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Mpakaniye P, Boven A, Callens S, Engstrand L, Vlieghe E, Brusselaers N. Clostridioides difficile recurrence in individuals with and without cancer: a Swedish population-based cohort study. Infection 2024; 52:649-660. [PMID: 38407777 PMCID: PMC10954957 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-024-02193-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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PURPOSE Patients with cancer are vulnerable to Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) due to their disease, treatment and regular hospital contact, yet if CDI-recurrence is more common remains unclear, and differences among cancer types remain unexplored. METHODS This Swedish nationwide population-based cohort included all 43,150 individuals with recorded CDI (2006-2019) to assess CDI-recurrence in individuals with and without cancer, with binary multivariable logistic regression, stratified by anatomical location, and survival status. RESULTS Compared to those without cancer (N = 29,543), ongoing cancer (diagnosis < 12 months; N = 3,882) was associated with reduced recurrence (OR = 0.81, 95% CI 0.73-0.89), while there was no association with cancer history (diagnosis ≥ 12 months; N = 9,725). There was an increased 8-week all-cause mortality (Ongoing cancer: OR = 1.58, 95% CI 1.43-1.74; Cancer history: OR = 1.45, 95% CI 1.36-1.55) compared to those without cancer. Among CDI-survivors, those with ongoing cancer presented with a decreased odds of recurrence (OR = 0.84, 95% CI 0.76-0.94), compared to those without cancer history, with no association for those with cancer history (OR = 1.04, 95% CI 0.97-1.1). Large variations were seen across cancer types, with the highest observed proportion of recurrence in oral and mesothelial cancer, and the lowest for esophageal cancer, although no statistically significant OR were found. CONCLUSION The population-based study indicates that individuals with cancer may have fewerrecurrences than expected, yet variations by cancer type were large, and mortality was high.
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- Peace Mpakaniye
- Centre for Translational Microbiome Research, Department Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Global Health Institute, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Centre for Translational Microbiome Research, Department Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Global Health Institute, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- The Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Ghent University, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Centre for Translational Microbiome Research, Department Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Global Health Institute, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Infectious Diseases, Department of General Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Centre for Translational Microbiome Research, Department Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Global Health Institute, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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Liu A, Chan E, Madigan V, Leung V, Dosvaldo L, Sherry N, Howden B, Bond K, Marshall C. Using whole genome sequencing to characterize Clostridioides difficile isolates at a tertiary center in Melbourne, Australia. ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP & HEALTHCARE EPIDEMIOLOGY : ASHE 2024; 4:e7. [PMID: 38234420 PMCID: PMC10789990 DOI: 10.1017/ash.2023.529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Revised: 11/26/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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Objective Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is the commonest cause of healthcare-associated diarrhea and undergoes standardized surveillance and mandatory reporting in most Australian states and territories. Historically attributed to nosocomial spread, local and international whole genome sequencing (WGS) data suggest varied sources of acquisition. This study describes C. difficile genotypes isolated at a tertiary center in Melbourne, Australia, their likely source of acquisition, and common risk factors. Design Retrospective observational study. Setting The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH), a 570-bed tertiary center in Victoria, Australia. Methods Short-read whole genome sequencing was performed on 75 out of 137 C. difficile isolates obtained from 1/5/2021 to 28/2/2022 and compared to previous data from 8/11/2015 to 1/11/2016. Existing data from infection control surveillance and electronic medical records were used for epidemiological and risk factor analysis. Results Eighty-five (62.1%) of the 137 cases were defined as healthcare-associated from epidemiological data. On genome sequencing, 33 different multi-locus sequence type (MLST) subtypes were identified, with changes in population structure compared to the 2015-16 period. Risk factors for CDI were present in 130 (94.9%) cases, including 108 (78.8%) on antibiotics, 86 (62.8%) on acid suppression therapy, and 25 (18.2) on chemotherapy. Conclusion In both study periods, most C. difficile isolates were not closely related, suggesting varied sources of acquisition and that spread of C. difficile within the hospital was unlikely. Current infection control precautions may therefore warrant review. Underlying risk factors for CDI were common and may contribute to the proportion of healthcare-associated infections in the absence of proven hospital transmission.
