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Infection and Immunity. Clin Immunol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-818006-8.00007-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Aiemjoy K, Aragie S, Wittberg DM, Tadesse Z, Callahan EK, Gwyn S, Martin D, Keenan JD, Arnold BF. Seroprevalence of antibodies against Chlamydia trachomatis and enteropathogens and distance to the nearest water source among young children in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020; 14:e0008647. [PMID: 32877398 PMCID: PMC7491729 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Revised: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The transmission of trachoma, caused by repeat infections with Chlamydia trachomatis, and many enteropathogens are linked to water quantity. We hypothesized that children living further from a water source would have higher exposure to C. trachomatis and enteric pathogens as determined by antibody responses. We used a multiplex bead assay to measure IgG antibody responses to C. trachomatis, Giardia intestinalis, Cryptosporidium parvum, Entamoeba histolytica, Salmonella enterica, Campylobacter jejuni, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) and Vibrio cholerae in eluted dried blood spots collected from 2267 children ages 0-9 years in 40 communities in rural Ethiopia in 2016. Linear distance from the child's house to the nearest water source was calculated. We derived seroprevalence cutoffs using external negative control populations, if available, or by fitting finite mixture models. We used targeted maximum likelihood estimation to estimate differences in seroprevalence according to distance to the nearest water source. Seroprevalence among 1-9-year-olds was 43% for C. trachomatis, 28% for S. enterica, 70% for E. histolytica, 54% for G. intestinalis, 96% for C. jejuni, 76% for ETEC and 94% for C. parvum. Seroprevalence increased with age for all pathogens. Median distance to the nearest water source was 473 meters (IQR 268, 719). Children living furthest from a water source had a 12% (95% CI: 2.6, 21.6) higher seroprevalence of S. enterica and a 12.7% (95% CI: 2.9, 22.6) higher seroprevalence of G. intestinalis compared to children living nearest. Seroprevalence for C. trachomatis and enteropathogens was high, with marked increases for most enteropathogens in the first two years of life. Children living further from a water source had higher seroprevalence of S. enterica and G. intestinalis indicating that improving access to water in the Ethiopia's Amhara region may reduce exposure to these enteropathogens in young children.
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- Kristen Aiemjoy
- Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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de Alwis R, Tu LTP, Quynh NLT, Thompson CN, Anders KL, Van Thuy NT, Hieu NT, Vi LL, Chau NVV, Duong VT, Chau TTH, Tuyen HT, Nga TVT, Minh PV, Tan TV, Thu TNH, Nhu TDH, Thwaites GE, Simmons C, Baker S. The Role of Maternally Acquired Antibody in Providing Protective Immunity Against Nontyphoidal Salmonella in Urban Vietnamese Infants: A Birth Cohort Study. J Infect Dis 2019; 219:295-304. [PMID: 30321351 PMCID: PMC6306017 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiy501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Accepted: 08/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background Nontyphoidal Salmonella (NTS) organisms are a major cause of gastroenteritis and bacteremia, but little is known about maternally acquired immunity and natural exposure in infant populations residing in areas where NTS disease is highly endemic. Methods We recruited 503 pregnant mothers and their infants (following delivery) from urban areas in Vietnam and followed infants until they were 1 year old. Exposure to the dominant NTS serovars, Salmonella enterica serovars Typhimurium and Enteritidis, were assessed using lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O antigen–specific antibodies. Antibody dynamics, the role of maternally acquired antibodies, and NTS seroincidence rates were modeled using multivariate linear risk factor models and generalized additive mixed-effect models. Results Transplacental transfer of NTS LPS–specific maternal antibodies to infants was highly efficient. Waning of transplacentally acquired NTS LPS–specific antibodies at 4 months of age left infants susceptible to Salmonella organisms, after which they began to seroconvert. High seroincidences of S. Typhimurium and S. Enteritidis LPS were observed, and infants born with higher anti-LPS titers had greater plasma bactericidal activity and longer protection from seroconversion. Conclusions Although Vietnamese infants have extensive exposure to NTS, maternally acquired antibodies appear to play a protective role against NTS infections during early infancy. These findings suggest that prenatal immunization may be an appropriate strategy to protect vulnerable infants from NTS disease.
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- Ruklanthi de Alwis
- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.,Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom.,Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke University-National University of Singapore (Duke-NUS) Medical School, Singapore.,Viral Research and Experimental Medicine Centre, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.,Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom.,London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.,Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.,Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.,Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom.,Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Mirhosseini SA, Fooladi AAI, Amani J, Sedighian H. Production of recombinant flagellin to develop ELISA-based detection of Salmonella Enteritidis. Braz J Microbiol 2017; 48:774-781. [PMID: 28739413 PMCID: PMC5628325 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjm.2016.04.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2015] [Accepted: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Food-borne diseases, caused by the pathogenic bacteria, are highly prevalent in the world. Salmonella is one of the most important bacterial genera responsible for this. Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) is one of the non-typhoid Salmonellae that can be transmitted to human from poultry products, water, and contaminated food. In recent years, new and rapid detection methods such as enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) have been developed. In this study, recombinant FliC (rFliC) was produced to be used as an antigen. The immunization was conducted in mice with the purified recombinant FliC (rFliC). The mice were subcutaneously immunized with rFliC and elicited significant rFliC specific serum IgG antibodies. An indirect ELISA system was established for the detection of Salmonella Enteritidis. Our results confirmed that the recombinant flagellin can be one of the excellent indicators for the detection of Salmonella Enteritidis.
