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Santos AJDC, Dias RS, da Silva CHM, Vidigal PMP, de Sousa MP, da Silva CC, de Paula SO. Genomic analysis of Oceanotoga teriensis strain UFV_LIMV02, a multidrug-resistant thermophilic bacterium isolated from an offshore oil reservoir. Access Microbiol 2024; 6:000801.v3. [PMID: 39148687 PMCID: PMC11326445 DOI: 10.1099/acmi.0.000801.v3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 07/11/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024] Open
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Bacteria of the species Oceanotoga teriensis belong to the family Petrotogaceae, are Gram-negative bacilli, are moderately thermophilic and are included in the group of thiosulfate-reducing bacteria, being capable of significantly accelerating corrosion in metallic structures. However, no in-depth study on the genome, antibiotic resistance and mobile elements has been carried out so far. In this work, the isolation, phenotypic and genotypic characterization of the multi-resistant O. teriensis UFV_LIMV02 strain was carried out, from water samples from an offshore oil extraction platform in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). We determined that the isolate has a genome of 2 812 778 bp in size, with 26 % GC content, organized into 34 contigs. Genomic annotation using Rapid Annotation using Subsystem Technology revealed the presence of genes related to resistance to antibiotics and heavy metals. By evaluating the antimicrobial resistance of the isolate using the disc diffusion technique, resistance was verified for the classes of antibiotics, beta-lactams, fluoroquinolones, aminoglycosides, sulfonamides, lincosamides and rifamycins, a total of 14 antibiotics. The search for genomic islands, prophages and defence systems against phage infection revealed the presence of five genomic islands in its genome, containing genes related to resistance to heavy metals and antibiotics, most of which are efflux pumps and several transposases. No prophage was found in its genome; however, nine different defence systems against phage infection were detected. When analysing the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) systems, four CRISPR arrays, classified as types I-B and III-B, with 272 spacers, can provide the strain with immunity to different mobile genetic elements and bacteriophage infection. The results found in this study show that the isolate UFV_LIVM02 is an environmental bacterium, resistant to different classes of antibiotics, and that the proteins encoded by the predicted genomic islands may be associated with the development of greater resistance to antibiotics and heavy metals. They provide evidence that environmental bacteria found in offshore oil exploration residues may pose a risk for the spread of antibiotic resistance genes. More comprehensive studies on the microbial community present in oil waste are needed to assess the risks of horizontal gene transfer.
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- Adriele Jéssica do Carmo Santos
- Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Viçosa, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of General Biology, Federal University of Viçosa, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Viçosa, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Center for Biomolecules Analysis (NuBIOMOL), Federal University of Viçosa, Vila Gianetti, Campus Universitário, 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Leopoldo Américo Miguez de Mello Research and Development Center, Petrobras, Av. Horácio Macedo, 950, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 21941-915, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Viçosa, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of General Biology, Federal University of Viçosa, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Carrica MDC, Gorgojo JP, Alvarez-Hayes J, Valdez HA, Lamberti YA, Rodriguez ME. BPP0974 is a Bordetella parapertussis adhesin expressed in the avirulent phase, implicated in biofilm formation and intracellular survival. Microb Pathog 2024; 193:106754. [PMID: 38897361 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2024.106754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2024] [Revised: 05/28/2024] [Accepted: 06/16/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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B. parapertussis is a bacterium that causes whooping cough, a severe respiratory infection disease, that has shown an increased incidence in the population. Upon transmission through aerosol droplets, the initial steps of host colonization critically depend on the bacterial adhesins. We here described BPP0974, a B. parapertussis protein that exhibits the typical domain architecture of the large repetitive RTX adhesin family. BPP0974 was found to be retained in the bacterial membrane and secreted into the culture medium. This protein was found overexpressed in the avirulent phase of B. parapertussis, the phenotype proposed for initial host colonization. Interestingly, BPP0974 was found relevant for the biofilm formation as well as involved in the bacterial attachment to and survival within the respiratory epithelial cells. Taken together, our results suggest a role for BPP0974 in the early host colonization and pathogenesis of B. parapertussis.
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- Mariela Del Carmen Carrica
- CINDEFI (UNLP, CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.
