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Qiu B, Tao B, Liu Q, Li Z, Song H, Tian D, Wu J, Wu Z, Zhan M, Lu W, Wang J. A Prospective Cohort Study on the Prevalent and Recurrent Tuberculosis Isolates Using the MIRU-VNTR Typing. Front Med (Lausanne) 2021; 8:685368. [PMID: 34595184 PMCID: PMC8476766 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2021.685368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The study aims to describe the clustering characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) strains circulating in eastern China and determine the ratio of relapse and reinfection in recurrent patients. We recruited sputum smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis cases from five cities of Jiangsu Province, China, during August 2013 and December 2015. Patients were followed for the treatment outcomes and recurrence based on a cohort design. M.tb strains were isolated and genotyped using the 12-locus MIRU-VNTR. The Beijing family was identified by the extended Region of Difference (RD) analysis. The Hunter-Gaston Discriminatory Index (HGDI) was used to judge the resolution ability of MIRU-VNTR. The odds ratio (OR) together with 95% confidence interval (CI) were used to estimate the strength of association. We performed a cluster analysis on 2098 M.tb isolates and classified them into 545 genotypes and five categories (I, 0.19%; II, 0.43%; III, 3.34%; IV, 77.46%; V, 18.59%). After adjusting for potential confounders, the Beijing family genotype (OR = 118.63, 95% CI: 79.61–176.79, P = 0.001) was significantly related to the dominant strain infections. Patients infected with non-dominant strains had a higher risk of the pulmonary cavity (OR = 1.39, 95% CI: 1.01–1.91, P = 0.046). Among 37 paired recurrent cases, 22 (59.46%) were determined as endogenous reactivation, and 15 (40.54%) were exogenous reinfection. The type of M.tb strains prevalent in Jiangsu Province is relatively single. Beijing family strains infection is dominant in local tuberculosis cases. Endogenous reactivation appears to be a major cause of recurrent tuberculosis in Eastern China. This finding emphasizes the importance of case follow-up and monitoring after the completion of antituberculosis treatment.
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- Beibei Qiu
- Department of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Chronic Communicable Disease, Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Chronic Communicable Disease, Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Urbanowski ME, Ordonez AA, Ruiz-Bedoya CA, Jain SK, Bishai WR. Cavitary tuberculosis: the gateway of disease transmission. THE LANCET. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2020; 20:e117-e128. [PMID: 32482293 PMCID: PMC7357333 DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(20)30148-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Revised: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Tuberculosis continues to be a major threat to global health. Cavitation is a dangerous consequence of pulmonary tuberculosis associated with poor outcomes, treatment relapse, higher transmission rates, and development of drug resistance. However, in the antibiotic era, cavities are often identified as the most extreme outcome of treatment failure and are one of the least-studied aspects of tuberculosis. We review the epidemiology, clinical features, and concurrent standards of care for individuals with cavitary tuberculosis. We also discuss developments in the understanding of tuberculosis cavities as dynamic physical and biochemical structures that interface the host response with a unique mycobacterial niche to drive tuberculosis-associated morbidity and transmission. Advances in preclinical models and non-invasive imaging can provide valuable insights into the drivers of cavitation. These insights will guide the development of specific pharmacological interventions to prevent cavitation and improve lung function for individuals with tuberculosis.
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- Michael E. Urbanowski
- Center for Tuberculosis Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Center for Infection and Inflammation Imaging Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Center for Tuberculosis Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Center for Infection and Inflammation Imaging Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Center for Tuberculosis Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Center for Infection and Inflammation Imaging Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Center for Tuberculosis Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Center for Infection and Inflammation Imaging Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Center for Tuberculosis Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Center for Infection and Inflammation Imaging Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Méndez MV, Abadía E, Sequera M, de Waard JH, Takiff HE. Most LAM Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in Venezuela, but not SIT605, belong to the RD Rio subfamily. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2020; 84:104380. [PMID: 32470631 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Tuberculosis is a global public health problem that is resurgent in Venezuela, with 13 thousand estimated new cases in 2018. Strains of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis RDRio, subfamily belong to the Latín American Mediterranean (LAM) family and are a major cause of TB in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. LAM strains predominate in Venezuela, where spoligotype SIT605 is common, but surprisingly not found elsewhere. We sought to assess the presence of RDRio strains in tuberculosis patients in different regions of Venezuela and determine whether SIT605 also belongs to the RDRio subfamily. Using spoligotyping and MIRU-VNTR 24 loci, we identified 86 clinical LAM and SIT605 isolates from the Venezuelan capital Caracas and several Venezuelan states. Region of difference deletion loci RD174 and RDRio, and also IS1561 were used to identify strains of the RDRio subfamily, while IS6110 at position 932,204 and the Ag85C103 polymorphism were used to validate SIT 605 as a LAM family strain. We found that 69.8% of the isolates were RDRío, including 94.3% of strains isolated in Caracas, 17.9% isolated in the state of Carabobo, the two strains analyzed from Delta Amacuro, and one each from Sucre, Apure and Aragua states. RDRio was in 100% of: SIT17 (LAM 2); SIT20 (LAM 1); SITs 93, 1694, 1696, 960, 1367 (LAM 5); and SITs 216 (LAM 9); but only 75% of SIT42 (LAM 9) strains. Thus, most of the LAM strains in Venezuela belong to the RDRío subfamily. SIT 605 strains, although LAM, are not in the RDRío subfamily.
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- María Victoria Méndez
- Universidad de Carabobo-Escuela de Bioanálisis-Sede Aragua, Venezuela; Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Caracas 1020A, Venezuela.
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- Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Caracas 1020A, Venezuela
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- Universidad de Carabobo-Escuela de Ciencias Biomédicas-Sede Carabobo, Venezuela
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- Instituto de Biomedicina-Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), Venezuela; One Health Research Group, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Las Américas, Sede Queri, Quito, Ecuador
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- Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Caracas 1020A, Venezuela; Pathogenomique Mycobacterienne Integree, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; Department of Tuberculosis Prevention and Control, Shenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control, Shenzhen, China
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Molecular characterisation of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from a high-burden tuberculosis state in Brazil. Epidemiol Infect 2020; 147:e216. [PMID: 31364547 PMCID: PMC6624858 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268819001006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death among infectious diseases worldwide. Among the estimated cases of drug-resistant TB, approximately 60% occur in the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). Among Brazilian states, primary and acquired multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) rates were the highest in Rio Grande do Sul (RS). This study aimed to perform molecular characterisation of MDR-TB in the State of RS, a high-burden Brazilian state. We performed molecular characterisation of MDR-TB cases in RS, defined by drug susceptibility testing, using 131 Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) DNA samples from the Central Laboratory. We carried out MIRU-VNTR 24loci, spoligotyping, sequencing of the katG, inhA and rpoB genes and RDRio sublineage identification. The most frequent families found were LAM (65.6%) and Haarlem (22.1%). RDRio deletion was observed in 42 (32%) of the M.tb isolates. Among MDR-TB cases, eight (6.1%) did not present mutations in the studied genes. In 116 (88.5%) M.tb isolates, we found mutations associated with rifampicin (RIF) resistance in rpoB gene, and in 112 isolates (85.5%), we observed mutations related to isoniazid resistance in katG and inhA genes. An insertion of 12 nucleotides (CCAGAACAACCC) at the 516 codon in the rpoB gene, possibly responsible for a decreased interaction of RIF and RNA polymerase, was found in 19/131 of the isolates, belonging mostly to LAM and Haarlem families. These results enable a better understanding of the dynamics of transmission and evolution of MDR-TB in the region.
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Baena A, Cabarcas F, Alvarez-Eraso KLF, Isaza JP, Alzate JF, Barrera LF. Differential determinants of virulence in two Mycobacterium tuberculosis Colombian clinical isolates of the LAM09 family. Virulence 2020; 10:695-710. [PMID: 31291814 PMCID: PMC6650194 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2019.1642045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The heterogeneity of the clinical outcome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection may be due in part to different strategies used by circulating strains to cause disease. This heterogeneity is one of the main limitations to eradicate tuberculosis disease. In this study, we have compared the transcriptional response of two closely related Colombian clinical isolates (UT127 and UT205) of the LAM family under two axenic media conditions. These clinical isolates are phenotypically different at the level of cell death, cytokine production, growth kinetics upon in vitro infection of human tissue macrophages, and membrane vesicle secretion upon culture in synthetic medium. Using RNA-seq, we have identified different pathways that account for two different strategies to cope with the stressful condition of a carbon-poor media such as Sauton’s. We showed that the clinical isolate UT205 focus mainly in the activation of virulence systems such as the ESX-1, synthesis of diacyl-trehalose, polyacyl-trehalose, and sulfolipids, while UT127 concentrates its efforts mainly in the survival mode by the activation of the DNA replication, cell division, and lipid biosynthesis. This is an example of two Mtb isolates that belong to the same family and lineage, and even though they have a very similar genome, its transcriptional regulation showed important differences. This results in summary highlight the necessity to reach a better understanding of the heterogeneity in the behavior of these circulating Mtb strains which may help us to design better treatments and vaccines and to identify new targets for drugs.
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- Andres Baena
- a Grupo de Inmunología Celular e Inmunogenética (GICIG), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia , Medellín , Colombia.,b Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia , Medellín , Colombia
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- c Centro Nacional de Secuenciación Genómica (CNSG), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia , Medellín , Colombia.,d Grupo SISTEMIC, Ingeniería Electrónica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Antioquia , Medellín , Colombia
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- a Grupo de Inmunología Celular e Inmunogenética (GICIG), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia , Medellín , Colombia
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- c Centro Nacional de Secuenciación Genómica (CNSG), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia , Medellín , Colombia
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- b Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia , Medellín , Colombia.,c Centro Nacional de Secuenciación Genómica (CNSG), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia , Medellín , Colombia.,e Grupo de Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia , Medellín , Colombia
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- a Grupo de Inmunología Celular e Inmunogenética (GICIG), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia , Medellín , Colombia.,f Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia , Medellín , Colombia
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de Almeida IN, Vasconcellos SEG, de Assis Figueredo LJ, Dantas NGT, Augusto CJ, Hadaad JPA, Suffys PN, da Silva Carvalho W, de Miranda SS. Frequency of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis RD Rio genotype and its association with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. BMC Infect Dis 2019; 19:556. [PMID: 31238885 PMCID: PMC6593491 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-4152-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In recent decades, Mycobacterium tuberculosis with the RDRio genotype, frequently isolated from tuberculosis patients in Rio de Janeiro, has become part of the Latin American - Mediterranean (LAM) family and has been associated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of M. tuberculosis RDRio in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and its relationship with MDR-TB. METHODS For convenience, 172 susceptible and 63 MDR M. tuberculosis isolates were taken from pulmonary samples from patients diagnosed between January 2007 and December 2011. The DNA extracted from these isolates was analyzed by spoligotyping, PCR-RFLP to characterize fbpC103/Ag85C103, multiplex PCR to detect RDRio and RD174, and MIRU-VNTR 24 loci. RESULTS Among the 235 isolates, the RDRio pattern was identified in 122 (51.9%) isolates (IC 0.45-0.58), with 100 (42.5%) wild-type and 13 (5.5%) mixed pattern isolates, whereas RD174 was identified in 93 of the 122 RDRio positive samples (76.3%). The LAM family and the LAM9 lineage were the most frequently identified among the isolates in this study. Among the 63 MDR isolates, 41 (65.1%) were RDRio and 28 (44.4%) RD174. CONCLUSION The association of both deletions with MDR proved to be statistically significant, corroborating the few reports that have associated RDRio with MDR.
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- Isabela Neves de Almeida
- Laboratório de Pesquisa em Micobactérias, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular Aplicada a Micobactérias, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Pesquisa em Micobactérias, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Pesquisa em Micobactérias, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular Aplicada a Micobactérias, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Pesquisa em Micobactérias, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
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Woodman M, Haeusler IL, Grandjean L. Tuberculosis Genetic Epidemiology: A Latin American Perspective. Genes (Basel) 2019; 10:genes10010053. [PMID: 30654542 PMCID: PMC6356704 DOI: 10.3390/genes10010053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2018] [Revised: 01/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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There are an estimated 10 million new cases of tuberculosis worldwide annually, with 282,000 new or relapsed cases each year reported from the Americas. With improvements in genome sequencing technology, it is now possible to study the genetic diversity of tuberculosis with much greater resolution. Although tuberculosis bacteria do not engage in horizontal gene transfer, the genome is far more variable than previously thought. The study of genome-wide variation in tuberculosis has improved our understanding of the evolutionary origins of tuberculosis, the arrival of tuberculosis in Latin America, the genetic determinants of drug resistance, and lineage-specific associations with important clinical phenotypes. This article reviews what is known about the arrival of tuberculosis in Latin America, the genetic diversity of tuberculosis in Latin America, and the genotypic determinants of clinical phenotypes.
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- Marc Woodman
- Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 3JH, UK.
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- Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 3JH, UK.
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- Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 3JH, UK.
- Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W2 1NY, UK.
- Great Ormond Street Hospital, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 3JH, UK.
- Laboratorio de Investigacion y Desarollo, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Av. Honorio Delgado 430, San Martin de Porres 15102, Lima, Peru.
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Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isoniazid monoresistant and multidrug-resistant in Rio Grande do Sul, a tuberculosis high-burden state in Brazil. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2018; 110:36-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2018.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Revised: 02/09/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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de Almeida AL, Scodro RBDL, de Carvalho HC, Costacurta GF, Baldin VP, Santos NCS, Ghiraldi-Lopes LD, Campanerut-Sá PAZ, Siqueira VLD, Caleffi-Ferracioli KR, Shibata FK, Sprada A, Cardoso RF. RD RioMycobacterium tuberculosis lineage in the Brazil/Paraguay/Argentina triple border. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2018; 110:68-78. [PMID: 29779776 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2018.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Revised: 03/22/2018] [Accepted: 03/24/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The high tuberculosis (TB) incidence rates, the closeness of the cities and the high migration flux on the Brazil/Paraguay/Argentina border deserves an in-depth study, using Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit (MIRU) and Spoligotyping genetic markers to explore the impact of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis RDRio lineage on disease transmission and resistance to anti-TB drugs in this setting. Although without the totality of M. tuberculosis isolates causing TB in this studied setting, a number of 97 isolates obtained from sputa samples culture of patients with confirmed TB, from 2013 to 2015, were submitted to 24 loci MIRU, Spoligotyping, detection of RDRio lineage and detection of mutation related to isoniazid and rifampicin resistance by MTBDRplus/DNA STRIP. In this sample, it was observed high clonal variability of circulating M. tuberculosis isolates causing TB in Brazilian cities bordering Paraguay and Argentina. The percentage of RDRio lineage causing TB in this setting was 15.46%, and lower than the detected in different areas of Brazil. According to 24 loci MIRU, the major MIRU International Type (MIT) related with RDRio lineage were MIT 26, MIT 738, MIT 601 with four, two and one isolates, respectively. Eight isolates with RDRio marker were classified as orphans. The mainly Spoligofamily related with RDRio lineage was LAM1 and LAM9 and no relationship between RDRio lineage and resistance in M. tuberculosis isolates circulating in this setting could be established. This work is pioneer in studying the dynamics of RDRio lineage transmission on the Brazil/Paraguay/Argentina border and deserves further studies to analyze the real contribution of the RDRio lineage in outbreaks and the risk of significant development of MDR-TB in the setting studied.
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- Aryadne Larissa de Almeida
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biociências e Fisiopatologia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, PR, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Biomedicina, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, PR, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, PR, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biociências e Fisiopatologia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, PR, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biociências e Fisiopatologia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, PR, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biociências e Fisiopatologia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, PR, Brazil; Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Biomedicina, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, PR, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biociências e Fisiopatologia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, PR, Brazil; Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Biomedicina, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, PR, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, PR, Brazil.
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Risk factors associated with cluster size of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) of different RFLP lineages in Brazil. BMC Infect Dis 2018; 18:71. [PMID: 29422032 PMCID: PMC5806441 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-018-2969-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2016] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Tuberculosis (TB) transmission is influenced by patient-related risk, environment and bacteriological factors. We determined the risk factors associated with cluster size of IS6110 RFLP based genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) isolates from Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil. Methods Cross-sectional study of new TB cases identified in the metropolitan area of Vitoria, Brazil between 2000 and 2010. Mtb isolates were genotyped by the IS6110 RFLP, spoligotyping and RDRio. The isolates were classified according to genotype cluster sizes by three genotyping methods and associated patient epidemiologic characteristics. Regression Model was performed to identify factors associated with cluster size. Results Among 959 Mtb isolates, 461 (48%) cases had an isolate that belonged to an RFLP cluster, and six clusters with ten or more isolates were identified. Of the isolates spoligotyped, 448 (52%) were classified as LAM and 412 (48%) as non-LAM. Our regression model found that 6–9 isolates/RFLP cluster were more likely belong to the LAM family, having the RDRio genotype and to be smear-positive (adjusted OR = 1.17, 95% CI 1.08–1.26; adjusted OR = 1.25, 95% CI 1.14–1.37; crude OR = 2.68, 95% IC 1.13–6.34; respectively) and living in a Serra city neighborhood decrease the risk of being in the 6–9 isolates/RFLP cluster (adjusted OR = 0.29, 95% CI, 0.10–0.84), than in the others groups. Individuals aged 21 to 30, 31 to 40 and > 50 years were less likely of belonging the 2–5 isolates/RFLP cluster than unique patterns compared to individuals < 20 years of age (adjusted OR = 0.49, 95% CI 0.28–0.85, OR = 0.43 95% CI 0.24–0.77and OR = 0. 49, 95% CI 0.26–0.91), respectively. The extrapulmonary disease was less likely to occur in those infected with strains in the 2–5 isolates/cluster group (adjustment OR = 0.45, 95% CI 0.24–0.85) than unique patterns. Conclusions We found that a large proportion of new TB infections in Vitoria is caused by prevalent Mtb genotypes belonging to the LAM family and RDRio genotypes. Such information demonstrates that some genotypes are more likely to cause recent transmission. Targeting interventions such as screening in specific areas and social risk groups, should be a priority for reducing transmission.
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Conceição EC, Rastogi N, Couvin D, Lopes ML, Furlaneto IP, Gomes HM, Vasconcellos SEG, Suffys PN, Schneider MPC, de Sousa MS, Sola C, de Paula Souza e Guimarães RJ, Duarte RS, Batista Lima KV. Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Pará, Brazil, reveals a higher frequency of ancestral strains than previously reported in South America. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2017; 56:62-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2017.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2017] [Revised: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Heunis T, Dippenaar A, Warren RM, van Helden PD, van der Merwe RG, Gey van Pittius NC, Pain A, Sampson SL, Tabb DL. Proteogenomic Investigation of Strain Variation in Clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates. J Proteome Res 2017; 16:3841-3851. [PMID: 28820946 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis consists of a large number of different strains that display unique virulence characteristics. Whole-genome sequencing has revealed substantial genetic diversity among clinical M. tuberculosis isolates, and elucidating the phenotypic variation encoded by this genetic diversity will be of the utmost importance to fully understand M. tuberculosis biology and pathogenicity. In this study, we integrated whole-genome sequencing and mass spectrometry (GeLC-MS/MS) to reveal strain-specific characteristics in the proteomes of two clinical M. tuberculosis Latin American-Mediterranean isolates. Using this approach, we identified 59 peptides containing single amino acid variants, which covered ∼9% of all coding nonsynonymous single nucleotide variants detected by whole-genome sequencing. Furthermore, we identified 29 distinct peptides that mapped to a hypothetical protein not present in the M. tuberculosis H37Rv reference proteome. Here, we provide evidence for the expression of this protein in the clinical M. tuberculosis SAWC3651 isolate. The strain-specific databases enabled confirmation of genomic differences (i.e., large genomic regions of difference and nonsynonymous single nucleotide variants) in these two clinical M. tuberculosis isolates and allowed strain differentiation at the proteome level. Our results contribute to the growing field of clinical microbial proteogenomics and can improve our understanding of phenotypic variation in clinical M. tuberculosis isolates.
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- Tiaan Heunis
- DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, SAMRC Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University , Cape Town 7505, South Africa
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- DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, SAMRC Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University , Cape Town 7505, South Africa
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- DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, SAMRC Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University , Cape Town 7505, South Africa
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- DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, SAMRC Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University , Cape Town 7505, South Africa
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- DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, SAMRC Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University , Cape Town 7505, South Africa
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- DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, SAMRC Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University , Cape Town 7505, South Africa
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- Pathogen Genomics Laboratory, BESE Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology , Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia
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- DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, SAMRC Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University , Cape Town 7505, South Africa
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- DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, SAMRC Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University , Cape Town 7505, South Africa
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The tuberculosis agent Mycobacterium tuberculosis has undergone a long and selective evolution toward human infection and represents one of the most widely spread pathogens due to its efficient aerosol-mediated human-to-human transmission. With the availability of more and more genome sequences, the evolutionary trajectory of this obligate pathogen becomes visible, which provides us with new insights into the molecular events governing evolution of the bacterium and its ability to accumulate drug-resistance mutations. In this review, we summarize recent developments in mycobacterial research related to this matter that are important for a better understanding of the current situation and future trends and developments in the global epidemiology of tuberculosis, as well as for possible public health intervention possibilities.
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Moraes EB, Slompo L, Finardi AJ, Silveira HPPD, Ruiz L, Gomes HM, Richini VB, Suffys P, Fortaleza CMCB, Cavalcanti R, Baptista IMFD. Tuberculosis associated factors caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis of the RDRio genotype. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2017; 112:182-187. [PMID: 28225901 PMCID: PMC5319367 DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2016] [Accepted: 11/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Eloise Brasil Moraes
- Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima, Brasil; Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Brasil
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- Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima, Brasil; Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Brasil
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David S, Mateus ARA, Duarte EL, Albuquerque J, Portugal C, Sancho L, Lavinha J, Gonçalves G. Determinants of the Sympatric Host-Pathogen Relationship in Tuberculosis. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0140625. [PMID: 26529092 PMCID: PMC4631367 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2015] [Accepted: 09/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Major contributions from pathogen genome analysis and host genetics have equated the possibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis co-evolution with its human host leading to more stable sympatric host–pathogen relationships. However, the attribution to either sympatric or allopatric categories depends on the resolution or grain of genotypic characterization. We explored the influence on the sympatric host-pathogen relationship of clinical (HIV infection and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis [MDRTB]) and demographic (gender and age) factors in regards to the genotypic grain by using spacer oligonucleotide typing (spoligotyping) for classification of M. tuberculosis strains within the Euro-American lineage. We analyzed a total of 547 tuberculosis (TB) cases, from six year consecutive sampling in a setting with high TB-HIV coinfection (32.0%). Of these, 62.0% were caused by major circulating pathogen genotypes. The sympatric relationship was defined according to spoligotype in comparison to the international spoligotype database SpolDB4. While no significant association with Euro-American lineage was observed with any of the factors analyzed, increasing the resolution with spoligotyping evidenced a significant association of MDRTB with sympatric strains, regardless of the HIV status. Furthermore, distribution curves of the prevalence of sympatric and allopatric TB in relation to patients’ age showed an accentuation of the relevance of the age of onset in the allopatric relationship, as reflected in the trimodal distribution. On the contrary, sympatric TB was characterized by the tendency towards a typical (standard) distribution curve. Our results suggest that within the Euro-American lineage a greater degree of genotyping fine-tuning is necessary in modeling the biological processes behind the host-pathogen interplay. Furthermore, prevalence distribution of sympatric TB to age was suggestive of host genetic determinisms driven by more common variants.
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- Susana David
- Departamento de Genética Humana, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA), Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), Oeiras, Portugal
- Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia/ Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas (ICAAM), Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- Departamento de Genética Humana, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA), Lisboa, Portugal
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- Serviço de Patologia Clínica, Hospital Fernando Fonseca, Amadora, Portugal
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- Serviço de Patologia Clínica, Hospital Fernando Fonseca, Amadora, Portugal
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- Departamento de Genética Humana, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA), Lisboa, Portugal
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- Unidade Multidisciplinar de Investigação Biomédica (UMIB), Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Porto, Portugal
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Valcheva V, Rastogi N, Mokrousov I. Prevalence of Latin-American-Mediterranean genetic family in population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Bulgaria. Int J Mycobacteriol 2015; 4:191-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2015.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2015] [Revised: 04/10/2015] [Accepted: 04/19/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Perdigão J, Silva H, Machado D, Macedo R, Maltez F, Silva C, Jordao L, Couto I, Mallard K, Coll F, Hill-Cawthorne GA, McNerney R, Pain A, Clark TG, Viveiros M, Portugal I. Unraveling Mycobacterium tuberculosis genomic diversity and evolution in Lisbon, Portugal, a highly drug resistant setting. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:991. [PMID: 25407810 PMCID: PMC4289236 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2013] [Accepted: 11/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background Multidrug- (MDR) and extensively drug resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) presents a challenge to disease control and elimination goals. In Lisbon, Portugal, specific and successful XDR-TB strains have been found in circulation for almost two decades. Results In the present study we have genotyped and sequenced the genomes of 56 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates recovered mostly from Lisbon. The genotyping data revealed three major clusters associated with MDR-TB, two of which are associated with XDR-TB. Whilst the genomic data contributed to elucidate the phylogenetic positioning of circulating MDR-TB strains, showing a high predominance of a single SNP cluster group 5. Furthermore, a genome-wide phylogeny analysis from these strains, together with 19 publicly available genomes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates, revealed two major clades responsible for M/XDR-TB in the region: Lisboa3 and Q1 (LAM). The data presented by this study yielded insights on microevolution and identification of novel compensatory mutations associated with rifampicin resistance in rpoB and rpoC. The screening for other structural variations revealed putative clade-defining variants. One deletion in PPE41, found among Lisboa3 isolates, is proposed to contribute to immune evasion and as a selective advantage. Insertion sequence (IS) mapping has also demonstrated the role of IS6110 as a major driver in mycobacterial evolution by affecting gene integrity and regulation. Conclusions Globally, this study contributes with novel genome-wide phylogenetic data and has led to the identification of new genomic variants that support the notion of a growing genomic diversity facing both setting and host adaptation. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-991) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Centro de Patogénese Molecular, URIA, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa, Av, Prof, Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal.
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Vasconcellos SEG, Acosta CC, Gomes LL, Conceição EC, Lima KV, de Araujo MI, Leite MDL, Tannure F, Caldas PCDS, Gomes HM, Santos AR, Gomgnimbou MK, Sola C, Couvin D, Rastogi N, Boechat N, Suffys PN. Strain classification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Brazil based on genotypes obtained by spoligotyping, mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit typing and the presence of large sequence and single nucleotide polymorphism. PLoS One 2014; 9:e107747. [PMID: 25314118 PMCID: PMC4196770 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2014] [Accepted: 08/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Rio de Janeiro is endemic for tuberculosis (TB) and presents the second largest prevalence of the disease in Brazil. Here, we present the bacterial population structure of 218 isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, derived from 186 patients that were diagnosed between January 2008 and December 2009. Genotypes were generated by means of spoligotyping, 24 MIRU-VNTR typing and presence of fbpC103, RDRio and RD174. The results confirmed earlier data that predominant genotypes in Rio de Janeiro are those of the Euro American Lineages (99%). However, we observed differences between the classification by spoligotyping when comparing to that of 24 MIRU-VNTR typing, being respectively 43.6% vs. 62.4% of LAM, 34.9% vs. 9.6% of T and 18.3% vs. 21.5% of Haarlem. Among isolates classified as LAM by MIRU typing, 28.0% did not present the characteristic spoligotype profile with absence of spacers 21 to 24 and 32 to 36 and we designated these conveniently as “LAM-like”, 79.3% of these presenting the LAM-specific SNP fbpC103. The frequency of RDRio and RD174 in the LAM strains, as defined both by spoligotyping and 24 MIRU-VNTR loci, were respectively 11% and 15.4%, demonstrating that RD174 is not always a marker for LAM/RDRio strains. We conclude that, although spoligotyping alone is a tool for classification of strains of the Euro-American lineage, when combined with MIRU-VNTRs, SNPs and RD typing, it leads to a much better understanding of the bacterial population structure and phylogenetic relationships among strains of M. tuberculosis in regions with high incidence of TB.
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- Sidra E. G. Vasconcellos
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology Applied to Mycobacteria, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Multidisciplinary Research Laboratory, University Hospital Clementino Fraga Filho – HUCFF, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Cellular Microbiology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology Applied to Mycobacteria, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto Evandro Chagas, Section of Bacteriology and Mycology, Belém, Pará, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology Applied to Mycobacteria, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Hospital Municipal Rafael de Paula Souza, Municipal Secretary of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Hospital Municipal Rafael de Paula Souza, Municipal Secretary of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Centro de Referência Professor Hélio Fraga, Escola Nacional de Saúde Publica Sergio Arouca, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology Applied to Mycobacteria, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology Applied to Mycobacteria, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- CNRS–Université Paris–Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie–Infection Genetics Emerging Pathogens Evolution Team, Orsay, France
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- CNRS–Université Paris–Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie–Infection Genetics Emerging Pathogens Evolution Team, Orsay, France
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- Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, Unité de la Tuberculose et des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe, Abymes, Guadeloupe, France
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- Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, Unité de la Tuberculose et des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe, Abymes, Guadeloupe, France
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- Multidisciplinary Research Laboratory, University Hospital Clementino Fraga Filho – HUCFF, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Clementino Fraga Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology Applied to Mycobacteria, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Mokrousov I, Jiao WW, Wan K, Shen A. Stranger in a strange land: Ibero-American strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Tibet, China. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2014; 26:323-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2014] [Revised: 06/08/2014] [Accepted: 06/13/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Huber FD, Sánchez A, Gomes HM, Vasconcellos S, Massari V, Barreto A, Cesconi V, de Almeida Machado SM, Gomgnimbou MK, Sola C, Larouzé B, Suffys PN, Saad MHF. Insights into the population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using spoligotyping and RDRio in a southeastern Brazilian prison unit. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2014; 26:194-202. [PMID: 24907670 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2014] [Revised: 05/26/2014] [Accepted: 05/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Tuberculosis (TB) is still a serious public health problem, continuing to be an important threat for confined populations. We used spoligotyping to estimate the genotypic clades of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from inmates in two blocks in a southeastern Brazilian prison unit, with TB incidence rate of 8185/100.000. The Latin American Mediterranean (LAM) clade is well represented in the country, and the LAM specific molecular markers, RD(Rio) large sequence polymorphism and the SNP on the Rv3062 [ligB(1212)], were used to characterize spoligotype signatures from prison isolates. Typing of RD(Rio) and ligB increase LAM clade from 66.7% (n=72/108) to 69.4% (n=75). The LAM2 SIT17 (n=23) and SIT179 (n=12) signatures comprised one third of all isolates, followed by Haarlem (11.5%, n=12), T (8.7%, n=9) and X (5.7%, n=6) clades. Strains with unknown signatures represented 5.5% (n=6), and four (3.7%) did not match any lineage. We observed RD(Rio) among 64 (59.2%) isolates, and 54 (50%) were of the LAM clade. In particular, the LAM2/RD(Rio) sub-lineage was significantly associated with clustering (p=0.02) and its frequency was higher (32%) when compared to that of the previous general TB cases in RJ (4.29%). Overall cluster frequency defined by spoligotyping/IS6110-RFLP was 62%. The two evolutionary markers helped to evaluate some LAM signature misconceptions and demonstrate that LAM2/RD(Rio) was found with high frequency, hitherto being unnoticed. All these data, allied to high clustering, imply that public health measures to minimize the escalation of TB in prison is essential, and both spoligotyping as well as RD(Rio) would be useful tools to monitor the effects of the measures with respect to M. tuberculosis lineage variation.
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- Fé Dagmar Huber
- Laboratory of Cellular Microbiology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC), Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Tuberculosis Control Program and Coordination Management in Prison Health, State Department of Corrections, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology Applied to Mycobacteria, IOC, Fiocruz, Brazil
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- INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Social Epidemiology, France; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR_S 1136, Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Social Epidemiology, France
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- Tuberculosis Control Program and Coordination Management in Prison Health, State Department of Corrections, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Univ Paris-Sud, UMR8621, Orsay F-91405, France; CNRS, Orsay F-91405, France; Centre Muraz, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
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- Univ Paris-Sud, UMR8621, Orsay F-91405, France; CNRS, Orsay F-91405, France
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- INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Social Epidemiology, France; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR_S 1136, Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Social Epidemiology, France; Department of Epidemiology and Quantitative Methods, ENSP/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology Applied to Mycobacteria, IOC, Fiocruz, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Cellular Microbiology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC), Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Widely-used laboratory and clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains: To what extent they are representative of their phylogenetic lineages? Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2014; 94:355-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2014.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2013] [Accepted: 03/26/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Latin American-Mediterranean family and its sublineages in the light of robust evolutionary markers. J Bacteriol 2014; 196:1833-41. [PMID: 24584500 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01485-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis has a clonal population structure, and the Latin American-Mediterranean (LAM) family is one of the largest and most widespread within this species, showing evidence for remarkable pathobiology and a confusing phylogeny. Here, we applied robust phylogenetic markers to study the evolution of the LAM family and its major sublineages circulating in Russia and neighboring countries. A total of 250 M. tuberculosis isolates were confirmed to belong to the LAM family based on the analysis of the LAM-specific single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the Rv3062 and Rv0129c genes. At this stage, the family status was rectified for 121 isolates misleadingly assigned by CRISPR spoligotyping to non-LAM families (T1- or T5-RUS1). Consequently, the reestimated LAM prevalence rate increased 2-fold in Russia and Kazakhstan and 4-fold in Belarus. The majority (91.8 to 98.7%) of the LAM isolates from all three countries belonged to the LAM-RUS sublineage. In contrast, the Ibero-American LAM RD-Rio sublineage was identified in only 7 Russian isolates. Taken together, our findings and further analyses suggest a monophyletic origin of LAM-RUS: at a historically distant time, in Russia, in a small founding bacterial/human population. Its dissemination pattern and high prevalence rate in Northern Eurasia may indicate a long-term coexistence of the LAM-RUS sublineage and local human populations hypothetically leading to coadaptation and reduced pathogenicity of the relatively more ancient clones, such as spoligotype international type 254 (SIT254), compared to the more recent SIT252 and SIT266 clones. In contrast, rare LAM RD-Rio isolates were likely brought to Russia through occasional human contact. The spread of RD-Rio strains is not as global as commonly claimed and is determined largely by human migration flows (rather than by pathobiological properties of these strains). Consequently, a host population factor appears to play a major role in shaping the in situ dissemination pattern of the imported strains in an autochthonous population.
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Soares RO, de Macedo MB, von Groll A, da Silva PEA. Mycobacterium tuberculosis belonging to family LAM and sublineage RD(Rio): common strains in Southern Brazil for over 10 years. Braz J Microbiol 2013; 44:1251-5. [PMID: 24688519 PMCID: PMC3958195 DOI: 10.1590/s1517-83822013000400032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2011] [Accepted: 04/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A sublineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis called RD(Rio) was described in 2007. Although only recently described, this strain may have been present previously in the population, and its identification in clinical isolates will elucidate bacterial transmission dynamics and host-pathogen interactions. This study evaluated the clonal diversity of the RD(Rio) sublineage in clinical isolates from Rio Grande-RS obtained between 1998 and 2001. Among the 45 samples analyzed by the MIRU-VNTR method, there were six clusters with two samples each and 33 orphan strains with unique pattern. The strains were distributed across several different lineages including LAM (34.04%), × (14.89%), Haarlem (12.77%), UgandaI (10.64%), S (4.26%), NEW-1 (2.13%) and Cameroon (2.13%); 14.89% of the strains matched to multiple lineages. RD(Rio) strains were present in 28.9% of the samples and 81.25% of the identified strains belonged to the LAM family. The high clonal diversity observed in this study is a constant feature in this region. The RD(Rio) sublineage has been in Rio Grande-RS since 1998. The continued monitoring of RD(Rio) in clinical isolates will enhance the understanding of its epidemiological significance.
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Kuhleis D, Ribeiro AW, Costa ERD, Cafrune PI, Schmid KB, Costa LLD, Ribeiro MO, Zaha A, Rossetti MLR. Tuberculosis in a southern Brazilian prison. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2013; 107:909-15. [PMID: 23147148 DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762012000700012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2011] [Accepted: 07/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The occurrence of tuberculosis (TB) in prisons has been described as an alarming public health problem in many countries, especially in developing nations. The objective of this study was to conduct a survey among prisoners with TB respiratory symptoms in order to estimate the incidence of the disease, to analyze the drug susceptibility profile and genotype the isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the city of Charqueadas, southern of Brazil. The TB incidence was 55/1,900 inhabitants in the prison; this corresponds to an incidence of 3,789/100,000 inhabitants, with a prevalence of 72/1,900 (4,960/100,000 inhabitants). Drug susceptibility test was performed and, among the analyzed isolates, 85% were susceptible to all drugs tested and 15% were resistant to at least one drug, of which 89% were resistant only to isoniazid (INH) or in combination with another drug. The genotype classification of spoligotyping analysis showed that 40% of the isolates belong to LAM family, 22% to T family, 17.5% to Haarlem family, 12.5% to U family and 3% to X family. The shared international spoligotypes most frequently found were 729 (27%), 50 (9.5%), 42 (8%), 53 (8%) and 863 (8%). In conclusion, it was observed that TB in this specific population had been caused, mostly, by strains that have been transmitted in the last few years, as demonstrated by the large level of genotype clustering. In addition, it was found specific large clusters, which were not often found in the general population from the same period and in the same region.
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- Daniele Kuhleis
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular, Centro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil
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Chakraborty P, Kulkarni S, Rajan R, Sainis K. Drug resistant clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from different genotypes exhibit differential host responses in THP-1 cells. PLoS One 2013; 8:e62966. [PMID: 23667550 PMCID: PMC3646887 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2013] [Accepted: 03/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) persistently infects and survives within the host macrophages. Substantial genotypic variation exists among MTB strains which correlate with their interactions with the host. The present study was designed to establish a correlation, if any, between infection and induction of innate immune response by genetically diverse drug resistant MTB isolates from India. For this purpose, three clinical isolates from ancient and modern lineages, along with H37Ra and H37Rv were evaluated for intracellular growth, phagocytic index, induction of proinflammatory cytokines and apoptosis following infection in THP-1 cell line. A wide variation in the induction of cytokines was revealed subsequent to infection with different strains. EAI-5 strain from ancient lineage 1, induced higher proinflammatory responses, higher apoptosis and moderate intracellular growth compared to other strains, in contrast, for Beijing strain of modern lineage 2, all three parameters were lowest among the clinical isolates. Further, the responses induced by LAM-6 from modern lineage 4 were at a moderate level, similar to the laboratory strain H37Rv which also belongs to lineage 4. Thus, these profiles were specific to their respective lineages and/or genotypes and independent of their drug resistance status. Further, a positive correlation, among TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6 and IL-12 induced in infected THP-1 cells was demonstrated. In addition, induction of all pro-inflammatory cytokines correlated well with the host cell apoptosis. A positive correlation was observed between phagocytic index in the category of ‘>10 bacilli/cell’ and induction of apoptosis, only for virulent strains, indicating that initial accumulation of MTB strains inside the host cell may be an important determining factor for different innate responses.
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- Pampi Chakraborty
- Radiation Medicine Centre, Bio-Medical Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India
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- Radiation Medicine Centre, Bio-Medical Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India
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- Radiation Medicine Centre, Bio-Medical Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India
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- Radiation Medicine Centre, Bio-Medical Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis of the RDRio genotype is the predominant cause of tuberculosis and associated with multidrug resistance in Porto Alegre City, South Brazil. J Clin Microbiol 2013; 51:1071-7. [PMID: 23325819 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01511-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Spoligotyping has shown Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains to be composed of different lineages, and some of them are not just geographically restricted but also affect specific ethnic populations and are associated with outbreaks and drug resistance. We recently described a particular subtype within the Latin American-Mediterranean (LAM) family, called RD(Rio), widespread in Brazil. Moreover, recent data also indicate that RD(Rio) is present in many countries on all continents and is associated with cavitary disease and multidrug resistance (MDR). To further explore the relationship between RD(Rio) and MDR, we conducted a study in a tuberculosis (TB) reference center responsible for the care of MDR patients in Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost Brazilian state. From a collection of 237 clinical isolates, RD(Rio) alone was responsible for one-half of all MDR cases, including one large group composed of strains with identical IS6110-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and having the LAM5 signature. We additionally had complete data records for 96 patients and could make comparisons between the presence and absence of RD(Rio). No difference in clinical, radiological or laboratory features was observed, but a significantly greater number of cases with MDR were described in patients infected with an RD(Rio) strain (P = 0.0015). Altogether, RD(Rio) was responsible for 38% of all TB cases. These data support and confirmed previous findings that RD(Rio) is the main agent responsible for TB in Brazil and is associated with drug resistance. Considering that RD(Rio) is a globally distributed genotype, such findings raise concern about the increase in MDR in certain human populations.
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DETECTION OF RDRIOSTRAIN OFMYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSISIN TAPIRS (TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS) FROM A ZOO IN BRAZIL. J Zoo Wildl Med 2012; 43:872-5. [DOI: 10.1638/2010-0108r.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Pinheiro MB, Antonelli LR, Sathler-Avelar R, Vitelli-Avelar DM, Spindola-de-Miranda S, Guimarães TMPD, Teixeira-Carvalho A, Martins-Filho OA, Toledo VPCP. CD4-CD8-αβ and γδ T cells display inflammatory and regulatory potentials during human tuberculosis. PLoS One 2012; 7:e50923. [PMID: 23239994 PMCID: PMC3519797 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2012] [Accepted: 10/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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T-cells play an important role controlling immunity against pathogens and therefore influence the outcome of human diseases. Although most T-lymphocytes co-express either CD4 or CD8, a smaller T-cell subset found the in the human peripheral blood that expresses the αβ or γδ T-cell-receptor (TCR) lacks the CD4 and CD8 co-receptors. These double negative (DN) T-cells have been shown to display important immunological functions in human diseases. To better understand the role of DN T-cells in human Mycobacterium tuberculosis, we have characterized their frequency, activation and cytokine profile in a well-defined group of tuberculosis patients, categorized as severe and non-severe based on their clinical status. Our data showed that whereas high frequency of αβ DN T-cells observed in M. tuberculosis-infected patients are associated with disease severity, decreased proportion of γδ DN T-cells are found in patients with severe tuberculosis. Together with activation of CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells, higher frequencies of both αβ and γδ DN T-cells from tuberculosis patients also express the chronic activation marker HLA-DR. However, the expression of CD69, an early activation marker, is selectively observed in DN T-cells. Interestingly, while αβ and γδ DN T-cells from patients with non-severe tuberculosis display a pro-inflammatory cytokine profile, characterized by enhanced IFN-γ, the γδ DN T-cells from patients with severe disease express a modulatory profile exemplified by enhanced interleukin-10 production. Overall, our findings suggest that αβ and γδ DN T-cell present disparate immunoregulatory potentials and seems to contribute to the development/maintenance of distinct clinical aspects of TB, as part of the complex immunological network triggered by the TB infection.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Cell Lineage/immunology
- Female
- HLA-DR Antigens/metabolism
- Humans
- Interleukin-10/metabolism
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis/immunology
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis/pathogenicity
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- Tuberculosis/immunology
- Tuberculosis/microbiology
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- Melina B. Pinheiro
- Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
- * E-mail: (LRA); (VPCPT)
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- Laboratório de Biomarcadores de Diagnóstico e Monitoração, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biomarcadores de Diagnóstico e Monitoração, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
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- Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biomarcadores de Diagnóstico e Monitoração, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biomarcadores de Diagnóstico e Monitoração, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
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- Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
- * E-mail: (LRA); (VPCPT)
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Vinhas SA, Palaci M, Marques HS, Lobo de Aguiar PP, Ribeiro FK, Peres RL, Dietze R, Gomes HM, Suffys PN, Golub JE, Riley LW, Maciel ELN. Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA fingerprint clusters and its relationship with RD(Rio) genotype in Brazil. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2012; 93:207-12. [PMID: 23232111 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2012.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2012] [Revised: 08/29/2012] [Accepted: 09/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) strains designated as RD(Rio) are responsible for a large cluster of new cases of tuberculosis (TB) in Rio de Janeiro. They were previously shown to be associated with severe manifestations of TB. Here, we used three genotyping methods (IS6110 RFLP, spoligotyping, and multiplex PCR) to characterize RD(Rio) and non-RD(Rio) strains from the metropolitan area of Vitória, State of Espirito Santo in southeast Brazil to determine strain diversity and transmission patterns. Strains with identical IS6110 RFLP patterns were considered to belong to a cluster indicative of recent transmission. Between 2000 and 2010, we identified 5470 new TB patients and genotyped 981 Mtb strains. Of these, 376 (38%) were RD(Rio). By RFLP, 180 (48%) of 376 RD(Rio) strains and 235 (40%) of 593 non-RD(Rio) strains belonged to RFLP cluster pattern groups (p = 0.023). Simpson's diversity index based on RFLP patterns was 0.96 for RD(Rio) and 0.98 for non-RD(Rio) strains. Thus, although RD(Rio) strains appear to be comprised of a fewer number of RFLP genotypes, they represent a heterogeneous group. While TB cases caused by RD(Rio) appear more likely to be due to recent transmission than cases caused by non-RD(Rio) strains, the difference is small. These observations suggest that factors other than inherent biological characteristic of RD(Rio) lineages are more important in determining recent transmission, and that public health measures to interrupt new transmissions need to be emphasized for TB control in Vitória.
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- Solange Alves Vinhas
- Núcleo de Doenças Infecciosas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Av. Marechal Campos, 1468 Maruípe, Vitória, ES, