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Characterization of Uropathogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Serotypes, Resistance Phenotypes, and Virulence Genotypes. JOURNAL OF PURE AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.22207/jpam.16.2.57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major cause of urinary tract infections. This organism has extended resistance to antimicrobials along with multiple virulence factors, making it difficult to treat. In this study, 49 isolates from urine samples were identified as P. aeruginosa and serotyped by the slide agglutination method. The sensitivity of isolates against 10 antipseudomonal drugs was determined. Phenotypically, lipase, protease, hemolysin, and biofilm production were detected. Genes for the type III secretion system, elastase B, and exotoxin A were detected by PCR. Serotype O11 was the most predominant serotype among test isolates. High levels of resistance were observed against ceftazidime, cefepime, piperacillin, and piperacillin/tazobactam while 10.2% of isolates were resistant to amikacin. MDR was detected in 20.4% of the isolates and was significantly associated with strong biofilm producers. About 95.9% and 63.3% of P. aeruginosa isolates had proteolytic and lipolytic activity, respectively. Among the genes detected, the exoY gene was the most prevalent gene (79.6%), while the exoU gene was the least frequent one (10.2%). toxA and lasB genes were amplified in 63.27% and 75.5% of the isolates, respectively. In addition, the exoU gene was significantly associated with MDR isolates. The high incidence of exoS, exoT, exoY, lasB, and toxA genes in uropathogenic P. aeruginosa implies that these genes can be considered markers for virulent isolates. Furthermore, the coexistence of exoU and exoS genes, even in 6% of isolates, poses a significant treatment challenge because those isolates possess both the invasive and cytotoxic properties of both effector proteins.
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Virulence Factors, Drug Resistance and Biofilm Formation in Pseudomonas Species Isolated from Healthcare Water Systems. Curr Microbiol 2020; 77:1737-1745. [DOI: 10.1007/s00284-020-01990-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2019] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In Vitro Cytotoxicity of Secondary Metabolites Extracted from Pseudomonas aeruginosa BS25 Strain. ARABIAN JOURNAL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s13369-019-04092-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Montagna MT, Triggiano F, Barbuti G, Bartolomeo N, De Giglio O, Diella G, Lopuzzo M, Rutigliano S, Serio G, Caggiano G. Study on the In Vitro Activity of Five Disinfectants against Nosocomial Bacteria. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2019; 16:E1895. [PMID: 31146343 PMCID: PMC6603693 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16111895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Revised: 05/25/2019] [Accepted: 05/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Nosocomial infections cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide, and the pathogenic organisms responsible for such infections can develop resistance to antimicrobial agents. Understanding the activity of disinfectants against clinical and environmental bacterial isolates is therefore crucial. We analysed the in vitro activity of five antimicrobial products (phenolic compounds, didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC), sodium hypochlorite, isopropanol + ammonium compounds (IACs), hydrogen peroxide) against 187 bacterial strains comprising clinical isolates, as well as 30 environmental isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from hospital water samples. Disk diffusion assays were employed to assess antimicrobial activity. Hydrogen peroxide was significantly more active (p < 0.0001) than the other disinfectants against all P. aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterococcus faecalis and Staphylococcus aureus strains. It was also the only disinfectant with activity against both clinical and environmental strains of P. aeruginosa. DDAC and IAC-based disinfectants were ineffective against Gram-negative strains, but showed significant activity (particularly IACs, p < 0.0001) against the Gram-positive strains. Compared with IACs, DDAC was significantly more active on E. faecalis and less active on S. aureus (p < 0.0001). Sodium hypochlorite and phenol compounds, by contrast, were inactive against all bacterial strains. The development of disinfection procedures that are effective against all microorganisms is essential for limiting the spread of nosocomial infections.
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- Maria Teresa Montagna
- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
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Rzhepishevska O, Limanska N, Galkin M, Lacoma A, Lundquist M, Sokol D, Hakobyan S, Sjöstedt A, Prat C, Ramstedt M. Characterization of clinically relevant model bacterial strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa for anti-biofilm testing of materials. Acta Biomater 2018; 76:99-107. [PMID: 29902594 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2018.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2018] [Revised: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 06/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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There is a great interest in developing novel anti-biofilm materials in order to decrease medical device-associated bacterial infections causing morbidity and high healthcare costs. However, the testing of novel materials is often done using bacterial lab strains that may not exhibit the same phenotype as clinically relevant strains infecting medical devices. Furthermore, no consensus of strain selection exists in the field, making results very difficult to compare between studies. In this work, 19 clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa originating from intubated patients in an intensive care unit have been characterized and compared to the lab reference strain PAO1 and a rmlC lipopolysaccharide mutant of PAO1. The adhesion and biofilm formation was monitored, as well as cell properties such as hydrophobicity, zeta potential and motility. Two groups of isolates were observed: one with high adhesion to polymer surfaces and one with low adhesion (the latter including PAO1). Furthermore, detailed biofilm assays in a flow system were performed using five characteristic isolates from the two groups. Confocal microscopy showed that the adhesion and biofilm formation of four of these five strains could be reduced dramatically on zwitterionic surface coatings. However, one isolate with pronounced swarming colonized and formed biofilm also on the antifouling surface. We demonstrate that the biofilm properties of clinical isolates can differ greatly from that of a standard lab strain and propose two clinical model strains for testing of materials designed for prevention of biofilm formation in the respiratory tract. The methodology used could beneficially be applied for screening of other collections of pathogens to identify suitable model strains for in vitro biofilm testing. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Medical-device associated infections present a great challenge in health care. Therefore, much research is undertaken to prevent bacterial colonization of new types of biomaterials. The work described here characterizes, tests and presents a number of clinically relevant bacterial model strains for assessing biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Such model strains are of importance as they may provide better predictability of lab testing protocols with respect to how well materials would perform in an infection situation in a patient. Furthermore, this study uses the strains to test the performance of polymer surfaces designed to repel bacterial adhesion and it is shown that the biofilm formation for four out of the five tested bacterial strains was reduced.
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- Department of Microbiology, Virology and Biotechnology, Odessa National University, Shampanskiy Lane 2, Odessa 65058, Ukraine.
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- Department of Microbiology, Virology and Biotechnology, Odessa National University, Shampanskiy Lane 2, Odessa 65058, Ukraine.
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- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut de Recerca Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Spain.
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- Department of Microbiology, Virology and Biotechnology, Odessa National University, Shampanskiy Lane 2, Odessa 65058, Ukraine
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- Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, 90187 Umeå, Sweden; Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK.
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University, SE-90 185 Umeå, Sweden.
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- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut de Recerca Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Spain.
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Biofilm formation, antibiotic susceptibility and RAPD genotypes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical strains isolated from single centre intensive care unit patients. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2017; 62:531-538. [PMID: 28365878 DOI: 10.1007/s12223-017-0526-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Accepted: 03/24/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The aim of this study was to analyse genotypes, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and serotypes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical strains, including the clonal dissemination of particular strains throughout various intensive care units in one medical centre. Using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD-PCR) and P. aeruginosa antisera, 22 different genotypes and 8 serotypes were defined among 103 isolates from 48 patients. No direct association between P. aeruginosa strain genotypes and serotypes was observed. RAPD typing in strains with the same serotype revealed different genotypes and, on the contrary, most strains with a different serotype displayed the same amplification pattern. The resulting banding patterns showed a high degree of genetic heterogeneity among all isolates from the patients examined, suggesting a non-clonal relationship between isolates from these patients. A higher degree of antibiotic resistance and stronger biofilm production in common genotypes compared to rare ones and genetic homogeneity of the most resistant strains indicated the role of antibiotic pressure in acquiring resistant and more virulent strains in our hospital. In conclusion, genetic characterisation of P. aeruginosa strains using RAPD method was shown to be more accurate in epidemiological analyses than phenotyping.