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- CINDEFI (UNLP, CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- CINDEFI (UNLP, CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- CINDEFI (UNLP, CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- CINDEFI (UNLP, CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- CINDEFI (UNLP, CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.
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Farman MR, Petráčková D, Kumar D, Držmíšek J, Saha A, Čurnová I, Čapek J, Hejnarová V, Amman F, Hofacker I, Večerek B. Avirulent phenotype promotes Bordetella pertussis adaptation to the intramacrophage environment. Emerg Microbes Infect 2023; 12:e2146536. [PMID: 36357372 PMCID: PMC9858536 DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2146536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of whooping cough, is an extracellular, strictly human pathogen. However, it has been shown that B. pertussis cells can escape phagocytic killing and survive in macrophages upon internalization. Our time-resolved RNA-seq data suggest that B. pertussis efficiently adapts to the intramacrophage environment and responds to host bactericidal activities. We show that this adaptive response is multifaceted and, surprisingly, related to the BvgAS two-component system, a master regulator of virulence. Our results show that the expression of this regulatory circuit is downregulated upon internalization. Moreover, we demonstrate that the switch to the avirulent Bvg- phase augments a very complex process based on the adjustment of central and energy metabolism, cell wall reinforcement, maintenance of appropriate redox and metal homeostasis, and repair of damaged macromolecules. Nevertheless, not all observed effects could be simply attributed to the transition to Bvg- phase, suggesting that additional regulators are involved in the adaptation to the intramacrophage environment. Interestingly, a large number of genes required for the metabolism of sulphur were strongly modulated within macrophages. In particular, the mutant lacking two genes encoding cysteine dioxygenases displayed strongly attenuated cytotoxicity toward THP-1 cells. Collectively, our results suggest that intracellular B. pertussis cells have adopted the Bvg- mode to acclimate to the intramacrophage environment and respond to antimicrobial activities elicited by THP-1 cells. Therefore, we hypothesize that the avirulent phase represents an authentic phenotype of internalized B. pertussis cells.
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- Mariam R. Farman
- Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Post-transcriptional Control of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Post-transcriptional Control of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Post-transcriptional Control of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Post-transcriptional Control of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Post-transcriptional Control of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Post-transcriptional Control of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Post-transcriptional Control of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Post-transcriptional Control of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology, Prague, Czech Republic, Branislav Večerek Czech Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Post-transcriptional Control of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology, 14220Prague, Czech Republic
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Gorgojo JP, Carrica MDC, Baroli CM, Valdez HA, Alvarez Hayes J, Rodriguez ME. Adenylate cyclase toxin of Bordetella parapertussis disrupts the epithelial barrier granting the bacterial access to the intracellular space of epithelial cells. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0291331. [PMID: 38011105 PMCID: PMC10681170 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023] Open
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B. parapertussis is one of the etiological agents of whooping cough. Once inhaled, the bacteria bind to the respiratory epithelium and start the infection. Little is known about this first step of host colonization and the role of the human airway epithelial barrier on B. parapertussis infection. We here investigated the outcome of the interaction of B. parapertussis with a polarized monolayer of respiratory epithelial cells. Our results show that B. parapertussis preferentially attaches to the intercellular boundaries, and causes the disruption of the tight junction integrity through the action of adenylate cyclase toxin (CyaA). We further found evidence indicating that this disruption enables the bacterial access to components of the basolateral membrane of epithelial cells to which B. parapertussis efficiently attaches and gains access to the intracellular location, where it can survive and eventually spread back into the extracellular environment. Altogether, these results suggest that the adenylate cyclase toxin enables B. parapertussis to overcome the epithelial barrier and eventually establish a niche of persistence within the respiratory epithelial cells.