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- Seyed Ali Mirhosseini
- Applied Microbiology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Applied Microbiology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Applied Microbiology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Applied Microbiology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Crystal structure of the flagellar chaperone FliS from Bacillus cereus and an invariant proline critical for FliS dimerization and flagellin recognition. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2017; 487:381-387. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.04.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Falkenhorst G, Ceper TH, Strid MA, Mølbak K, Krogfelt KA. Serological follow-up after non-typhoid salmonella infection in humans using a mixed lipopolysaccharide ELISA. Int J Med Microbiol 2013; 303:533-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2013] [Revised: 07/05/2013] [Accepted: 07/10/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Kuhn KG, Falkenhorst G, Ceper TH, Dalby T, Ethelberg S, Mølbak K, Krogfelt KA. Detecting non-typhoid Salmonella in humans by ELISAs: a literature review. J Med Microbiol 2011; 61:1-7. [PMID: 22034162 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.034447-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Non-typhoid salmonellosis is one of the most common causes of foodborne illness throughout the world. Serological methods for the diagnosis of Salmonella infections vary widely and the most commonly used test is limited by high running costs as well as low sensitivity and specificity. Fast and reliable immunoassays which detect subunit antigens for Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhi are commercially available but at present there is no international consensus on similar tests for non-typhoid salmonellosis. In contrast to the veterinary and food sectors, most immunoassays for non-typhoid human Salmonella diagnosis are developed in-house and used in-house for research or surveillance purposes, rather than for routine diagnostics. Considering the current burden of disease, the development of a validated and standardized, commercially available antibody assay for diagnosing non-typhoid human salmonellosis could be of great benefit for diagnostic and surveillance purposes throughout the world.
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- K G Kuhn
- Department of Epidemiology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Epidemiology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Microbiological Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Microbiological Surveillance and Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Epidemiology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Epidemiology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Microbiological Surveillance and Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Strid MA, Dalby T, Mølbak K, Krogfelt KA. Kinetics of the human antibody response against Salmonella enterica Serovars Enteritidis and Typhimurium determined by lipopolysaccharide enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY : CVI 2007; 14:741-7. [PMID: 17329442 PMCID: PMC1951089 DOI: 10.1128/cvi.00192-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Two indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) were employed to measure levels of immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgM, and IgA antibodies against Salmonella in sera from 303 Danish patients diagnosed by fecal culture with either Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis or Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infections. The ELISAs were based on serovar Enteritidis lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and serovar Typhimurium LPS. The antibody levels were assessed approximately 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after the onset of salmonellosis. Sera from 164 healthy blood donors were analyzed to establish cutoff values for each analysis. One month after the onset of symptoms, the sensitivities of the assays were 95% for patients recovering from a serovar Enteritidis infection and 89% for patients recovering from a serovar Typhimurium infection. Three months after the onset of symptoms, these values had decreased to 85% and 55%. At 6 months they were 62% and 40%, and at 12 months they were 40% and 16%, respectively. The specificities of the assays were 97% for the serovar Enteritidis LPS ELISA and 94% for the serovar Typhimurium LPS ELISA. The high values for both sensitivity and specificity make these two ELISAs useful for serodiagnoses of Salmonella infection shortly after the acute phase of the infection and of Salmonella-associated reactive arthritis, as well as for seroepidemiological studies. A mixed ELISA consisting of both antigens, i.e., serovar Enteritidis and serovar Typhimurium LPS, was developed as a diagnostic tool with very high values for both specificity and sensitivity.
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- Mette A Strid
- Unit of Gastrointestinal Infections, Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Parasitology, Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark
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Hannu T, Inman R, Granfors K, Leirisalo-Repo M. Reactive arthritis or post-infectious arthritis? Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 2006; 20:419-33. [PMID: 16777574 DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2006.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The term 'reactive arthritis' was first used in 1969 to describe the development of sterile inflammatory arthritis as a sequel to remote infection, often in the gastrointestinal or urogenital tract. The demonstration of antigenic material (e.g. Salmonella and Yersinia lipopolysaccharide), DNA and RNA, and, in occasional cases, evidence of metabolically active Chlamydia spp. in the joints has blurred the boundary between reactive and post-infectious forms of arthritis. No validated and generally agreed diagnostic criteria exist, but the diagnosis of reactive arthritis is mainly clinical based on acute oligoarticular arthritis of larger joints that develops within 2-4 weeks of the preceding infection. In about 25% of patients, the infection can be asymptomatic. Diagnosis of the triggering infection is very helpful for the diagnosis of reactive arthritis. This is mainly achieved by isolating the triggering infection (stools, urogenital tract) by cultures (stool cultures for enteric microbes) or ligase reaction (Chlamydia trachomatis). However, after the onset of arthritis, this is less likely to be possible. Therefore, the diagnosis must rely on various serological tests to demonstrate evidence of previous infection, but, these serological tests are unfortunately not standardized. Treatment with antibiotics to cure Chlamydia infection is important, but the use of either short or prolonged courses of antibiotics in established arthritis has not been found to be effective for the cure of arthritis. The long-term outcome of reactive arthritis is usually good; however, about 25-50% of patients, depending on the triggering infections and possible new infections, subsequently develop acute arthritis. About 25% of patients proceed to chronic spondyloarthritis of varying activity.