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- Alice Liu
- Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Microbiology Department, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Microbiology Department, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Infectious Diseases Department, The Northern Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Infection Prevention and Surveillance Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Infection Prevention and Surveillance Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Microbiology Department, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Microbiology Department, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Infection Prevention and Surveillance Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Singh V, West G, Fiocchi C, Good CE, Katz J, Jacobs MR, Dichosa AEK, Flask C, Wesolowski M, McColl C, Grubb B, Ahmed S, Bank NC, Thamma K, Bederman I, Erokwu B, Yang X, Sundrud MS, Menghini P, Basson AR, Ezeji J, Viswanath SE, Veloo A, Sykes DB, Cominelli F, Rodriguez-Palacios A. Clonal Parabacteroides from Gut Microfistulous Tracts as Transmissible Cytotoxic Succinate-Commensal Model of Crohn's Disease Complications. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.01.09.574896. [PMID: 38260564 PMCID: PMC10802508 DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.09.574896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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Crohn's disease (CD) has been traditionally viewed as a chronic inflammatory disease that cause gut wall thickening and complications, including fistulas, by mechanisms not understood. By focusing on Parabacteroides distasonis (presumed modern succinate-producing commensal probiotic), recovered from intestinal microfistulous tracts (cavernous fistulous micropathologies CavFT proposed as intermediate between 'mucosal fissures' and 'fistulas') in two patients that required surgery to remove CD-damaged ilea, we demonstrate that such isolates exert pathogenic/pathobiont roles in mouse models of CD. Our isolates are clonally-related; potentially emerging as transmissible in the community and mice; proinflammatory and adapted to the ileum of germ-free mice prone to CD-like ileitis (SAMP1/YitFc) but not healthy mice (C57BL/6J), and cytotoxic/ATP-depleting to HoxB8-immortalized bone marrow derived myeloid cells from SAMP1/YitFc mice when concurrently exposed to succinate and extracts from CavFT-derived E. coli , but not to cells from healthy mice. With unique genomic features supporting recent genetic exchange with Bacteroides fragilis -BGF539, evidence of international presence in primarily human metagenome databases, these CavFT Pdis isolates could represent to a new opportunistic Parabacteroides species, or subspecies (' cavitamuralis' ) adapted to microfistulous niches in CD.
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Shen C, Zeng J, Zheng D, Xiao Y, Pu J, Luo L, Zhou H, Cai Y, Zhang L, Wu M, Zhang X, Deng G, Li S, Li Q, Zeng J, Sun Z, Huang B, Chen C. Molecular epidemiology and genomic dynamics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates causing relapse infections. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0531222. [PMID: 37768065 PMCID: PMC10581123 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.05312-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is one of the leading causes of chronic infections, including reinfection, relapse, and persistent infection, especially in cystic fibrosis patients. Relapse P. aeruginosa infections are more harmful because of repeated hospitalization and undertreatment of antimicrobials. However, relapse P. aeruginosa infection in China remains largely unknown. Herein, we performed a 3-year retrospective study from 2019 to 2022 in a tertiary hospital, which included 442 P. aeruginosa isolates from 196 patients. Relapse infection was identified by screening clinical records and whole-genome sequencing (WGS). We found that 31.6% (62/196) of patients had relapsed infections. The relapse incidence of carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa infection (51.4%) is significantly higher than that of carbapenem-susceptible P. aeruginosa infection (20.2%, P < 0.0001). These isolates were assigned to 50 distinct sequence types and sporadically distributed in phylogeny, indicating that relapsed infections were not caused by certain lineages. Fast adaptation and evolution of P. aeruginosa isolates were reflected by dynamic changes of antimicrobial resistance, gene loss and acquisition, and single-nucleotide polymorphisms during relapse episodes. Remarkably, a convergent non-synonymous mutation that occurs in a pyochelin-associated virulence gene fptA (T1056C, M252T) could be a considerable target for the diagnosis and treatment of relapse P. aeruginosa infection. These findings suggest that integrated utilization of WGS and medical records provides opportunities for improved diagnostics of relapsed infections. Continued surveillance of the genomic dynamics of relapse P. aeruginosa infection will generate further knowledge for optimizing treatment and prevention in the future.IMPORTANCEPseudomonas aeruginosa is a predominant pathogen that causes various chronic infections. Relapse infections promote the adaptation and evolution of antimicrobial resistance and virulence of P. aeruginosa, which obscure evolutionary trends and complicate infection management. We observed a high incidence of relapse P. aeruginosa infection in this study. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) revealed that relapse infections were not caused by certain lineages of P. aeruginosa isolates. Genomic dynamics of relapse P. aeruginosa among early and later stages reflected a plasticity scattered through the entire genome and fast adaptation and genomic evolution in different ways. Remarkably, a convergent evolution was found in a significant virulence gene fptA, which could be a considerable target for diagnosis and treatment. Taken together, our findings highlight the importance of longitudinal surveillance of relapse P. aeruginosa infection in China since cystic fibrosis is rare in Chinese. Integrated utilization of WGS and medical records provides opportunities for improved diagnostics of relapse infections.
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- Cong Shen
- The Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, General Hospital of Southern Theater Command, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Genomic epidemiology and transmission dynamics of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection in Western Australia. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2023; 42:607-619. [PMID: 36940050 PMCID: PMC10105659 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-023-04569-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 03/21/2023]
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Recurrent cases of Clostridioides difficile infection (rCDI) remain one of the most common and serious challenges faced in the management of CDI. The accurate distinction between a relapse (caused by infection with the same strain) and reinfection (caused by a new strain) has implications for infection control and prevention, and patient therapy. Here, we used whole-genome sequencing to investigate the epidemiology of 94 C. difficile isolates from 38 patients with rCDI in Western Australia. The C. difficile strain population comprised 13 sequence types (STs) led by ST2 (PCR ribotype (RT) 014, 36.2%), ST8 (RT002, 19.1%) and ST34 (RT056, 11.7%). Among 38 patients, core genome SNP (cgSNP) typing found 27 strains (71%) from initial and recurring cases differed by ≤ 2 cgSNPs, suggesting a likely relapse of infection with the initial strain, while eight strains differed by ≥ 3 cgSNPs, suggesting reinfection. Almost half of patients with CDI relapse confirmed by WGS suffered episodes that occurred outside the widely used 8-week cut-off for defining rCDI. Several putative strain transmission events between epidemiologically unrelated patients were identified. Isolates of STs 2 and 34 from rCDI cases and environmental sources shared a recent evolutionary history, suggesting a possible common community reservoir. For some rCDI episodes caused by STs 2 and 231, within-host strain diversity was observed, characterised by loss/gain of moxifloxacin resistance. Genomics improves discrimination of relapse from reinfection and identifies putative strain transmission events among patients with rCDI. Current definitions of relapse and reinfection based on the timing of recurrence need to be reconsidered.
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Budi ND, Godfrey JJ, Safdar N, Shukla SK, Rose WE. Efficacy of Omadacycline or Vancomycin Combined With Germinants for Preventing Clostridioides difficile Relapse in a Murine Model. J Infect Dis 2023; 227:622-630. [PMID: 35904942 PMCID: PMC9978312 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiac324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2022] [Revised: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI) and recurrence (rCDI) are major health care burdens. Recurrence is likely caused by spores in the gastrointestinal tract that germinate after antibiotic therapy. This murine study explores germinant-antibiotic combinations for CDI. METHODS Previously described murine models were evaluated using C. difficile VPI 10463. The severe model compared omadacycline versus vancomycin in survival, weight loss, clinical scoring, and C. difficile toxin production. The nonsevere model compared these antibiotics with and without germinants (solution of sodium taurocholate, taurine, sodium docusate, calcium gluconate). Additionally, colon histopathology, bile acid analysis, environmental/spore shedding, and 16S sequencing was evaluated. RESULTS In the severe model, omadacycline-treated mice had 60% survival versus 13.3% with vancomycin (hazard ratio [HR], 0.327; 95% confidence interval [CI],.126-.848; P = .015) along with decreased weight loss, and disease severity. In the nonsevere model, all mice survived with antibiotic-germinant treatment versus 60% antibiotics alone (HR, 0.109; 95% CI, .02-.410; P = .001). Omadacycline resulted in less changes in bile acids and microbiota composition. Germinant-treated mice showed no signs of rCDI, spore shedding, or significant toxin production at 15 days. CONCLUSIONS In murine models of CDI, omadacycline improved survival versus vancomycin. Germinant-antibiotic combinations were more effective at preventing rCDI compared to antibiotics alone without inducing toxin production.
