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Nateghizad H, Sajadi R, Shivaee A, Shirazi O, Sharifian M, Tadi DA, Amini K. Resistance of Vibrio cholera to antibiotics that inhibit cell wall synthesis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Front Pharmacol 2023; 14:1027277. [PMID: 37021056 PMCID: PMC10069679 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1027277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023] Open
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Objective: Cholera is a challenging ancient disease caused by Vibrio cholera (V. cholera). Antibiotics that prevent cell wall synthesis are among the first known antibiotic groups. Due to its high consumption, V. cholera has developed resistance to the majority of antibiotics in this class. Resistance to recommended antibiotics for the treatment of V. cholera has also increased. In light of the decrease in consumption of certain antibiotics in this group that inhibit cell wall synthesis and the implementation of new antibiotics, it is necessary to determine the antibiotic resistance pattern of V. cholera and to employ the most effective treatment antibiotic. Method: An comprehensive systematic search for relevant articles was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and EMBASE through October 2020. Stata version 17.1 utilized the Metaprop package to execute a Freeman-Tukey double arcsine transformation in order to estimate weighted pooled proportions. Results: A total of 131 articles were included in the meta-analysis. Ampicillin was the most investigated antibiotic. The prevalence of antibiotic resistance was in order aztreonam (0%), cefepime (0%), imipenem (0%), meropenem (3%), fosfomycin (4%), ceftazidime (5%), cephalothin (7%), augmentin (8%), cefalexin (8%), ceftriaxone (9%), cefuroxime (9%), cefotaxime (15%), cefixime (37%), amoxicillin (42%), penicillin (44%), ampicillin (48%), cefoxitin (50%), cefamandole (56%), polymyxin-B (77%), carbenicillin (95%) respectively. Discussion: Aztreonam, cefepime, and imipenem are the most efficient V. cholera cell wall synthesis inhibitors. There has been an increase in resistance to antibiotics such as cephalothin, ceftriaxone, amoxicillin, and meropenem. Over the years, resistance to penicillin, ceftazidime, and cefotaxime, has decreased.
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- Hossein Nateghizad
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, East of Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, East of Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Veterinary medicine, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Veterinary medicine, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department Of Veterinary, Azad University Of Shahr-E Kord, Shahrekord, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, Saveh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Saveh, Iran
- *Correspondence: Kumarss Amini,
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Sequence Polymorphisms in Vibrio cholerae HapR Affect Biofilm Formation under Aerobic and Anaerobic Conditions. Appl Environ Microbiol 2022; 88:e0104422. [PMID: 35969071 PMCID: PMC9469714 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01044-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We investigated the influence of hapR sequence mutations on the biofilm formation of Vibrio cholerae. In this study, hapR sequences from 85 V. cholerae strains belonging to both pandemic and nonpandemic serogroup were investigated through phylogenetic and sequence analyses. Biofilm formation assays under aerobic and anaerobic conditions were also performed. Sequence variations include single point mutations and insertions/deletions (indels) leading to either truncated or frameshifted HapR. Population structure analysis revealed two major hapR haplogroups, hapR1 and hapR2. Phylogenetic reconstruction displayed a hypothetical ancestral hapR sequence located within the hapR1 haplogroup. Higher numbers of single nucleotide polymorphisms and genetic diversity indices were observed in hapR1, while indels occurred dominantly in hapR2. Aerobic conditions supported more robust biofilms compared to anaerobic conditions. Strains with frameshifted HapR produced the largest amount of biofilm under both oxygen conditions. Quantitative real-time PCR assay confirmed that strains with truncated and frameshifted HapR resulted in a nonfunctional regulator as exhibited by the significantly low hapA gene expression. The present study shows that HapR mutations had a strong influence on biofilm formation and that sequence polymorphisms leading to the disruption of DNA-binding sites or dimerization of the HapR will result in more-robust V. cholerae biofilms. IMPORTANCE Our study revealed an ancestral hapR sequence from a phylogenetic reconstruction that displayed the evolutionary lineage of the nonpandemic to the pandemic strains. Here, we established hapR1 and hapR2 as major hapR haplogroups. The association of the O1 and O139 serogroups with the hapR2 haplogroup demonstrated the distinction of hapR2 in causing cholera infection. Moreover, mutations in this regulator that could lead to the disruption of transcription factor-binding sites or dimerization of the HapR can significantly affect the biofilm formation of V. cholerae. These observations on the relationship of the hapR polymorphism and V. cholerae biofilm formation will provide additional considerations for future biofilm studies and insights into the epidemiology of the pathogen that could ultimately help in the surveillance and mitigation of future cholera disease outbreaks.