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- Timo Hannu
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
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Chou CT, Chang JS, Ooi SE, Huo AP, Chang SJ, Chang HN, Tsai CY. Serum Anti-Yersinia Antibody in Chinese Patients with Kawasaki Disease. Arch Med Res 2005; 36:14-8. [PMID: 15777989 DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2004.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2004] [Accepted: 09/17/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Many infectious agents have been implicated as an etiology to develop Kawasaki disease (KD). In Taiwan, studies on the relationship between Yersinia and KD have not been reported. METHODS We measured sera for anti-Yersinia antibodies by using enzyme immunoassay (EIA) in 31 patients with KD and 60 healthy children (HC). Yersinia strains included Y. pseudotuberculosis I, II, III, IV, V, VI and Y. enterocolitica O3, O8 and O9. RESULTS Data of 31 patients with KD showed that for the IgG antibody, serum anti-Y. pseudotuberculosis II, III, Y. O8 and O9 antibody were significantly higher when compared to the HC. Except for Y. pseudotuberculosis IV, all other Yersinia strains of either IgA or IgM antibodies increased significantly in patients with KD vs. the HC. If we compared the number of patients who had significant elevation of OD and those of HC, we found IgA anti-Yersinia antibodies (PST I, PST II, O3, O8, O9), IgM (PST VI, O8) and IgG (PST II, O8, O9) were significantly elevated in KD patients than in HC. A significant relationship was present between KD with myocarditis and increased anti-Yersinia antibody titer. CONCLUSIONS The findings in this study suggest that preceding Yersinia infection may play a role in the pathogenesis of KD. Further study of the relationship between KD with myocarditis and increased anti-Yersinia antibody is needed.
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- Chung-Tei Chou
- Division of Allergy-Immunology-Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Liang TC, Hsu CT, Yang YH, Lin YT, Chiang BL. Analysis of childhood reactive arthritis and comparison with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Clin Rheumatol 2004; 24:388-93. [PMID: 16034649 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-004-1042-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2004] [Accepted: 10/18/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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There is currently no agreement on how to classify and diagnose reactive arthritis (ReA) and what kind of clinical and laboratory findings are specific for the diagnosis. This study retrospectively analyzed the initial clinical manifestations and laboratory findings in children diagnosed with ReA and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). A comparison was also made between these two groups to see if there were differences. A retrospective chart review was performed and 44 patients diagnosed with ReA and 80 patients with JIA were enrolled in this study. Their initial clinical manifestations and laboratory findings were also analyzed and compared. The initial clinical manifestations in ReA were analyzed including the demographic data, the preceding infection history, the duration of the infectious episode to the onset of arthritis, the duration of arthritic symptoms, and the involved joint pattern. Comparison of the initial laboratory findings between patients with ReA and JIA showed significant differences between erythrocyte sedimentation rates (ESR) in the first hour, platelet counts (p < 0.05), and ESR in the second hour (p = 0.052). Further, comparing ReA with the subtypes of JIA, significant differences were noted between ReA and the systemic type in terms of hemoglobin level, platelet counts, C-reactive protein, and first and second hour ESR (p < 0.05). However, if compared with the polyarticular or pauciarticular type, only the platelet counts showed any significant statistical difference (p < 0.05). This study summarizes clinical experiences in ReA. The differences in laboratory findings of ReA and JIA may provide a clue in making a differential diagnosis.
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- Tien-Chi Liang
- Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Republic of China
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Oracz G, Feleszko W, Golicka D, Maksymiuk J, Klonowska A, Szajewska H. Rapid diagnosis of acute Salmonella gastrointestinal infection. Clin Infect Dis 2003; 36:112-5. [PMID: 12491211 DOI: 10.1086/344953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2002] [Revised: 09/12/2002] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Serologic tests for the detection of Salmonella serotype Enteritidis in children may become supplementary to stool culture examination. A total of 190 children were examined with a new 1-step, 2-minute test (TUBEX) that detects anti-Salmonella immunoglobulin M antibodies, which was found to be 92.6% sensitive and 94.8% specific (P<.0001).
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- Grzegorz Oracz
- Department of Pediatric Pneumonology, Allergy, and Hematology, Medical University Children's Hospital, PL-01-184 Warsaw, Poland
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Huhtinen M, Laasila K, Granfors K, Puolakkainen M, Seppälä I, Laasonen L, Repo H, Karma A, Leirisalo-Repo M. Infectious background of patients with a history of acute anterior uveitis. Ann Rheum Dis 2002; 61:1012-6. [PMID: 12379526 PMCID: PMC1753942 DOI: 10.1136/ard.61.11.1012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the infectious background of patients with a history of acute anterior uveitis (AAU) and healthy control subjects. METHODS Sixty four patients with previous AAU and 64 sex and age matched controls were studied. Serum antibodies to Salmonellae, Yersiniae, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Proteus mirabilis, Campylobacter jejuni, and Borrelia burgdorferi were measured using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis and Chlamydia pneumoniae by microimmunofluorescence test. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), separated by density gradient centrifugation, were studied for Salmonella and Yersinia antigens by means of an immunofluorescence test, and for C pneumoniae DNA with a polymerase chain reaction (PCR). RESULTS Neither prevalence nor levels of single microbial antibodies studied differed between the patients and control subjects, or between subgroups of patients created on the basis of clinical characteristics. In logistic regression analysis, the high number of recurrences (>10) of AAU was independently related to the presence of single or multiple bacterial antibodies (p=0.04). None of the PBMC samples of the patients were positive for Yersinia or Salmonella antigens. C pneumoniae PCR was positive in a patient who was negative for C pneumoniae antibodies. CONCLUSION Although neither the prevalence nor the levels of single microbial antibodies studied differed between the patients and the controls, current data suggest that the presence of single or multiple antibodies in patients with many recurrences of AAU compared with patients with none or few recurrences may be a sign of repeated infections, antigen persistence, or raised innate immune responsiveness.
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- M Huhtinen
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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Penttinen MA, Holmberg CI, Sistonen L, Granfors K. HLA-B27 modulates nuclear factor kappaB activation in human monocytic cells exposed to lipopolysaccharide. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 2002; 46:2172-80. [PMID: 12209522 DOI: 10.1002/art.10557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To study whether HLA-B27 modifies some key factors controlling inflammatory responses on lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation in human monocytic cells. METHODS U937 human monocytic cells were stably transfected with either HLA-B27 genomic DNA, HLA-B27 complementary DNA, HLA-A2 genomic DNA, or with the resistant vector pSV2neo (mock) alone. The cells were stimulated with LPS. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay was performed to determine nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) and heat-shock factor 1 activities, Western blotting was performed to detect the expressions of inhibitory kappaBalpha (IkappaBalpha) and heat-shock proteins (HSPs), and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was performed to measure tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) secretion. RESULTS The expression of HLA-B27 modulated the response to LPS in U937 human monocytic cells. Stimulation with LPS led to faster degradation of IkappaBalpha regulatory proteins, accompanied by faster and prolonged activation of NF-kappaB in HLA-B27-expressing cells compared with HLA-A2 and mock transfectants. The secretion of TNFalpha upon LPS stimulation correlated well with the activation of NF-kappaB. No activation of the heat-shock response was observed. CONCLUSION Our data indicate that HLA-B27 has effects on host responses to LPS that are unrelated to antigen presentation. Two crucial events in the development of arthritis, the activation of NF-kappaB and the secretion of TNFalpha, were found to be enhanced in HLA-B27-expressing cells upon LPS stimulation. Because LPS is known to be present in the inflamed joints of patients with reactive arthritis (ReA), the enhanced inflammatory response of HLA-B27-positive cells upon LPS stimulation offers an attractive explanation for the role of HLA-B27 in the development of ReA.
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- Markus A Penttinen
- National Public Health Institute, Turku, and Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
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Sieper J, Rudwaleit M, Braun J, van der Heijde D. Diagnosing reactive arthritis: role of clinical setting in the value of serologic and microbiologic assays. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 2002; 46:319-27. [PMID: 11840434 DOI: 10.1002/art.504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Joachim Sieper
- University Hospital Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, Berlin 12200, Germany.
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Fendler C, Laitko S, Sörensen H, Gripenberg-Lerche C, Groh A, Uksila J, Granfors K, Braun J, Sieper J. Frequency of triggering bacteria in patients with reactive arthritis and undifferentiated oligoarthritis and the relative importance of the tests used for diagnosis. Ann Rheum Dis 2001; 60:337-43. [PMID: 11247862 PMCID: PMC1753604 DOI: 10.1136/ard.60.4.337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Reactive arthritis (ReA) triggered by Chlamydia trachomatis or enteric bacteria such as yersinia, salmonella, Campylobacter jejuni, or shigella is an important differential diagnosis in patients presenting with the clinical picture of an undifferentiated oligoarthritis (UOA). This study was undertaken to evaluate the best diagnostic approach. PATIENTS AND METHODS 52 patients with ReA, defined by arthritis and a symptomatic preceding infection of the gut or the urogenital tract, and 74 patients with possible ReA, defined by oligoarthritis without a preceding symptomatic infection and after exclusion of other diagnoses (UOA), were studied. The following diagnostic tests were applied for the identification of the triggering bacterium: for yersinia induced ReA-stool culture, enzyme immunoassay (EIA), and Widal's agglutination test for detection of antibodies to yersinia; for salmonella or campylobacter induced ReA-stool culture, EIA for the detection of antibodies to salmonella and Campylobacter jejuni; for infections with shigella-stool culture; for infections with Chlamydia trachomatis-culture of the urogenital tract, microimmunofluorescence and immunoperoxidase assay for the detection of antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis. RESULTS A causative pathogen was identified in 29/52 (56%) of all patients with ReA. In 17 (52%) of the patients with enteric ReA one of the enteric bacteria was identified: salmonella in 11/33 (33%) and yersinia in 6/33 (18%). Chlamydia trachomatis was the causative pathogen in 12/19 (63%) of the patients with urogenic ReA. In patients with the clinical picture of UOA a specific triggering bacterium was also identified in 35/74 (47%) patients: yersinia in 14/74 (19%), salmonella in 9/74 (12%), and Chlamydia trachomatis in 12/74 (16%). CONCLUSIONS Chlamydia trachomatis, yersinia, and salmonella can be identified as the causative pathogen in about 50% of patients with probable or possible ReA if the appropriate tests are used.
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- C Fendler
- Department of Medicine, Rheumatology, Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, Free University, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin, Germany
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Kirveskari J, Bono P, Granfors K, Leirisalo‐Repo M, Jalkanen S, Salmi M. Expression of α
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- Juha Kirveskari
- National Public Health Institute, Department in Turku, Finland
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- National Public Health Institute, Department in Turku, Finland
- MediCity Research Laboratory, University of Turku, Finland
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- National Public Health Institute, Department in Turku, Finland
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- National Public Health Institute, Department in Turku, Finland
- MediCity Research Laboratory, University of Turku, Finland
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- National Public Health Institute, Department in Turku, Finland
- MediCity Research Laboratory, University of Turku, Finland
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Yli-Kerttula T, Luukkainen R, Yli-Kerttula U, Möttönen T, Hakola M, Korpela M, Sanila M, Parviainen J, Uksila J, Vainionpää R, Toivanen A. Effect of a three month course of ciprofloxacin on the outcome of reactive arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2000; 59:565-70. [PMID: 10873968 PMCID: PMC1753182 DOI: 10.1136/ard.59.7.565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Treatment of reactive arthritis (ReA) with antibiotics has so far remained controversial. Eradication of the causative microbe appears logical, but short term antibiotic treatment has no beneficial effect on the outcome of ReA. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of a three month course of ciprofloxacin on ReA. METHODS In a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial, between December 1992 and February 1996, 71 patients with acute ReA triggered by a gastrointestinal or a urogenital infection were randomly assigned to receive ciprofloxacin 500 mg or placebo twice daily for three months. Patients were assessed at study entry, at 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months. Sixty two patients were valid for the efficacy analysis. The primary outcome measures were erythrocyte sedimentation rate, number of swollen joints, patients self assessment, and complete recovery. RESULTS Adverse events were mostly mild and occurred in both treatment groups. There were no statistically significant differences in any of the primary or secondary efficacy variables between the study groups at baseline or during the 12 month follow up. All primary outcome measures indicated that the condition of the patients improved during the study. CONCLUSION Both groups tended to recover. Ciprofloxacin, given as a three month course, had no advantage over placebo treatment.