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- Noah D Budi
- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.,William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.,William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Center for Precision Medicine Research, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Whole Genome Sequencing Evidences High Rates of Relapse in Clostridioides difficile Infection Caused by the Epidemic Ribotype 106. Appl Microbiol 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/applmicrobiol3010005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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An increasing prevalence and spread of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) caused by DH/NAP11/106/ST-42 has been observed worldwide, probably fostered by its great capacity to produce spores or by the higher resistance rates observed for some strains. Based on the results of our previous study where RT106 showed higher recurrence rates than other relevant ribotypes, a genetic analysis by whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of primary and recurrent RT106 isolates from ten patients was performed to determine whether the higher rate of recurrence associated with RT106 is due to relapses, caused by the same strain, or reinfections, caused by different strains. MLST profiles, resistance mutations, and phylogenetic relatedness were determined by comparative single nucleotide variant (SNV) analysis. All isolates were classified as ST42, and those belonging to the same patient were isogenic, with one exception; strains belonging to different patients were not with two exceptions, pointing to putative transmission events. Phylogenetic analysis also suggested the presence of similar local epidemic lineages associated with moxifloxacin resistance, except for one patient whose isolates clustered with different nonresistant US strains. Our results show that recurrent CDIs caused by RT06/ST42 are mainly due to relapses caused by the primary strains, showing the higher capacity of RT106/ST42 to persist and cause recurrences as compared to other ribotypes.
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Lacotte PA, Simons A, Bouttier S, Malet-Villemagne J, Nicolas V, Janoir C. Inhibition of In Vitro Clostridioides difficile Biofilm Formation by the Probiotic Yeast Saccharomyces boulardii CNCM I-745 through Modification of the Extracellular Matrix Composition. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10061082. [PMID: 35744599 PMCID: PMC9227484 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10061082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 05/21/2022] [Accepted: 05/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Clostridioides difficile is responsible for post-antibiotic diarrhea and most of the pseudomembranous colitis cases. Multiple recurrences, one of the major challenges faced in C. difficile infection (CDI) management, can be considered as chronic infections, and the role of biofilm formation in CDI recurrences is now widely considered. Therefore, we explored if the probiotic yeast Saccharomyces boulardii CNCM I-745 could impact the in vitro formation of C. difficile biofilm. Biomass staining and viable bacterial cell quantification showed that live S. boulardii exerts an antagonistic effect on the biofilm formation for the three C. difficile strains tested. Confocal laser scanning microscopy observation revealed a weakening and an average thickness reduction of the biofilm structure when C. difficile is co-incubated with S. boulardii, compared to the single-species bacterial biofilm structure. These effects, that were not detected with another genetically close yeast, S. cerevisiae, seemed to require direct contact between the probiotic yeast and the bacterium. Quantification of the extrapolymeric matrix components, as well as results obtained after DNase treatment, revealed a significant decrease of eDNA, an essential structural component of the C. difficile biofilm matrix, in the dual-species biofilm. This modification could explain the reduced cohesion and robustness of C. difficile biofilms formed in the presence of S. boulardii CNCM I-745 and be involved in S. boulardii clinical preventive effect against CDI recurrences.
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- Pierre-Alexandre Lacotte
- INRAE, Université Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, 92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France; (P.-A.L.); (A.S.); (S.B.); (J.M.-V.)
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- INRAE, Université Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, 92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France; (P.-A.L.); (A.S.); (S.B.); (J.M.-V.)
- Laboratoire Eau, Environnement et Systèmes Urbains (Leesu), Université Paris-Est Créteil, École des Ponts ParisTech, 94010 Créteil, France
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- INRAE, Université Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, 92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France; (P.-A.L.); (A.S.); (S.B.); (J.M.-V.)
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- INRAE, Université Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, 92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France; (P.-A.L.); (A.S.); (S.B.); (J.M.-V.)
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- Ingénierie et Plateformes au Service de l’Innovation (IPSIT), UMS IPSIT Université Paris-Saclay-US 31 INSERM-UAR 3679 CNRS, Plateforme d’Imagerie Cellulaire MIPSIT, 92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France;
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- INRAE, Université Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, 92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France; (P.-A.L.); (A.S.); (S.B.); (J.M.-V.)
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SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance as an evidence-based infection control approach in an offshore petroleum employee population. Am J Infect Control 2022; 50:1013-1019. [PMID: 35598812 PMCID: PMC9119720 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2022.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Industrial hygienists (IH) in the oil and gas business instituted an extraordinary number of safety protocols to limit spread of SARS-CoV-2 onto offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. We used genomic surveillance to provide actionable information concerning the efficacy of their efforts. METHODS Over 6 months, employees at a single company were serology and PCR tested during a 1-5 day predeployment quarantine and when postdeployment symptoms were reported. From each positive test (n = 49), SARS-CoV-2 genomes were sequenced. Phylogenetic analysis was used to investigate the epidemiology of transmissions. RESULTS Genomic surveillance confirmed 2 viral strains were infecting 18 offshore workers. Genomic data combined with epidemiological data suggested that a change in quarantine protocols contributed to these outbreaks. A pre-deployment outbreak involved a WHO variant of interest (Theta) that had infected 4 international workers. Two additional predeployment clusters of infections were identified. CONCLUSIONS Our findings support that IH quarantine/testing protocols limited viral transmissions, halted offshore outbreaks, and stopped the spread of a variant of interest. The study demonstrates how genomic data can be used to understand viral transmission dynamics in employee populations and evaluate safety protocols in the offshore oil and gas industry.
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Schupack DA, Mars RAT, Voelker DH, Abeykoon JP, Kashyap PC. The promise of the gut microbiome as part of individualized treatment strategies. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022; 19:7-25. [PMID: 34453142 PMCID: PMC8712374 DOI: 10.1038/s41575-021-00499-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Variability in disease presentation, progression and treatment response has been a central challenge in medicine. Although variability in host factors and genetics are important, it has become evident that the gut microbiome, with its vast genetic and metabolic diversity, must be considered in moving towards individualized treatment. In this Review, we discuss six broad disease groups: infectious disease, cancer, metabolic disease, cardiovascular disease, autoimmune or inflammatory disease, and allergic and atopic diseases. We highlight current knowledge on the gut microbiome in disease pathogenesis and prognosis, efficacy, and treatment-related adverse events and its promise for stratifying existing treatments and as a source of novel therapies. The Review is not meant to be comprehensive for each disease state but rather highlights the potential implications of the microbiome as a tool to individualize treatment strategies in clinical practice. Although early, the outlook is optimistic but challenges need to be overcome before clinical implementation, including improved understanding of underlying mechanisms, longitudinal studies with multiple data layers reflecting gut microbiome and host response, standardized approaches to testing and reporting, and validation in larger cohorts. Given progress in the microbiome field with concurrent basic and clinical studies, the microbiome will likely become an integral part of clinical care within the next decade.
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- Daniel A Schupack
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
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Core Genome Multilocus Sequence Typing and Prediction of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Using Whole-Genome Sequences of Escherichia coli Bloodstream Infection Isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2021; 65:e0113921. [PMID: 34424049 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01139-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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In total, 50 Escherichia coli bloodstream isolates from the clinical laboratory and 12 E. coli isolates referred for pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) were sequenced, assessed for clonality using core genome multilocus sequence typing (cgMLST), and evaluated for genomic susceptibility predictions using ARESdb. Results of sequence typing using whole-genome sequencing (WGS)-based MLST and sequence type (ST)-specific PCR were identical. Overall categorical agreement between genotypic (ARESdb) and phenotypic susceptibility testing for 62 isolates and 11 antimicrobial agents was 91%. Among the referred isolates, high major error rates were found for ceftazidime, cefepime, and piperacillin-tazobactam.
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Ressler A, Wang J, Rao K. Defining the black box: a narrative review of factors associated with adverse outcomes from severe Clostridioides difficile infection. Therap Adv Gastroenterol 2021; 14:17562848211048127. [PMID: 34646358 PMCID: PMC8504270 DOI: 10.1177/17562848211048127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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In the United States, Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is the leading cause of healthcare-associated infection, affecting nearly half a million people and resulting in more than 20,000 in-hospital deaths every year. It is therefore imperative to better characterize the intricate interplay between C. difficile microbial factors, host immunologic signatures, and clinical features that are associated with adverse outcomes of severe CDI. In this narrative review, we discuss the implications of C. difficile genetics and virulence factors in the molecular epidemiology of CDI, and the utility of early biomarkers in predicting the clinical trajectory of patients at risk of developing severe CDI. Furthermore, we identify associations between host immune factors and CDI outcomes in both animal models and human studies. Next, we highlight clinical factors including renal dysfunction, aging, blood biomarkers, level of care, and chronic illnesses that can affect severe CDI diagnosis and outcome. Finally, we present our perspectives on two specific treatments pertinent to patient outcomes: metronidazole administration and surgery. Together, this review explores the various venues of CDI research and highlights the importance of integrating microbial, host, and clinical data to help clinicians make optimal treatment decisions based on accurate prediction of disease progression.
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- Adam Ressler
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Seth-Smith HMB, Biggel M, Roloff T, Hinic V, Bodmer T, Risch M, Casanova C, Widmer A, Sommerstein R, Marschall J, Tschudin-Sutter S, Egli A. Transition From PCR-Ribotyping to Whole Genome Sequencing Based Typing of Clostridioides difficile. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021; 11:681518. [PMID: 34141631 PMCID: PMC8204696 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.681518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Clostridioides difficile causes nosocomial outbreaks which can lead to severe and even life-threatening colitis. Rapid molecular diagnostic tests allow the identification of toxin-producing, potentially hypervirulent strains, which is critical for patient management and infection control. PCR-ribotyping has been used for decades as the reference standard to investigate transmission in suspected outbreaks. However, the introduction of whole genome sequencing (WGS) for molecular epidemiology provides a realistic alternative to PCR-ribotyping. In this transition phase it is crucial to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the two technologies, and to assess their correlation. We aimed to investigate ribotype prediction from WGS data, and options for analysis at different levels of analytical granularity. Ribotypes cannot be directly determined from short read Illumina sequence data as the rRNA operons including the ribotype-defining ISR fragments collapse in genome assemblies, and comparison with traditional PCR-ribotyping results becomes impossible. Ribotype extraction from long read Oxford nanopore data also requires optimization. We have compared WGS-based typing with PCR-ribotyping in nearly 300 clinical and environmental isolates from Switzerland, and in addition from the Enterobase database (n=1778). Our results show that while multi-locus sequence type (MLST) often correlates with a specific ribotype, the agreement is not complete, and for some ribotypes the resolution is insufficient. Using core genome MLST (cgMLST) analysis, there is an improved resolution and ribotypes can often be predicted within clusters, using cutoffs of 30-50 allele differences. The exceptions are ribotypes within known ribotype complexes such as RT078/RT106, where the genome differences in cgMLST do not reflect the ribotype segregation. We show that different ribotype clusters display different degrees of diversity, which could be important for the definition of ribotype cluster specific cutoffs. WGS-based analysis offers the ultimate resolution to the SNP level, enabling exploration of patient-to-patient transmission. PCR-ribotyping does not sufficiently discriminate to prove nosocomial transmission with certainty. We discuss the associated challenges and opportunities in a switch to WGS from conventional ribotyping for C. difficile.