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García-Lara B, Saucedo-Mora M, Roldán-Sánchez J, Pérez-Eretza B, Ramasamy M, Lee J, Coria-Jimenez R, Tapia M, Varela-Guerrero V, García-Contreras R. Inhibition of quorum-sensing-dependent virulence factors and biofilm formation of clinical and environmental Pseudomonas aeruginosa
strains by ZnO nanoparticles. Lett Appl Microbiol 2015; 61:299-305. [DOI: 10.1111/lam.12456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2015] [Revised: 05/22/2015] [Accepted: 06/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- B. García-Lara
- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology; Faculty of Medicine; UNAM; Mexico City Mexico
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology; Faculty of Medicine; UNAM; Mexico City Mexico
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology; Faculty of Medicine; UNAM; Mexico City Mexico
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology; Faculty of Medicine; UNAM; Mexico City Mexico
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- School of Chemical Engineering; Yeungnam University; Gyeongsan Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering; Yeungnam University; Gyeongsan Korea
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- Laboratory of Experimental Bacteriology; National Institute of Pediatrics; Mexico City Mexico
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- Centro Conjunto de Investigación en Química Sustentable UAEM-UNAM; Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México; Toluca Mexico
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- Centro Conjunto de Investigación en Química Sustentable UAEM-UNAM; Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México; Toluca Mexico
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology; Faculty of Medicine; UNAM; Mexico City Mexico
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Assessment of panobacumab as adjunctive immunotherapy for the treatment of nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2014; 33:1861-7. [PMID: 24859907 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-014-2156-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2014] [Accepted: 05/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The fully human anti-lipopolysaccharide (LPS) immunoglobulin M (IgM) monoclonal antibody panobacumab was developed as an adjunctive immunotherapy for the treatment of O11 serotype Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. We evaluated the potential clinical efficacy of panobacumab in the treatment of nosocomial pneumonia. We performed a post-hoc analysis of a multicenter phase IIa trial (NCT00851435) designed to prospectively evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetics of panobacumab. Patients treated with panobacumab (n = 17), including 13 patients receiving the full treatment (three doses of 1.2 mg/kg), were compared to 14 patients who did not receive the antibody. Overall, the 17 patients receiving panobacumab were more ill. They were an average of 72 years old [interquartile range (IQR): 64-79] versus an average of 50 years old (IQR: 30-73) (p = 0.024) and had Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) scores of 17 (IQR: 16-22) versus 15 (IQR: 10-19) (p = 0.043). Adjunctive immunotherapy resulted in an improved clinical outcome in the group receiving the full three-course panobacumab treatment, with a resolution rate of 85 % (11/13) versus 64 % (9/14) (p = 0.048). The Kaplan-Meier survival curve showed a statistically significantly shorter time to clinical resolution in this group of patients (8.0 [IQR: 7.0-11.5] versus 18.5 [IQR: 8-30] days in those who did not receive the antibody; p = 0.004). Panobacumab adjunctive immunotherapy may improve clinical outcome in a shorter time if patients receive the full treatment (three doses). These preliminary results suggest that passive immunotherapy targeting LPS may be a complementary strategy for the treatment of nosocomial O11 P. aeruginosa pneumonia.
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Lu Q, Eggimann P, Luyt CE, Wolff M, Tamm M, François B, Mercier E, Garbino J, Laterre PF, Koch H, Gafner V, Rudolf MP, Mus E, Perez A, Lazar H, Chastre J, Rouby JJ. Pseudomonas aeruginosa serotypes in nosocomial pneumonia: prevalence and clinical outcomes. Crit Care 2014; 18:R17. [PMID: 24428878 PMCID: PMC4057348 DOI: 10.1186/cc13697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2013] [Accepted: 01/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Pseudomonas aeruginosa frequently causes nosocomial pneumonia and is associated with poor outcome. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence and clinical outcome of nosocomial pneumonia caused by serotype-specific P. aeruginosa in critically ill patients under appropriate antimicrobial therapy management. METHODS A retrospective, non-interventional epidemiological multicenter cohort study involving 143 patients with confirmed nosocomial pneumonia caused by P. aeruginosa. Patients were analyzed for a period of 30 days from time of nosocomial pneumonia onset. Fourteen patients fulfilling the same criteria from a phase IIa studyconducted at the same time/centers were included in the prevalence calculations but not in the clinical outcome analysis. RESULTS The prevalence of serotypes was: O6 (29%), O11 (23%), O10 (10%), O2 (9%), and O1 (8%). Serotypes with a prevalence of less than 5% were found in 13% of patients, 8% were classified as not typeable. Across all serotypes, 19% mortality, 70% clinical resolution, 11% clinical continuation, and 5% clinical recurrence were recorded. Age and higher APACHE II (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II) were predictive risk factors associated with probability of death and lower clinical resolution for P. aeruginosa nosocomial pneumonia. Mortality tends to be higher with O1 (40%) and lower with O2 (0%); clinical resolution tends to be better with O2 (82%) compared to other serotypes. Persisting pneumonia with O6 and O11 was, respectively, 8% and 21%; clinical resolution with O6 and O11 was, respectively, 75% and 57%. CONCLUSIONS In P. aeruginosa nosocomial pneumonia, the most prevalent serotypes were O6 and O11. Further studies including larger group sizes are needed to correlate clinical outcome with virulence factors of P. aeruginosa in patients with nosocomial pneumonia caused by various serotypes; and to compare O6 and O11, the two serotypes most frequently encountered in critically ill patients.