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Liu C, Wang Y, Azizian K, Omidi N, Kaviar VH, Kouhsari E, Maleki A. Antimicrobial resistance in Vibrio cholerae O1/O139 clinical isolates: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2022; 20:1217-1231. [PMID: 35790112 DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2022.2098114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Vibrio cholerae O1/O139 is responsible for cholera epidemics; that remains a huge public health menace across the globe. Furthermore, an increasing resistance rate among V. cholerae strains has been reported around the world. Therefore, the objective of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the weighted pooled resistance (WPR) rates in clinical V. cholerae O1/O139 isolates based on different years, areas, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, and resistance rates. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS : We searched the studies in PubMed, Scopus, Embase, and Web of Science (until January 2020). Statistical analyses were conducted using STATA software (ver. 14.0). RESULTS : A total of 139 studies investigating 24062 V. cholerae O1/O139 isolates were analyzed. The majority of the studies originated in Asia (n=102). The WPR rates were as follows: azithromycin 1%, erythromycin 36%, ciprofloxacin 3%, cotrimoxazole 79%, doxycycline 7%, tetracycline 20%. There was increased resistance to cotrimoxazole, ciprofloxacin, and tetracycline during the 1980 to 2020 years. CONCLUSIONS : Temporal changes in antibiotic resistance rate found in this study demonstrated the critical continuous surveillance of antibiotic resistance. Also, ciprofloxacin, azithromycin, gentamicin, cephalexin, imipenem, ofloxacin, and norfloxacin were found to be the best antibiotics against V. cholera, with the highest and the lowest effectiveness resistance rate.
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- Chaoying Liu
- Zhumadian Academy of Industry Innovation and Development, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian 463000, China
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- School of Biological and Food Processing Engineering, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian 463000, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
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- Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
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- Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
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- Laboratory Sciences Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.,Department of Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Paramedicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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- Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
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Globally Vibrio cholera antibiotics resistance to RNA and DNA effective antibiotics: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Microb Pathog 2022; 172:105514. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2022.105514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Revised: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Mohanty S, Kapil A, Das BK. Seasonality and Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Vibrio Cholerae in a Tertiary Care Hospital of North India. Trop Doct 2016; 34:249-51. [PMID: 15510963 DOI: 10.1177/004947550403400427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We retrospectively analysed the seasonal distribution of cholera and the antimicrobial resistance pattern of Vibrio cholerae isolates over a 5-year period from January 1998 to December 2002. Of 3213 stool specimens processed from 3213 patients with acute watery diarrhoea during this period, 431 samples (13.4%) were found positive for V. cholerae. There were 423 V. cholerae Ol biotype E1Tor, 2 V. cholerae 0139 and six isolates of non-01 non-0139. The highest number of cholera cases occurred in May-June followed by July-August. Cases started appearing in April for all years except in the year 2002 when three cases occurred in the first week of March. A large number (90.25% strains) were resistant to at least one antibiotic.
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- Srujana Mohanty
- Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India
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Cholera is a global health problem as several thousands of cases and deaths occur each year. The unique epidemiologic attribute of the disease is its propensity to occur as outbreaks that may flare-up into epidemics, if not controlled. The causative bacterial pathogen Vibrio cholerae prevails in the environment and infects humans whenever there is a breakdown in the public health component. The Indian subcontinent is vulnerable to this disease due its vast coastlines with areas of poor sanitation, unsafe drinking water, and overcrowding. Recently, it was shown that climatic conditions also play a major role in the persistence and spread of cholera. Constant change in the biotypes and serotypes of V. cholerae are also important aspects that changes virulence and survival of the pathogen. Such continuous changes increase the infection ability of the pathogen affecting the susceptible population including the children. The short-term carrier status of V. cholerae has been studied well at community level and this facet significantly contributes to the recurrence of cholera. Several molecular tools recognized altering clonality of V. cholerae in relation with the advent of a serogroup or serotype. Rapid identification systems were formulated for the timely detection of the pathogen so as to identify and control the outbreak and institute proper treatment of the patients. The antimicrobials used in the past are no longer useful in the treatment of cholera as V. cholerae has acquired several mechanisms for multiple antimicrobial resistance. This upsurge in antimicrobial resistance directly influences the management of the disease. This chapter provides an overview of cholera prevalence in India, possible sources of infection, and molecular epidemiology along with antimicrobial resistance of V. cholerae.