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- Helena M B Seth-Smith
- Division of Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Applied Microbiology Research, Department Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Swiss Institute for Bioinformatics, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Applied Microbiology Research, Department Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Swiss Institute for Bioinformatics, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Clinical Microbiology, Labormedizinisches Zentrum Dr Risch, Liebefeld, Switzerland
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- Clinical Microbiology, Labormedizinisches Zentrum Dr Risch, Liebefeld, Switzerland
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- Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases & Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, University Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Infectious Diseases, Hirslanden Central Switzerland, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases & Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, University Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Applied Microbiology Research, Department Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Omadacycline compared to vancomycin when combined with germinants to disrupt the life cycle of Clostridioides difficile. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2021; 65:AAC.01431-20. [PMID: 33649111 PMCID: PMC8092874 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01431-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) infections (CDI) are commonly treated with antibiotics that do not impact the dormant spore form of the pathogen. CDI-directed antibiotics, such as vancomycin and metronidazole, can destroy the vegetative form of C. difficile and protective microbiota. After treatment, spores can germinate into vegetative cells causing clinical disease relapse and further spore shedding. This in vitro study compares the combination of germinants with vancomycin or omadacycline to antibiotics alone in eradicating C. difficile spores and vegetative cells. Among the four strains in this study, omadacycline minimum inhibitory concentrations (0.031-0.125 mg/L) were lower than vancomycin (1-4 mg/L). Omadacycline nor vancomycin in media alone reduced spore counts. In three of the four strains, including the epidemic ribotype 027, spore eradication with germinants was 94.8-97.4% with vancomycin and 99.4-99.8% with omadacycline (p<0.005). In ribotype 012, either antibiotic combined with germinants resulted in 100% spore eradication at 24 hours. The addition of germinants with either antibiotic did not result in significant toxin A or B production, which were below the limit of detection (<1.25 ng/mL) by 48 hours. Limiting the number of spores present in patient GI tracts at the end of therapy may be effective at preventing recurrent CDI and limiting spore shedding in the healthcare environment. These results with germinants warrant safety and efficacy evaluations in animal models.
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Pu M, Cho JM, Cunningham SA, Behera G, Becker S, Amjad T, Greenwood-Quaintance KE, Mendes-Soares H, Jones-Hall Y, Jeraldo PR, Chen J, Dunny G, Patel R, Kashyap PC. Plasmid Acquisition Alters Vancomycin Susceptibility in Clostridioides difficile. Gastroenterology 2021; 160:941-945.e8. [PMID: 33197449 PMCID: PMC7878333 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.10.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The increasing incidence of primary and recurring Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI), which evade current treatment strategies, reflects the changing biology of C difficile. Here, we describe a putative plasmid-mediated mechanism potentially driving decreased sensitivity of C difficile to vancomycin treatment. We identified a broad host range transferable plasmid in a C difficile strain associated with lack of adequate response to vancomycin treatment. The transfer of this plasmid to a vancomycin-susceptible C difficile isolate decreased its susceptibility to vancomycin in vitro and resulted in more severe disease in a humanized mouse model. Our findings suggest plasmid acquisition in the gastrointestinal tract to be a possible mechanism underlying vancomycin treatment failure in patients with CDI, but further work is needed to characterize the mechanism by which plasmid genes determine vancomycin susceptibility in C difficile.
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- Meng Pu
- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA,Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA,Department of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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Budi N, Safdar N, Rose WE. Treatment issues in recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections and the possible role of germinants. FEMS MICROBES 2020; 1:xtaa001. [PMID: 37333958 PMCID: PMC10117431 DOI: 10.1093/femsmc/xtaa001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Clostridioides difficile is the number one cause of hospital-acquired infections in the United States and one of the CDC's urgent-level pathogen threats. The inflammation caused by pathogenic C. difficile results in diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis. Patients who undergo clinically successful treatment for this disease commonly experience recurrent infections. Current treatment options can eradicate the vegetative cell form of the bacteria but do not impact the spore form, which is impervious to antibiotics and resists conventional environmental cleaning procedures. Antibiotics used in treating C. difficile infections (CDI) often do not eradicate the pathogen and can prevent regeneration of the microbiome, leaving them vulnerable to recurrent CDI and future infections upon subsequent non-CDI-directed antibiotic therapy. Addressing the management of C. difficile spores in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is important to make further progress in CDI treatment. Currently, no treatment options focus on reducing GI spores throughout CDI antibiotic therapy. This review focuses on colonization of the GI tract, current treatment options and potential treatment directions emphasizing germinant with antibiotic combinations to prevent recurrent disease.
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- Noah Budi
- Corresponding author: School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Room 4123, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705, USA. Tel: +1-920-419-7704; E-mail:
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA, 53726
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA, 53705
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Smith AB, Soto Ocana J, Zackular JP. From Nursery to Nursing Home: Emerging Concepts in Clostridioides difficile Pathogenesis. Infect Immun 2020; 88:IAI.00934-19. [PMID: 32122939 PMCID: PMC7309631 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00934-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Clostridioides difficile is a Gram-positive, spore-forming, anaerobic bacterium that infects the human gastrointestinal tract, causing a wide range of disorders that vary in severity from mild diarrhea to toxic megacolon and/or death. Over the past decade, incidence, severity, and costs associated with C. difficile infection (CDI) have increased dramatically in both the pediatric and adult populations. The factors driving this rapidly evolving epidemiology remain largely unknown but are likely due in part to previously unappreciated host, microbiota, and environmental factors. In this review, we will cover the risks and challenges of CDI in adult and pediatric populations and examine asymptomatic colonization in infants. We will also discuss the emerging role of diet, pharmaceutical drugs, and pathogen-microbiota interactions in C. difficile pathogenesis, as well as the impact of host-microbiota interactions in the manifestation of C. difficile-associated disease. Finally, we highlight new areas of research and novel strategies that may shed light on this complex infection and provide insights into the future of microbiota-based therapeutics for CDI.
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- Alexander B Smith
- Division of Protective Immunity, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Protective Immunity, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Protective Immunity, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Waker E, Ambrozkiewicz F, Kulecka M, Paziewska A, Skubisz K, Cybula P, Targoński Ł, Mikula M, Walewski J, Ostrowski J. High Prevalence of Genetically Related Clostridium Difficile Strains at a Single Hemato-Oncology Ward Over 10 Years. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1618. [PMID: 32793147 PMCID: PMC7384382 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Aims: Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection (CDI) is the main cause of healthcare-associated infectious diarrhea. We used whole-genome sequencing (WGS) to measure the prevalence and genetic variability of C. difficile at a single hemato-oncology ward over a 10 year period. Methods: Between 2008 and 2018, 2077 stool samples were obtained from diarrheal patients hospitalized at the Department of Lymphoma; of these, 618 were positive for toxin A/B. 140 isolates were then subjected to WGS on Ion Torrent PGM sequencer. Results: 36 and 104 isolates were recovered from 36 to 46 patients with single and multiple CDIs, respectively. Of these, 131 strains were toxigenic. Toxin gene profiles tcdA(+);tcdB(+);cdtA/cdtB(+) and tcdA(+);tcdB(+);cdtA/cdtB(-) were identified in 122 and nine strains, respectively. No isolates showed reduced susceptibility to metronidazole and vancomycin. All tested strains were resistant to ciprofloxacin, and 72.9, 42.9, and 72.9% of strains were resistant to erythromycin, clindamycin, or moxifloxacin, respectively. Multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) identified 23 distinct sequence types (STs) and two unidentified strains. Strains ST1 and ST42 represented 31 and 30.1% of all strains tested, respectively. However, while ST1 was detected across nearly all years studied, ST42 was detected only from 2009 to 2011. Conclusion: The high proportion of infected patients in 2008-2011 may be explained by the predominance of more transmissible and virulent C. difficile strains. Although this retrospective study was not designed to define outbreaks of C. difficile, the finding that most isolates exhibited high levels of genetic relatedness suggests nosocomial acquisition.
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- Edyta Waker
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Clinical Oncology, Centre for Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Clinical Oncology, Centre for Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Clinical Oncology, Centre for Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Clinical Oncology, Centre for Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Lymphoproliferative Diseases, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Lymphoproliferative Diseases, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Clinical Oncology, Centre for Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
- *Correspondence: Jerzy Ostrowski,
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