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Yousefi S, Nahaei MR, Farajnia S, Aghazadeh M, Iversen A, Edquist P, Maãtallah M, Giske CG. A multiresistant clone ofPseudomonas aeruginosasequence type 773 spreading in a burn unit in Orumieh, Iran. APMIS 2012; 121:146-52. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2012.02948.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2011] [Accepted: 02/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Biotechnology Research Center; Tabriz University of Medical Sciences; Tabriz; Iran
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- Microbiology Department; Faculty of Medicine; Tabriz University of Medical Sciences; Tabriz
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology L2:02; Karolinska Institutet-MTC; Karolinska University Hospital Solna; Stockholm; Sweden
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- Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control; Stockholm; Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology L2:02; Karolinska Institutet-MTC; Karolinska University Hospital Solna; Stockholm; Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology L2:02; Karolinska Institutet-MTC; Karolinska University Hospital Solna; Stockholm; Sweden
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Collaco JM, McGready J, Green DM, Naughton KM, Watson CP, Shields T, Bell SC, Wainwright CE, Cutting GR. Effect of temperature on cystic fibrosis lung disease and infections: a replicated cohort study. PLoS One 2011; 6:e27784. [PMID: 22125624 PMCID: PMC3220679 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2011] [Accepted: 10/25/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background Progressive lung disease accounts for the majority of morbidity and mortality observed in cystic fibrosis (CF). Beyond secondhand smoke exposure and socio-economic status, the effect of specific environmental factors on CF lung function is largely unknown. Methods Multivariate regression was used to assess correlation between specific environmental factors, the presence of pulmonary pathogens, and variation in lung function using subjects enrolled in the U.S. CF Twin and Sibling Study (CFTSS: n = 1378). Significant associations were tested for replication in the U.S. CF Foundation Patient Registry (CFF: n = 16439), the Australian CF Data Registry (ACFDR: n = 1801), and prospectively ascertained subjects from Australia/New Zealand (ACFBAL: n = 167). Results In CFTSS subjects, the presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (OR = 1.06 per °F; p<0.001) was associated with warmer annual ambient temperatures. This finding was independently replicated in the CFF (1.02; p<0.001), ACFDR (1.05; p = 0.002), and ACFBAL (1.09; p = 0.003) subjects. Warmer temperatures (−0.34 points per °F; p = 0.005) and public insurance (−6.43 points; p<0.001) were associated with lower lung function in the CFTSS subjects. These findings were replicated in the CFF subjects (temperature: −0.31; p<0.001; insurance: −9.11; p<0.001) and similar in the ACFDR subjects (temperature: −0.23; p = 0.057). The association between temperature and lung function was minimally influenced by P. aeruginosa. Similarly, the association between temperature and P. aeruginosa was largely independent of lung function. Conclusions Ambient temperature is associated with prevalence of P. aeruginosa and lung function in four independent samples of CF patients from two continents.
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- Joseph M Collaco
- Eudowood Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.