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Cardona-Castro N, Gotuzzo E, Rodriguez M, Guerra H. Clinical application of a dot blot test for diagnosis of enteric fever due to Salmonella enterica serovar typhi in patients with typhoid fever from Colombia and Peru. CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY IMMUNOLOGY 2000; 7:312-3. [PMID: 10702512 PMCID: PMC95868 DOI: 10.1128/cdli.7.2.312-313.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Clinical application of a dot blot test to detect immunoglobulin G (IgG) (88% sensitivity and specificity) and IgM (12.1% sensitivity and 97% specificity) against flagellar antigen from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi was performed in Peruvian and Colombian patients with typhoid fever. This test can be used as a good predictor of serovar Typhi infection in regions lacking laboratory facilities and in field studies.
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- N Cardona-Castro
- Instituto Columbiano de Medicina Tropical, AA 52162 Medellín, Colombia.
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Kirveskari J, He Q, Holmström T, Leirisalo-Repo M, Wuorela M, Mertsola J, Granfors K. Modulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cell activation status during Salmonella-triggered reactive arthritis. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 1999; 42:2045-54. [PMID: 10524675 DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199910)42:10<2045::aid-anr4>3.0.co;2-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the activation status of mononuclear cells in the peripheral circulation during the acute phase and the recovery phase of Salmonella-triggered reactive arthritis (ReA). METHODS Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were obtained from 8 patients with Salmonella infection (4 with ReA and 4 without) and were studied by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction for messenger RNA (mRNA) of proinflammatory and antiinflammatory cytokines, by flow cytometry (FC) for cell surface activation and adhesion molecules, by immunofluorescence (IF) microscopy for bacterial antigens, and by FC, IF, and DNA fragmentation on gel for signs of apoptosis. RESULTS During the acute phase of the infection, PBMC were activated in all patients, as characterized by high levels of expression of CD14, CD11b, and CD11c on monocytes. In the patients with ReA, PBMC also had the capacity to produce interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, and tumor necrosis factor alpha. During the amelioration of disease, monocyte activation was decreased in all patients. A complete down-regulation of CD14 was detected only in the patients with ReA, whereas the expression of CD14 in the patients without ReA was positive and was similar to that in healthy controls. In addition, cytokine mRNA levels decreased regardless of the presence of Salmonella antigens in blood cells in all 4 patients with ReA. CONCLUSION High levels of expression of some activation and adhesion molecules and elevated levels of mRNA for certain cytokines that are predominantly produced by monocytes were found in PBMC from patients with acute Salmonella-triggered ReA, which suggests that these cells are activated. On the other hand, complete down-regulation of CD14 and a marked decrease in the cytokine production capacity during amelioration of the disease suggest that suppression of PBMC activity might be involved in recovery from ReA.
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- J Kirveskari
- National Public Health Institute, Turku, Finland
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Sieper J, Fendler C, Laitko S, Sörensen H, Gripenberg-Lerche C, Hiepe F, Alten R, Keitel W, Groh A, Uksila J, Eggens U, Granfors K, Braun J. No benefit of long-term ciprofloxacin treatment in patients with reactive arthritis and undifferentiated oligoarthritis: a three-month, multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 1999; 42:1386-96. [PMID: 10403266 DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199907)42:7<1386::aid-anr12>3.0.co;2-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of long-term antibiotic treatment in patients with reactive arthritis (ReA) and undifferentiated oligoarthritis. METHODS One hundred twenty-six patients were treated with ciprofloxacin (500 mg twice a day) or placebo for 3 months, in a double-blind, randomized study. Of these patients, 104 (48 treated with ciprofloxacin and 56 treated with placebo) were valid for clinical evaluation: 55 were diagnosed as having ReA with a preceding symptomatic urogenic or enteric infection and 49 as having undifferentiated oligoarthritis. These 2 groups were randomized separately. The triggering bacterium was sought by serology and/or culture. The percentage of patients in remission after 3 months of treatment was chosen as the primary efficacy parameter. RESULTS A triggering bacterium could be identified in 52 patients (50%): Chlamydia trachomatis in 13, Yersinia in 14, and Salmonella in 25. No patient was positive for Campylobacter jejuni or for Shigella. No difference in outcome was found between treatment with ciprofloxacin or placebo in the whole group or in subgroups of patients with ReA or undifferentiated oligoarthritis. No difference was seen in patients with a disease duration <3 months. Ciprofloxacin was not effective in Yersinia- or Salmonella-induced arthritis but seemed to be better than placebo in Chlamydia-induced arthritis. This difference was not significant, however, which might be due to the small sample size. CONCLUSION Long-term treatment of ReA with ciprofloxacin is not effective; however, it might be useful in the subgroup of patients who have Chlamydia-induced arthritis. This has to be proven in a bigger study focusing on patients with Chlamydia-induced arthritis.
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- J Sieper
- Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, Free University, and Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum, Berlin, Germany
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Kirveskari J, He Q, Leirisalo-Repo M, Mäki-Ikola O, Wuorela M, Putto-Laurila A, Granfors K. Enterobacterial infection modulates major histocompatibility complex class I expression on mononuclear cells. Immunology 1999; 97:420-8. [PMID: 10447763 PMCID: PMC2326857 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1999.00803.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I expression is reduced in several viral infections, but it is not known whether the same happens during infections caused by intracellular enterobacteria. In this study, the expression of MHC class I antigens on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from 16 patients with Salmonella, Yersinia, or Klebsiella infection was investigated. During or after the acute infection, the expression of MHC class I antigens was markedly decreased in eight patients, all with genotype HLA-B27, and six out of eight with reactive arthritis (ReA). A significant decrease of monomorphic MHC class I was found in three patients, of HLA-B27 in eight (P<0.05) and of HLA-A2 in two. However, patients negative for the HLA-B27 genotype, or healthy HLA-B27-positive individuals, did not have a significant decrease of MHC class I antigens. During the decreased expression on the cell surface, intracellular retention of MHC class I antigens was observed, whereas HLA-B27 mRNA levels did not vary significantly. This is the first evidence that enterobacterial infection may down-regulate expression of MHC class I molecules in vivo and that down-regulation is predominant in patients with the HLA-B27 genotype.
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- J Kirveskari
- National Public Health Institute, Department in Turku, Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland
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Nikkari S, Rantakokko K, Ekman P, Möttönen T, Leirisalo-Repo M, Virtala M, Lehtonen L, Jalava J, Kotilainen P, Granfors K, Toivanen P. Salmonella-triggered reactive arthritis: use of polymerase chain reaction, immunocytochemical staining, and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in the detection of bacterial components from synovial fluid. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 1999; 42:84-9. [PMID: 9920018 DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199901)42:1<84::aid-anr11>3.0.co;2-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether microbial components are present in the cells of synovial fluid or peripheral blood from patients with Salmonella-triggered reactive arthritis (ReA). METHODS Synovial fluid cells and/or peripheral blood cells from 23 patients with Salmonella-triggered ReA and from 19 control patients with newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis were studied using 3 different polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques and immunocytochemical staining. Muramic acid from the synovial fluid was studied by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. RESULTS Salmonella chromosomal DNA was not detectable in the synovial fluid cells and peripheral blood leukocytes of patients with Salmonella ReA. Initially, positive reactions were observed in the synovial fluid cells and peripheral blood leukocytes of 3 of 17 and 3 of 18 patients with ReA, respectively, but in the subsequent PCR studies, these findings were not reproducible. Salmonella-specific antigen was detectable by immunofluorescence in the synovial fluid cells and peripheral blood leukocytes of 4 of 11 and 2 of 7 patients with ReA, respectively. Muramic acid was present in 2 of 15 synovial fluid samples from patients with ReA, but the bacterial cultures from synovial fluid were negative. CONCLUSION These findings indicate the presence of bacterial degradation products, but not bacterial DNA, in the inflamed joints of patients with Salmonella-triggered ReA.
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- S Nikkari
- Turku University, and Turku University Central Hospital, Finland
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Mattila L, Leirisalo-Repo M, Pelkonen P, Koskimies S, Granfors K, Siitonen A. Reactive arthritis following an outbreak of Salmonella Bovismorbificans infection. J Infect 1998; 36:289-95. [PMID: 9661939 DOI: 10.1016/s0163-4453(98)94243-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A large, single-source Salmonella outbreak caused by a rare serovar Bovismorbificans (6,8:r:1,5) occurred in southern Finland in 1994. The origin of the outbreak was sprouted alfalfa seeds. A questionnaire was mailed to all 210 subjects with positive stool culture. Ninety-one percent (191/210) returned the questionnaire. One hundred and fifty-three (80%) were adults. One hundred and fifty-nine out of one hundred and ninety-one (83%) reported diarrhoea, 109 (57%) fever, 104 (54%) abdominal pains, 83 (43%) fatigue, 66 (35%) articular symptoms and 20 (10%) had no symptoms. The median duration of diarrhoea was 5 days (range 1-35), that of other symptoms 4 days (range 1-30). Those reporting articular symptoms were examined (51 patients) or contacted by telephone (13 patients). Twelve percent (22/191) fulfilled the criteria for reactive arthritis (ReA). The difference in the incidence of ReA between children and adults was not significant (8%, vs. 12%). The median onset of joint symptoms was 8.5 days; symptoms were oligoarticular in 14 (67%) and polyarticular in four (19%) patients. Mostly ReA was mild, but in four patients (18%) the joint symptoms lasted for more than 4 months. Ten (45%) ReA patients had HLA-B27 tissue type. The duration and severity of ReA did not differ between HLA-B27 positive and negative patients. Fourteen (64%) ReA patients had received fluoroquinolone treatment before reactive joint or tendon symptoms manifested, but this treatment did not prevent ReA symptoms.
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- L Mattila
- Laboratory of Enteric Pathogens, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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Cardona-Castro N, Agudelo-Flórez P. Immunoenzymatic dot-blot test for the diagnosis of enteric fever caused by Salmonella typhi in an endemic area. Clin Microbiol Infect 1998; 4:64-69. [PMID: 11864288 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1998.tb00357.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE: To develop a quick, solid-phase immunoenzymatic test, dot blot, to diagnose typhoid fever by the detection of IgG and IgM antibodies against three Salmonella typhi antigens (lipopolysaccharide, crude and flagellar) and to compare the dot-blot test with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using the same antigens and with the Widal agglutination test. METHODS: Blood culture was used as the definitive test. All tests were used for the study of the sera from three groups of individuals: 33 patients suffering typhoid fever, diagnosed by isolation of S. typhi in blood culture; 35 patients with other enterobacterial infections documented by culture; and 156 asymptomatic volunteers, all residents of the same endemic region (Urabá, Colombia). RESULTS: The best diagnostic efficiency was obtained by detecting IgG against a flagellar antigen dot blot, giving a sensitivity and specificity of 88%. Widal and ELISA tests showed lower diagnostic efficiencies. CONCLUSIONS: The dot-blot test may be useful to diagnose typhoid fever in rural areas lacking technological resources with which to carry out blood cultures or ELISA tests. The visual reading makes this test practical and cheap for these regions.
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- Nora Cardona-Castro
- Laboratorio de Microbiología, Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical, Medellín, Colombia
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Cheesbrough JS, Taxman BC, Green SD, Mewa FI, Numbi A. Clinical definition for invasive Salmonella infection in African children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1997; 16:277-83. [PMID: 9076815 DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199703000-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Invasive salmonellosis is common among children in tropical Africa, typically presenting as a nonspecific febrile illness that is difficult to distinguish clinically from malaria. This study examines the performance of a clinical definition devised to aid its recognition among children ages 1 to 15 years presenting to a mission hospital in rural Zaire. METHODS Invasive salmonellosis was defined by: (1) illness requiring admission to hospital in the opinion of an experience pediatrician; (2) history of fever for 5 or more days; (3) no focus of infection on clinical examination; and (4) negative or only scanty positive thick film for malarial parasites. Children fulfilling all these criteria were treated with ciprofloxacin after culture of blood and feces. The primary outcome measure was blood culture-confirmed salmonellosis. Secondary measures were final clinical diagnosis and serologic evidence of recent salmonellosis. RESULTS Of 120 children fulfilling the definition, 55 (46%) were bacteremia; in 46 (38%) Salmonella species were isolated. In the majority of the nonbacteremic children no definite cause for the fever could be found. Salmonella serology supported invasive salmonellosis as the diagnosis in 62% of the nonbacteremic children. CONCLUSION Salmonella serology suggested that invasive salmonellosis without detectable bacteremia was common. The addition of blood culture-proved and serologically diagnosed cases indicates that the definition has a specificity of at least 60%.
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- J S Cheesbrough
- Tropical Microbiology Centre, University Department of Medical Microbiology, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Sprenkels SH, Uksila J, Vainionpää R, Toivanen P, Feltkamp TE. IgA antibodies in HLA-B27 associated acute anterior uveitis and ankylosing spondylitis. Clin Rheumatol 1996; 15 Suppl 1:52-6. [PMID: 8835504 DOI: 10.1007/bf03342647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Acute anterior uveitis (AAU) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are, like reactive arthritis (ReA), strongly associated with HLA-B27. Mucosal infections play a role in the pathogenesis of ReA. To investigate whether these microorganisms are also involved in the pathogenesis of AAU and AS, we examined blood samples from patients with AAU, AS or both, and healthy controls for presence of antibodies against Klebsiella pneumoniae (K 30), Salmonella enteritidis and S. typhimurium, Chlamydia trachomatis, Proteus mirabilis and Borrelia burgdorferi. The IgA, IgG and IgM classes of these antibodies were measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. No significant differences were found in the frequency in which these antibodies occurred in HLA-B27 positive patients with AAU or AS and healthy controls. However, IgA antibodies against K. pneumoniae (p < 0.01) and IgA and IgG antibodies against P. mirabilis (p < 0.01 and p < 0.05) were detected more frequently in HLA-B27 negative patients with AAU than in healthy controls. The results of this study are in contrast with various earlier reports in which antibodies against Klebsiella strains were more frequently found in patients with HLA-B27 associated ankylosing spondylitis than in healthy controls.
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- S H Sprenkels
- Netherlands Ophthalmic Research Institute, Amsterdam
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Toivanen P, Koskimies S, Granfors K, Eerola E. Bacterial antibodies in HLA-B27+ healthy individuals. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 1993; 36:1633-5. [PMID: 8240443 DOI: 10.1002/art.1780361122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Nakatsuka K. Serum anti-streptococcal IgA, IgG and IgM antibodies in IgA-associated diseases. ACTA PAEDIATRICA JAPONICA : OVERSEAS EDITION 1993; 35:118-23. [PMID: 8503268 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1993.tb03020.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Serum anti-streptolysin-O antibody (ASO) and anti-streptococcal polysaccharide antibody (ASP) of IgA, IgG and IgM classes were measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 41 children with IgA nephropathy (Group A), 15 children with uncomplicated anaphylactoid purpura (Group B) and 13 children with purpura nephritis (Group C). The serum concentrations of the IgA, IgG and IgM classes were measured by single radial immunodiffusion. When compared with sex- and age-matched controls, the concentrations of serum IgA (but not of IgG or IgM) were significantly increased in the three groups studied. The titers of ASO of the IgA and IgM classes, and those of ASP of the IgA and IgG classes, were significantly increased in Group A. In Group B, only the ASP titers of the IgA class were significantly increased. No significant difference was noted in the titers of either ASO or ASP of any class in Group C. Thus, increased antibody response in IgA nephropathy is not restricted to IgA. Anaphylactoid purpura with or without renal disease appears to be different in its humoral anti-streptococcal response from IgA nephropathy.
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- K Nakatsuka
- Department of Pediatrics, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan
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Couetdic G, Leroy J, Estavoyer J, Michel-Briand Y. Valeur comparée d'une méthode immunoenzymatique et de l'agglutination de Widal-Félix pour le sérodiagnostic de 48 salmonelloses digestives aiguës. Med Mal Infect 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0399-077x(05)80628-6] [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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Thomson GT, Chiu B, De Rubeis D, Falk J, Inman RD. Immunoepidemiology of post-Salmonella reactive arthritis in a cohort of women. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1992; 64:227-32. [PMID: 1643756 DOI: 10.1016/0090-1229(92)90204-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Following a foodborne outbreak of Salmonella dysentery in a group of 79 women and 4 men, 6 individuals were found to have reactive arthritis (ReA). None of the affected individuals had the classical genetic marker HLA B27 although 2 of the 6 had CREG antigens. IgA antibodies to the lipopolysaccharide of the causative organism, Salmonella heidelberg, were found to be elevated in those patients with active ReA compared to those with inactive ReA or those who had dysentery but did not develop ReA. The lymphocyte proliferative response to both PHA and the whole S. heidelberg organism was impaired in the patients with ReA (active or inactive) compared with the non-ReA patient controls. In this predominantly female outbreak of Salmonellosis, the development of ReA lacked an association with HLA class I antigens commonly recognized.
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- G T Thomson
- Rheumatic Disease Unit, University of Toronto, Canada
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- O Mäki-Ikola
- National Public Health Institute, Turku, Finland
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Clinical significance of Salmonella-triggered reactive arthritis is rising, because the frequency of Salmonella infections is increasing all over the world. In this study reports on Salmonella-triggered reactive arthritis have been reviewed. A summary of clinical, epidemiological and laboratory data, as well as triggering serotypes, is presented. Diagnostic and therapeutic aspects are also discussed.
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- O Mäki-Ikola
- National Public Health Institute, Turku, Finland
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Lahesmaa R, Skurnik M, Vaara M, Leirisalo-Repo M, Nissilä M, Granfors K, Toivanen P. Molecular mimickry between HLA B27 and Yersinia, Salmonella, Shigella and Klebsiella within the same region of HLA alpha 1-helix. Clin Exp Immunol 1991; 86:399-404. [PMID: 1747948 PMCID: PMC1554211 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1991.tb02944.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Two new examples of amino acid homology between HLA B27 and microbes triggering HLA B27-associated diseases are described. An outer membrane protein YadA (Yersinia adhesin, previously called Yop1) of Yersinia enterocolitica and Y. pseudotuberculosis shares a linear tetrapeptide with HLA B27. A cationic outer membrane protein OmpH of Salmonella typhimurium shares homology with five amino acids of HLA B27 in a non-linear fashion. The four amino acids of YadA are also notably included in the hexapeptide identical between Klebsiella pneumoniae nitrogenase and HLA B27, and three of them occur in the pentapeptide shared by a Shigella flexneri protein and HLA B27. Antibodies against synthetic peptides including HLA B27 homologues sequences of YadA and OmpH were observed in one-third of the patients with HLA B27 associated diseases. Antibodies were directed against a flanking sequence next to the amino acid sequences shared by arthritis-triggering microbes and HLA B27. The area of identity in each example of this molecular mimicry (Yersinia, Salmonella, Shigella and Klebsiella) is located in the same place on the HLA B27 molecule: between amino acids 70 to 78 in the variable region of alpha 1-helix. This area of HLA B27 molecule includes sites predicted to be important for binding processed antigens.
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- R Lahesmaa
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Turku University, Finland
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Mäki-Ikola O, Viljanen MK, Tiitinen S, Toivanen P, Granfors K. Antibodies to arthritis-associated microbes in inflammatory joint diseases. Rheumatol Int 1991; 10:231-4. [PMID: 2041980 DOI: 10.1007/bf02274884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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IgM, IgG and IgA class antibodies against Yersinia, Salmonella, Campylobacter and Borrelia were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in a group of 340 unselected patients with a recent inflammatory joint disease. The control group consisted of 340 and 100 healthy blood donors using Borrelia-ELISA and other ELISAs, respectively. Of all the patients, 27.4% had increased antibody levels against at least one of the microbes tested. The prevalence of positive antibody levels was highest in Yersinia antibodies (17.9%). The corresponding figures for Salmonella, Campylobacter and Borrelia were 7.0, 6.2 and 1.8%, respectively. Patients with entero-arthritis or clinically typical reactive arthritis who had not had gastrointestinal or urogenital symptoms previously had the highest prevalence of the microbial antibodies (67.6 and 40.7%, respectively). These findings indicate that arthritis may often have a reactive etiopathogenesis without recognized gastrointestinal infection, emphasizing the importance of microbial serology in the differential diagnosis.
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- O Mäki-Ikola
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Turku University, Finland
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Granfors K, Jalkanen S, Lindberg AA, Mäki-Ikola O, von Essen R, Lahesmaa-Rantala R, Isomäki H, Saario R, Arnold WJ, Toivanen A. Salmonella lipopolysaccharide in synovial cells from patients with reactive arthritis. Lancet 1990; 335:685-8. [PMID: 1690327 DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(90)90804-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 242] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Synovial cells from nine patients with reactive arthritis following Salmonella enteritidis or Salmonella typhimurium infection were examined for salmonella antigens. Extensive bacterial cultures of the synovial fluid were negative. Eight synovial-fluid cell samples stained positively on immunofluorescence with rabbit antisera against heat-killed S enteritidis or S typhimurium or with monoclonal antibodies specific for the causative salmonella lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Synovial tissue from the ninth patient stained positively in the avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex method with the monoclonal antibody. Control samples (synovial-fluid cells from thirteen patients with other rheumatic diseases and synovial tissue from two) were negative. Synovial cells from eight patients and five controls were studied by western blotting with the same monoclonal antibodies. Four of the eight patients but no controls had blots indicating salmonella LPS in the synovial cells. The presence of bacterial LPS in the joint is a common and pathogenetically important feature of reactive arthritis.
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- K Granfors
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Turku University, Finland
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