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- Juan Pablo Gorgojo
- CINDEFI (UNLP-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- CINDEFI (UNLP-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- CINDEFI (UNLP-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- CINDEFI (UNLP-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- CINDEFI (UNLP-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- CINDEFI (UNLP-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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Carrica MDC, Gorgojo JP, Lamberti YA, Valdez HA, Rodriguez ME. Bordetella parapertussis adenylate cyclase toxin promotes the bacterial survival to the encounter with macrophages. Microb Pathog 2023; 174:105898. [PMID: 36460144 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2022.105898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Revised: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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B. parapertussis is a whooping cough etiological agent, whose incidence in the population has increased remarkably. Virulence factors involved in the bacterial infection, however, remain poorly investigated. We here studied the role of adenylate cyclase (CyaA), the main toxin of B. parapertussis, in the outcome of the bacterial interaction with macrophages. Our results showed that B. parapertussis CyaA intoxicates human macrophages, prevents bacterial phagocytosis and precludes phago-lysosomal fusion eventually promoting the bacterial survival to the encounter with these immune cells. Accordingly, we found that B. parapertussis CyaA induces the transcriptional downregulation of host genes encoding for antimicrobial peptides, proteins involved in bacterial intracellular killing, and the pro-inflammatory cytokine TNF-α, while induces the upregulation of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10. Together with previous reports suggesting a protective role of B. parapertussis CyaA against neutrophils bactericidal activity, the results of this study suggest a central role of CyaA in B. parapertussis immune evasion and persistence.
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- Mariela Del Carmen Carrica
- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.
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- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.
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The intracellular phase of extracellular respiratory tract bacterial pathogens and its role on pathogen-host interactions during infection. Curr Opin Infect Dis 2021; 34:197-205. [PMID: 33899754 DOI: 10.1097/qco.0000000000000727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW An initial intracellular phase of usually extracellular bacterial pathogens displays an important strategy to hide from the host's immune system and antibiotics therapy. It helps the bacteria, including bacterial pathogens of airway diseases, to persist and eventually switch to a typical extracellular infection. Several infectious diseases of the lung are life-threatening and their control is impeded by intracellular persistence of pathogens. Thus, molecular adaptations of the pathogens to this niche but also the host's response and potential targets to interfere are of relevance. Here we discuss examples of historically considered extracellular pathogens of the respiratory airway where the intracellular survival and proliferation is well documented, including infections by Staphylococcus aureus, Bordetella pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and others. RECENT FINDINGS Current studies focus on bacterial factors contributing to adhesion, iron acquisition, and intracellular survival as well as ways to target them for combatting the bacterial infections. SUMMARY The investigation of common and specific mechanisms of pathogenesis and persistence of these bacteria in the host may contribute to future investigations and identifications of relevant factors and/or bacterial mechanisms to be blocked to treat or improve prevention strategies.
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Rivera I, Linz B, Harvill ET. Evolution and Conservation of Bordetella Intracellular Survival in Eukaryotic Host Cells. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:557819. [PMID: 33178148 PMCID: PMC7593398 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.557819] [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: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The classical bordetellae possess several partially characterized virulence mechanisms that are studied in the context of a complete extracellular life cycle in their mammalian hosts. Yet, classical bordetellae have repeatedly been reported within dendritic cells (DCs) and alveolar macrophages in clinical samples, and in vitro experiments convincingly demonstrate that the bacteria can survive intracellularly within mammalian phagocytic cells, an ability that appears to have descended from ancestral progenitor species that lived in the environment and acquired the mechanisms to resist unicellular phagocytic predators. Many pathogens, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Salmonella enterica, Francisella tularensis, and Legionella pneumophila, are known to parasitize and multiply inside eukaryotic host cells. This strategy provides protection, nutrients, and the ability to disseminate systemically. While some work has been dedicated at characterizing intracellular survival of Bordetella pertussis, there is limited understanding of how this strategy has evolved within the genus Bordetella and the contributions of this ability to bacterial pathogenicity, evasion of host immunity as well as within and between-host dissemination. Here, we explore the mechanisms that control the metabolic changes accompanying intracellular survival and how these have been acquired and conserved throughout the evolutionary history of the Bordetella genus and discuss the possible implications of this strategy in the persistence and reemergence of B. pertussis in recent years.
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- Israel Rivera
- Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States.,Division of Microbiology, Department of Biology, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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Oviedo JM, Surmann K, Gorgojo JP, Valdez H, Dhople VM, Lamberti Y, Völker U, Rodriguez ME. Shotgun proteomic analysis of Bordetella parapertussis provides insights into the physiological response to iron starvation and potential new virulence determinants absent in Bordetella pertussis. J Proteomics 2019; 206:103448. [PMID: 31325608 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2019.103448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Revised: 06/19/2019] [Accepted: 07/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Bordetella parapertussis is one of the pathogens that cause whooping cough. Even though its incidence has been rising in the last decades, this species remained poorly investigated. This study reports the first extensive proteome analysis of this bacterium. In an attempt to gain some insight into the infective phenotype, we evaluated the response of B. parapertussis to iron starvation, a critical stress the bacteria face during infection. Among other relevant findings, we observed that the adaptation to this condition involves significant changes in the abundance of two important virulence factors of this pathogen, namely, adenylate cyclase and the O-antigen. We further used the proteomic data to search for B. parapertussis proteins that are absent or classified as pseudogenes in the genome of Bordetella pertussis to unravel differences between both whooping cough causative agents. Among them, we identified proteins involved in stress resistance and virulence determinants that might help to explain the differences in the pathogenesis of these species and the lack of cross-protection of current acellular vaccines. Altogether, these results contribute to a better understanding of B. parapertussis biology and pathogenesis. SIGNIFICANCE: Whooping cough is a reemerging disease caused by both Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis. Current vaccines fail to induce protection against B parapertussis and the incidence of this species has been rising over the years. The proteomic analysis of this study provided relevant insights into potential virulence determinants of this poorly-studied pathogen. It further identified proteins produced by B. parapertussis not present in B. pertussis, which might help to explain both the differences on their respective infectious process and the current vaccine failure. Altogether, the results of this study contribute to the better understanding of B. parapertussis pathogenesis and the eventual design of improved preventive strategies against whooping cough.
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- Juan Marcos Oviedo
- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- Department of Functional Genomics, Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- Department of Functional Genomics, Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- Department of Functional Genomics, Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.
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Cafiero JH, Lamberti YA, Surmann K, Vecerek B, Rodriguez ME. A Bordetella pertussis MgtC homolog plays a role in the intracellular survival. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0203204. [PMID: 30161230 PMCID: PMC6117051 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Accepted: 08/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of whooping cough, has the capability to survive inside the host cells. This process requires efficient adaptation of the pathogen to the intracellular environment and the associated stress. Among the proteins produced by the intracellular B. pertussis we identified a protein (BP0414) that shares homology with MgtC, a protein which was previously shown to be involved in the intracellular survival of other pathogens. To explore if BP0414 plays a role in B. pertussis intracellular survival a mutant strain defective in the production of this protein was constructed. Using standard in vitro growth conditions we found that BP0414 is required for B. pertussis growth under low magnesium availability or low pH, two environmental conditions that this pathogen might face within the host cell. Intracellular survival studies showed that MgtC is indeed involved in B. pertussis viability inside the macrophages. The use of bafilomycin A1, which inhibits phagosome acidification, abolished the survival defect of the mgtC deficient mutant strain suggesting that in intracellular B. pertussis the role of MgtC protein is mainly related to the bacterial adaptation to the acidic conditions found inside the of phagosomes. Overall, this work provides an insight into the importance of MgtC in B. pertussis pathogenesis and its contribution to bacterial survival within immune cells.
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- Juan Hilario Cafiero
- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, Department of Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Bacterial Pathogens, Institute of Microbiology of the ASCR, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic
- Laboratory of post-transcriptional control of gene expression, Institute of Microbiology of the ASCR, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic
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- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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Alvarez Hayes J, Oviedo JM, Valdez H, Laborde JM, Maschi F, Ayala M, Shah R, Fernandez Lahore M, Rodriguez ME. A recombinant iron transport protein from Bordetella pertussis confers protection against Bordetella parapertussis. Microbiol Immunol 2017; 61:407-415. [PMID: 28857261 DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12532] [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: 07/14/2017] [Revised: 08/14/2017] [Accepted: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Whooping cough, which is caused by Bordetella pertussis and B. parapertussis, is a reemerging disease. New protective antigens are needed to improve the efficacy of current vaccines against both species. Using proteomic tools, it was here found that B. parapertussis expresses a homolog of AfuA, a previously reported new vaccine candidate against B. pertussis. It was found that this homolog, named AfuABpp , is expressed during B. parapertussis infection, exposed on the surface of the bacteria and recognized by specific antibodies induced by the recombinant AfuA cloned from B. pertussis (rAfuA). Importantly, the presence of the O-antigen, a molecule that has been found to shield surface antigens on B. parapertussis, showed no influence on antibody recognition of AfuABpp on the bacterial surface. The present study further showed that antibodies induced by immunization with the recombinant protein were able to opsonize B. parapertussis and promote bacterial uptake by neutrophils. Finally, it was shown that this antigen confers protection against B. parapertussis infection in a mouse model. Altogether, these results indicate that AfuA is a good vaccine candidate for acellular vaccines protective against both causative agents of whooping cough.
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- Jimena Alvarez Hayes
- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), School of Sciences, University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), School of Sciences, University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), School of Sciences, University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Experimental Animals. School of Veterinary Sciences, University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Experimental Animals. School of Veterinary Sciences, University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Experimental Animals. School of Veterinary Sciences, University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Jacobs University, Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Jacobs University, Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany
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- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), School of Sciences, University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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Karalius VP, Rucinski SL, Mandrekar JN, Patel R. Bordetella parapertussis outbreak in Southeastern Minnesota and the United States, 2014. Medicine (Baltimore) 2017; 96:e6730. [PMID: 28514288 PMCID: PMC5440125 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000006730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Whooping cough is traditionally ascribed to Bordetella pertussis; however, Bordetella parapertussis can cause a similar clinical syndrome. This study describes an outbreak of B. parapertussis in Southeastern Minnesota and the United States (US) in 2014. This was a retrospective analysis of Mayo Clinic and Mayo Medical Laboratories patients who tested positive for B. parapertussis from 2012 to 2014. The medical records of Mayo Clinic patients who tested positive in 2014 were reviewed for demographic information, presenting symptoms, disease course, and vaccination history. In Southeast Minnesota, 81% of the 31 patients who tested positive for B. parapertussis in 2014 were found to be positive from October through December. Their mean age was 5.9 years. Five reported "exposure to pertussis." Two pairs of siblings were affected. Patients reported having had symptoms for an average of 2.6 weeks before nasopharyngeal specimen collection for B. parapertussis testing. Cough was the primary symptom reported. Forty percent reported posttussive vomiting, 40% coryza, 32% apnea/sleep disturbance, and 12% sore throat. All were current with pertussis vaccination. Based on the review of national data, an outbreak occurred nationally in the Northeast and Midwest US over the same time period. In 2014, there was an outbreak of B. parapertussis in Southeastern Minnesota and likely other parts of the US. The presenting illness was similar to that of B. pertussis. All patients were vaccinated against pertussis, suggesting that pertussis vaccination is ineffective against B. parapertussis.
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- Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
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- Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
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- Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
- Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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Gorgojo J, Scharrig E, Gómez RM, Harvill ET, Rodríguez ME. Bordetella parapertussis Circumvents Neutrophil Extracellular Bactericidal Mechanisms. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0169936. [PMID: 28095485 PMCID: PMC5240980 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2016] [Accepted: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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B. parapertussis is a whooping cough etiological agent with the ability to evade the immune response induced by pertussis vaccines. We previously demonstrated that in the absence of opsonic antibodies B. parapertussis hampers phagocytosis by neutrophils and macrophages and, when phagocytosed, blocks intracellular killing by interfering with phagolysosomal fusion. But neutrophils can kill and/or immobilize extracellular bacteria through non-phagocytic mechanisms such as degranulation and neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). In this study we demonstrated that B. parapertussis also has the ability to circumvent these two neutrophil extracellular bactericidal activities. The lack of neutrophil degranulation was found dependent on the O antigen that targets the bacteria to cell lipid rafts, eventually avoiding the fusion of nascent phagosomes with specific and azurophilic granules. IgG opsonization overcame this inhibition of neutrophil degranulation. We further observed that B. parapertussis did not induce NETs release in resting neutrophils and inhibited NETs formation in response to phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) stimulation by a mechanism dependent on adenylate cyclase toxin (CyaA)-mediated inhibition of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. Thus, B. parapertussis modulates neutrophil bactericidal activity through two different mechanisms, one related to the lack of proper NETs-inducer stimuli and the other one related to an active inhibitory mechanism. Together with previous results these data suggest that B. parapertussis has the ability to subvert the main neutrophil bactericidal functions, inhibiting efficient clearance in non-immune hosts.
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- Juan Gorgojo
- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, CCT-La Plata, CONICET-UNLP, La Plata, Argentina
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, CCT-La Plata, CONICET-UNLP, La Plata, Argentina
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- Center for Vaccines and Immunology, Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
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Valdez HA, Oviedo JM, Gorgojo JP, Lamberti Y, Rodriguez ME. Bordetella pertussis modulates human macrophage defense gene expression. Pathog Dis 2016; 74:ftw073. [PMID: 27465637 DOI: 10.1093/femspd/ftw073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Bordetella pertussis, the etiological agent of whooping cough, still causes outbreaks. We recently found evidence that B. pertussis can survive and even replicate inside human macrophages, indicating that this host cell might serve as a niche for persistence. In this work, we examined the interaction of B. pertussis with a human monocyte cell line (THP-1) that differentiates into macrophages in culture in order to investigate the host cell response to the infection and the mechanisms that promote that intracellular survival. To that end, we investigated the expression profile of a selected number of genes involved in cellular bactericidal activity and the inflammatory response during the early and late phases of infection. The bactericidal and inflammatory response of infected macrophages was progressively downregulated, while the number of THP-1 cells heavily loaded with live bacteria increased over time postinfection. Two of the main toxins of B. pertussis, pertussis toxin (Ptx) and adenylate cyclase (CyaA), were found to be involved in manipulating the host cell response. Therefore, failure to express either toxin proved detrimental to the development of intracellular infections by those bacteria. Taken together, these results support the relevance of host defense gene manipulation to the outcome of the interaction between B. pertussis and macrophages.
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- Hugo Alberto Valdez
- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 1900 La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 1900 La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 1900 La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 1900 La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CINDEFI (UNLP CONICET La Plata), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 1900 La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Lamberti Y, Cafiero JH, Surmann K, Valdez H, Holubova J, Večerek B, Sebo P, Schmidt F, Völker U, Rodriguez ME. Proteome analysis of Bordetella pertussis isolated from human macrophages. J Proteomics 2016; 136:55-67. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2016.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2015] [Revised: 02/05/2016] [Accepted: 02/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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de Turris V, Teloni R, Chiani P, Bromuro C, Mariotti S, Pardini M, Nisini R, Torosantucci A, Gagliardi MC. Candida albicans Targets a Lipid Raft/Dectin-1 Platform to Enter Human Monocytes and Induce Antigen Specific T Cell Responses. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0142531. [PMID: 26562838 PMCID: PMC4643028 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2015] [Accepted: 10/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Several pathogens have been described to enter host cells via cholesterol-enriched membrane lipid raft microdomains. We found that disruption of lipid rafts by the cholesterol-extracting agent methyl-β-cyclodextrin or by the cholesterol-binding antifungal drug Amphotericin B strongly impairs the uptake of the fungal pathogen Candida albicans by human monocytes, suggesting a role of raft microdomains in the phagocytosis of the fungus. Time lapse confocal imaging indicated that Dectin-1, the C-type lectin receptor that recognizes Candida albicans cell wall-associated β-glucan, is recruited to lipid rafts upon Candida albicans uptake by monocytes, supporting the notion that lipid rafts act as an entry platform. Interestingly disruption of lipid raft integrity and interference with fungus uptake do not alter cytokine production by monocytes in response to Candida albicans but drastically dampen fungus specific T cell response. In conclusion, these data suggest that monocyte lipid rafts play a crucial role in the innate and adaptive immune responses to Candida albicans in humans and highlight a new and unexpected immunomodulatory function of the antifungal drug Amphotericin B.
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- Valeria de Turris
- Center for Life Nanoscience, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 00161, Rome, Italy
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, CNR, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161, Rome, Italy
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Almagro-Molto M, Eder W, Schubert S. Bordetella trematum in chronic ulcers: report on two cases and review of the literature. Infection 2015; 43:489-94. [DOI: 10.1007/s15010-014-0717-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2014] [Accepted: 12/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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