molecular Diagnosis of Severe Infection in Children, Binjiang Institute of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- The Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China,National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China
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- Joint Research Center for Molecular Diagnosis of Severe Infection in Children, Binjiang Institute of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Joint Research Center for Molecular Diagnosis of Severe Infection in Children, Binjiang Institute of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- The Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China,National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China
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- The Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China,National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China
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- The Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China,National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China
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- Joint Research Center for Molecular Diagnosis of Severe Infection in Children, Binjiang Institute of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Joint Research Center for Molecular Diagnosis of Severe Infection in Children, Binjiang Institute of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Joint Research Center for Molecular Diagnosis of Severe Infection in Children, Binjiang Institute of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Joint Research Center for Molecular Diagnosis of Severe Infection in Children, Binjiang Institute of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- The Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China,National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China,Joint Research Center for Molecular Diagnosis of Severe Infection in Children, Binjiang Institute of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China,*Correspondence: Qixing Chen, ; Qiang Shu,
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- The Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China,National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China,Joint Research Center for Molecular Diagnosis of Severe Infection in Children, Binjiang Institute of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China,*Correspondence: Qixing Chen, ; Qiang Shu,
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Zhang H, Wang M, Han X, Wang T, Lei Y, Rao Y, Xu P, Wang Y, Gu H. The application of targeted nanopore sequencing for the identification of pathogens and resistance genes in lower respiratory tract infections. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1065159. [PMID: 36620015 PMCID: PMC9822541 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1065159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Objectives Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) are one of the causes of mortality among infectious diseases. Microbial cultures commonly used in clinical practice are time-consuming, have poor sensitivity to unculturable and polymicrobial patterns, and are inadequate to guide timely and accurate antibiotic therapy. We investigated the feasibility of targeted nanopore sequencing (TNPseq) for the identification of pathogen and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes across suspected patients with LRTIs. TNPseq is a novel approach, which was improved based on nanopore sequencing for the identification of bacterial and fungal infections of clinical relevance. Methods This prospective study recruited 146 patients suspected of having LRTIs and with a median age of 61 years. The potential pathogens in these patients were detected by both TNPseq and the traditional culture workups. We compared the performance between the two methods among 146 LRTIs-related specimens. AMR genes were also detected by TNPseq to prompt the proper utilization of antibiotics. Results At least one pathogen was detected in 133 (91.1%) samples by TNPseq, but only 37 (25.3%) samples contained positive isolates among 146 cultured specimens. TNPseq possessed higher sensitivity than the conventional culture method (91.1 vs. 25.3%, P < 0.001) in identifying pathogens. It detected more samples with bacterial infections (P < 0.001) and mixed infections (P < 0.001) compared with the clinical culture tests. The most frequent AMR gene identified by TNPseq was bla TEM (n = 29), followed by bla SHV (n = 4), bla KPC (n = 2), bla CTX-M (n = 2), and mecA (n = 2). Furthermore, TNPseq discovered five possible multi-drug resistance specimens. Conclusion TNPseq is efficient to identify pathogens early, thus assisting physicians to conduct timely and precise treatment for patients with suspected LRTIs.
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- Hongying Zhang
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Fuzhou Pulmonary Hospital of Fujian, Fuzhou, China,*Correspondence: Hongying Zhang ✉
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- Institute of Health Education, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Fuzhou Pulmonary Hospital of Fujian, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Fuzhou Pulmonary Hospital of Fujian, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Medicine, Zhejiang ShengTing Biotech Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Fuzhou Pulmonary Hospital of Fujian, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Medicine, Zhejiang ShengTing Biotech Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Medicine, Zhejiang ShengTing Biotech Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China,Graduate School, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China,Hongcang Gu ✉
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Fung WWS, Li PKT. Recent advances in novel diagnostic testing for peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis. Kidney Res Clin Pract 2022; 41:156-164. [PMID: 35172532 PMCID: PMC8995487 DOI: 10.23876/j.krcp.21.204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis remains a significant complication and an important cause of technique failure. Based on current International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis guidelines, diagnosis of peritonitis is made when two of the three following criteria are met: 1) clinical features consistent with peritonitis; 2) dialysis effluent white blood cell count of >100 cells/μL; 3) positive effluent culture. However, early and accurate diagnosis can still be faulty, and emphasis has been placed on improving the timeliness and accuracy of diagnosis to facilitate early effective treatment. There have been advances in the novel diagnostic tests such as point-of-care molecular tests, genetics sequencing, mass spectrometry, and machine learning algorithm with immune fingerprinting. This article will discuss the latest evidence and updates of these tests in the management of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis.
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- Winston Wing-Shing Fung
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Carol and Richard Yu Peritoneal Dialysis Research Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Carol and Richard Yu Peritoneal Dialysis Research Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, SAR, China
- Correspondence: Philip Kam-Tao Li, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Carol and Richard Yu Peritoneal Dialysis Research Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 30-32 Ngan Shing Street, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong. E-mail:
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Zhou J, Sun S, Luan S, Xiao X, Yang Y, Mao C, Chen L, Zeng X, Zhang Y, Yuan Y. Gut Microbiota for Esophageal Cancer: Role in Carcinogenesis and Clinical Implications. Front Oncol 2021; 11:717242. [PMID: 34733778 PMCID: PMC8558403 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.717242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Esophageal cancer (EC) is a common malignant tumor of the upper digestive tract. The microbiota in the digestive tract epithelium comprises a large number of microorganisms that adapt to the immune defense and interact with the host to form symbiotic networks, which affect many physiological processes such as metabolism, tissue development, and immune response. Reports indicate that there are microbial compositional changes in patients with EC, which provides an important opportunity to advance clinical applications based on findings on the gut microbiota. For example, microbiota detection can be used as a biomarker for screening and prognosis, and microorganism levels can be adjusted to treat cancer and decrease the adverse effects of treatment. This review aims to provide an outline of the gut microbiota in esophageal neoplasia, including the mechanisms involved in microbiota-related carcinogenesis and the prospect of utilizing the microbiota as EC biomarkers and treatment targets. These findings have important implications for translating the use of gut microbiota in clinical applications.
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- Jianfeng Zhou
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- West China Biomedical Big Data Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Periodical Press, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Nursing Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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