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Murray TS, Ledizet M, Kazmierczak BI. Swarming motility, secretion of type 3 effectors and biofilm formation phenotypes exhibited within a large cohort of Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates. J Med Microbiol 2010; 59:511-520. [PMID: 20093376 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.017715-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic Gram-negative pathogen capable of acutely infecting or persistently colonizing susceptible hosts. P. aeruginosa colonizes surfaces in vitro by either biofilm formation or swarming motility. The choice of behaviour is influenced by the physical properties of the surface and specific nutrient availability, and subject to regulatory networks that also govern type 2 and type 3 protein secretion. Biofilm formation by clinical isolates has been well-studied. However, the swarming behaviour of human isolates has not been extensively analysed. We collected isolates from 237 hospitalized patients without cystic fibrosis and analysed motility and secretion phenotypes of each isolate. We found biofilm formation and swarming to be negatively associated, while swarming was positively associated with the secretion of both proteases and type 3 exoenzymes. Most isolates were capable of type 3 secretion and biofilm formation, even though these traits are considered to favour distinct modes of pathogenesis. Our data demonstrate that while clinical isolates display diverse motility, biofilm and secretion phenotypes, many of the predicted relationships between swarming motility and other phenotypes observed in laboratory strains also hold true for bacteria isolated from human patients.
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- Thomas S Murray
- Department of Pediatrics and Laboratory Medicine (Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.,Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Fonseca AP, Correia P, Extremina CI, Sousa JC, Tenreiro R, Barros H. Molecular epidemiology of pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates from Portuguese Central Hospital. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2009; 53:540-6. [DOI: 10.1007/s12223-008-0086-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2008] [Revised: 07/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Putignani L, Sessa R, Petrucca A, Manfredini C, Coltella L, Menichella D, Nicoletti M, Russo C, Cipriani P. Genotyping of Different Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Morphotypes Arising from the Lower Respiratory Tract of a Patient Taken to an Intensive Care Unit. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2008; 21:941-7. [DOI: 10.1177/039463200802100418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen and an ubiquitous environmental bacterium. Fifty-seven days after hospitalization, we isolated three distinct P. aeruginosa morphotypes (smooth, rough and mucoid) from the lower respiratory tract of a patient admitted to a Cardiology Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Moreover, a group of nine colony variants, arising from the three P. aeruginosa isolates growing in laboratory growth media, were also isolated. The resulting 12 isolates were characterised for antibiotic resistance profile and subjected to genotypic analysis by fluorescent-Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (f-AFLP) and automated repetitive extragenic palindromic-PCR (rep-PCR) fingerprinting. The three smooth, rough and mucoid morphotypes presented different antibiotic resistance profiles and genotyping analysis showed that they belonged to distinct clones, indicating that at day 57 after the admission the patient was simultaneously colonized by three distinct P. aeruginosa isolates. On the other hand, the nine colony variants presented heterogeneous antibiotic resistance profiles and clustered together with the three parental isolates. The understanding of the link between genotype plasticity and antibiotic resistance may contribute to improving our knowledge of this life-threatening pathogen.
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- Department of Public Health, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, “Sant'Andrea” Hospital, Rome
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University “G. D'Annunzio”, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University “G. D'Annunzio”, Chieti, Italy
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, “Sant'Andrea” Hospital, Rome
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Leone I, Chirillo MG, Raso T, Zucca M, Savoia D. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from cystic fibrosis patients. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2008; 27:1093-9. [PMID: 18488256 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0551-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2008] [Accepted: 04/28/2008] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa accounts for about one half of all pulmonary infections of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. In this study, we analyzed 135 P. aeruginosa strains isolated from the expectorations of 55 CF adult patients attending a CF referral center over a period of five years. We assessed the genotype of the strains by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and analyzed some phenotypic characteristics, such as O serotype, enzyme and mucous production, antibiotics susceptibility, and motility. PFGE allowed the typification of 97.1% of strains, revealing the presence of nine different genomic patterns. The pattern indicated as B was the most frequent, whereas patterns H and I were the most uncommon. Serotyping failed to identify 37.8% of strains and 29 out of 55 patients harbored almost one non-typable (NT) strain. During the five years of the study, we observed a progressive reduction of O6 and O10 types, but an increase of the O1 type and of NT strains. Most strains produced protease, hemolysin, and gelatinase, and were mobile. Several patients harbored the same serotype or genotype in sequential isolates, though characterized by a different susceptibility to antimicrobials. We did not observe a relationship between bacterial genotype and phenotype. This could be due to the fact that PFGE is not sensitive enough to detect subtle genotypic differences. The epidemiological importance of the genotypic characterization of bacteria-colonizing CF subjects and the surveillance measures to be adopted in CF centers are briefly discussed.
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- I Leone
- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino at S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Regione Gonzole 10, Orbassano (To), Italy
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