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Bhowmick TS, Das M, Sarkar BL. Genotypic characterization of Vibrio cholerae isolates using several DNA fingerprint techniques. Future Microbiol 2011; 6:29-42. [PMID: 21162634 DOI: 10.2217/fmb.10.159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Serious pandemics of cholera have occurred throughout the known history of mankind, especially in India, which is a motherland for cholera disease. For the last 20 years several DNA-based typing methods have been employed to study the clonal relatedness between Vibrio cholerae isolates irrespective of their geographical locations. Traditional typing methods, such as biochemical tests, phage typing, serotyping, biotyping and antimicrobial susceptibility tests, have produced reliable and informative data regarding V. cholerae for a long time. Gradually molecular typing techniques have taken the place of traditional typing methods because they produce the same results upon repeat testing of V. cholerae strain. In this article we focus on the discriminatory power of different DNA fingerprint techniques that are generally used to know the homogeneity and heterogeneity among different V. cholerae isolates.
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- Tushar Suvra Bhowmick
- Vibrio Phage Reference Laboratory, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India
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Singh DV, Mohapatra H. Application of DNA-based methods in typing Vibrio cholerae strains. Future Microbiol 2008; 3:87-96. [DOI: 10.2217/17460913.3.1.87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Molecular biology-based techniques based on microbial genotype or DNA sequence have emerged as a basic tool in biological research and in the establishment of large databases of characterized organisms. Genotyping methods have the potential to provide information on subtypes of the organism and their source and/or origin of infection, and to recognize particularly virulent strains of the organism and monitor vaccination programs. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, ribotyping, CTX typing, amplified fragment length polymorphism, enterobacterial intergenic consensus sequence-PCR, multilocus sequence typing and microarray methods are more often used for the determination of genetic changes of toxigenic and nontoxigenic Vibrio cholerae strains, origin of infection and relationship between clinical and environmental strains, with the simultaneous detection of the number of copies and types of CTX prophages and genes required for persistence in diverse aquatic environments. This review will discuss DNA-based techniques for the molecular analysis of V. cholerae, its application and future directions.
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- Durg V Singh
- Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar-751023, India
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Chatterjee S, Ghosh K, Raychoudhuri A, Pan A, Bhattacharya MK, Mukhopadhyay AK, Ramamurthy T, Bhattacharya SK, Nandy RK. Phenotypic and genotypic traits and epidemiological implication of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 strains in India during 2003. J Med Microbiol 2007; 56:824-832. [PMID: 17510270 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46982-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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During 2003, Vibrio cholerae O1 Ogawa was the predominant serotype among diarrhoeal patients admitted to different hospitals in India. With the exception of 3 strains from Kolkata, none of 172 strains examined exhibited resistance to tetracycline, but 45.7 % showed reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin. Extensive molecular characterization using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis, ribotyping and PFGE revealed that almost all the strains within a serogroup were clonally related. Along with the H pulsotype, a newly described L pulsotype of recently emerged O1 Inaba strains was detected among the O1 Ogawa strains from 2003. The striking similarity in their molecular properties and antibiograms indicated that at least certain clones of recently emerged Inaba strains from 2004 may have evolved from O1 Ogawa strains. This view was further supported by the detection of a nearly identical wbeT region among the O1 Ogawa and recently emerged Inaba strains, the latter differing only by a single point mutation. Since 2003, a hiatus in the isolation of serogroup O139 was observed and these strains share the same PFGE profiles as those isolated during 2000. Organization of tandemly arranged CTXEl, CTXCal and truncated CTXCal (devoid of ctxAB) prophages was unique among the majority of these O139 strains.
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- Souvik Chatterjee
- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33, C. I. T. Road, Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700 010, India
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- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33, C. I. T. Road, Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700 010, India
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- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33, C. I. T. Road, Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700 010, India
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- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33, C. I. T. Road, Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700 010, India
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- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33, C. I. T. Road, Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700 010, India
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- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33, C. I. T. Road, Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700 010, India
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- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33, C. I. T. Road, Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700 010, India
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- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33, C. I. T. Road, Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700 010, India
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- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33, C. I. T. Road, Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700 010, India
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Bhattacharya T, Chatterjee S, Maiti D, Bhadra RK, Takeda Y, Nair GB, Nandy RK. Molecular analysis of the rstR and orfU genes of the CTX prophages integrated in the small chromosomes of environmental Vibrio cholerae non-O1, non-O139 strains. Environ Microbiol 2006; 8:526-634. [PMID: 16478458 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00932.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The ctxAB genes encoding cholera toxin, reside in the genome of a filamentous bacteriophage CTXphi. The presence of CTX prophage in non-epidemic environmental Vibrio cholerae strains is rare. The CTX prophage, the lysogenic form of CTXphi in V. cholerae, is comprised of the 'RS2' and the 'Core'. Analysis of the rstR gene present in the RS2 region of the CTX prophage revealed the presence of new alleles of the prophages in four environmental non-O1, non-O139 strains VCE22 (O36), VCE228 (O27), VCE232 (O4) and VCE233 (O27), and the CTX prophages are located in the small chromosomes. Phylogenetic analysis based on the nucleotide sequences of the rstR and orfU (present in the core) genes of these prophages placed them in a single unique cluster, which is distally located compared with that of epidemic V. cholerae O1 strains. Further analysis indicated that the genome of the prophage present in the strain VCE22 is devoid of the ctxAB genes, called pre-CTX prophage and the strain also possess the toxin-coregulated pilus protein coding gene tcpA of classical type, another important pathogenicity determining locus of the epidemic V. cholerae strains. Comparative analysis of the nucleotide sequences of the rstR and orfU genes indicated that the pre-CTX prophage of VCE22 might be the progenitor of new alleles of the CTX prophages present in these environmental strains.
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- Tanuja Bhattacharya
- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33, CIT Road Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700010, India
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MIYAZATO TOMOKO, TAMAKI YUICHIRO, SITHIVONG NOIKASEUMSY, PHANTOUAMATH BOUNNANH, INSISIENGMAY SITHAT, HIGA NAOMI, TOMA CLAUDIA, NAKASONE NOBORU, IWANAGA MASAAKI. ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY AND ITS GENETIC ANALYSIS OF VIBRIO CHOLERAE NON-O1, NON-O139 FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SOURCES IN LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC. Trop Med Health 2004. [DOI: 10.2149/tmh.32.245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Amita M, Chowdhury SR, Thungapathra M, Ramamurthy T, Nair GB, Ghosh A. Class I integrons and SXT elements in El Tor strains isolated before and after 1992 Vibrio cholerae O139 outbreak, Calcutta, India. Emerg Infect Dis 2003; 9:500-2. [PMID: 12702236 PMCID: PMC2957977 DOI: 10.3201/eid0904.020317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We examined the distribution of class I integrons and SXT elements in Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor strains, isolated in Calcutta, India, before and after the V. cholerae O139 outbreak in 1992. Class I integrons, with aadA1 gene cassette, were detected primarily in the pre-O139 strains; the SXT element was found mainly in the post-O139 strains.
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- M. Amita
- Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India
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- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India
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- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India
- International Centre for Diarroheal Disease Research, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India
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- H J Koornhof
- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Garg P, Nandy RK, Chaudhury P, Chowdhury NR, De K, Ramamurthy T, Yamasaki S, Bhattacharya SK, Takeda Y, Nair GB. Emergence of Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor serotype Inaba from the prevailing O1 Ogawa serotype strains in India. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 38:4249-53. [PMID: 11060101 PMCID: PMC87574 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.11.4249-4253.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The toxigenic Inaba serotype of Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor reappeared in India in 1998 and 1999, almost 10 years after its last dominance in Calcutta in 1989. Extensive molecular characterization by ribotyping, restriction fragment length polymorphism, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis indicated that recent Inaba strains are remarkably different from the earlier Inaba strains but are very similar to the prevailing V. cholerae O1 Ogawa El Tor biotype strains. The antibiograms of the Inaba strains were also similar to those of the recent V. cholerae Ogawa strains. These V. cholerae O1 Inaba strains appear to have evolved from the currently prevailing Ogawa strains and are likely to dominate in the coming years.
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- P Garg
- Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta 700 010, India
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Dalsgaard A, Forslund A, Petersen A, Brown DJ, Dias F, Monteiro S, Molbak K, Aaby P, Rodrigues A, Sandström A. Class 1 integron-borne, multiple-antibiotic resistance encoded by a 150-kilobase conjugative plasmid in epidemic vibrio cholerae O1 strains isolated in Guinea-Bissau. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 38:3774-9. [PMID: 11015401 PMCID: PMC87474 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.10.3774-3779.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In the 1996-1997 cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau, surveillance for antimicrobial resistance showed the emergence of a multidrug-resistant strain of Vibrio cholerae O1 during the course of the epidemic. The strain was resistant to ampicillin, erythromycin, tetracycline, furazolidone, aminoglycosides, trimethoprim, and sulfamethoxazole. Concomitant with the emergence of this strain, we observed a resurgence in the number of registered cholera cases as well as an increase in the case fatality rate from 1.0% before the emergence of the multiple-drug-resistant strain to 5.3% after the emergence of the strain. Our study shows that the strain contained a 150-kb conjugative multiple-antibiotic resistance plasmid with class 1 integron-borne gene cassettes encoding resistance to trimethoprim (dhfrXII) and aminoglycosides [ant(3")-1a]). The finding of transferable resistance to almost all of the antibiotics commonly used to treat cholera is of great public health concern. Studies should be carried out to determine to what extent the strain or its resistance genes have been spread to other areas where cholera is endemic.
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- A Dalsgaard
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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Dalsgaard A, Forslund A, Serichantalergs O, Sandvang D. Distribution and content of class 1 integrons in different Vibrio cholerae O-serotype strains isolated in Thailand. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2000; 44:1315-21. [PMID: 10770768 PMCID: PMC89861 DOI: 10.1128/aac.44.5.1315-1321.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In this study, 176 clinical and environmental Vibrio cholerae strains of different O serotypes isolated in Thailand from 1982 to 1995 were selected and studied for the presence of class 1 integrons, a new group of genetic elements which carry antibiotic resistance genes. Using PCR and DNA sequencing, we found that 44 isolates contained class 1 integrons harboring the aadB, aadA2, blaP1, dfrA1, and dfrA15 gene cassettes, which encode resistance to gentamicin, kanamycin, and tobramycin; streptomycin and spectinomycin; beta-lactams; and trimethoprim, respectively. Each cassette array contained only a single antibiotic resistance gene. Although resistance genes in class 1 integrons were found in strains from the same epidemic, as well as in unrelated non-O1, non-O139 strains isolated from children with diarrhea, they were found to encode only some of the antibiotic resistance expressed by the strains. Serotype O139 strains did not contain class 1 integrons. However, the appearance and disappearance of the O139 serotype in the coastal city Samutsakorn in 1992 and 1993 were associated with the emergence of a distinct V. cholerae O1 strain which contained the aadA2 resistance gene cassette. A 150-kb self-transmissible plasmid found in three O1 strains isolated in 1982 contained the aadB gene cassette. Surprisingly, several strains harbored two integrons containing different cassettes. Thus, class 1 integrons containing various resistance gene cassettes are distributed among different V. cholerae O serotypes of mainly clinical origin in Thailand.
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- A Dalsgaard
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C.
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Faruque SM, Saha MN, Bag PK, Bhadra RK, Bhattacharya SK, Sack RB, Takeda Y, Nair GB. Genomic diversity among Vibrio cholerae O139 strains isolated in Bangladesh and India between 1992 and 1998. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2000; 184:279-84. [PMID: 10713434 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2000.tb09027.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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In order to assess the extent of genomic diversity among Vibrio cholerae O139 strains, restriction fragment length polymorphisms in two genetic loci, rrn and ctx, were studied. Analysis of 144 strains isolated from different regions of Bangladesh and India between 1992 and 1998 revealed the presence of at least six distinct ribotypes (B-I through B-VI) of which three were new ribotypes, and one of these was represented by a nontoxigenic O139 strain. Strains of ribotypes B-I through B-V shared 11 different CTX genotypes (A through K). Antimicrobial resistance patterns of the strains varied independently of their ribotypes and CTX genotypes. Results of this study suggest that V. cholerae O139 is undergoing rapid genetic changes leading to the origination of new variants, and temporal changes in antimicrobial resistance patterns may be contributing to the selection of different variants.
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- S M Faruque
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Mukhopadhyay AK, Basu A, Garg P, Bag PK, Ghosh A, Bhattacharya SK, Takeda Y, Nair GB. Molecular epidemiology of reemergent Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal in India. J Clin Microbiol 1998; 36:2149-52. [PMID: 9650989 PMCID: PMC105015 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.7.2149-2152.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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We report the prevalence of the O139 serogroup in Calcutta, India, after its reemergence in August 1996 and the spread of the reemerged clone to other parts of the country by using previously established molecular markers. Phenotypically, the reemerged Vibrio cholerae O139 displayed a difference compared to those that appeared in late 1992 and 1993 in that the current O139 strains are sensitive to co-trimoxazole. Ribotyping with the enzyme BglI produced two rRNA restriction patterns in the O139 strains isolated after August 1996, and these patterns were identical to those exhibited by strains of O139 isolated in 1992. Three clones of V. cholerae O139 are currently prevailing in the country, with strains exhibiting three bands after HindIII digestion and hybridization with a ctxA probe being dominant. The reemergence of V. cholerae O139 in Calcutta after a 32-month quiescent period reestablishes the O139 serogroup as an entity which is likely to play a crucial role in the temporal antigenic variations among the serogroups of V. cholerae causing cholera.
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- A K Mukhopadhyay
- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Beliaghata, Calcutta, India
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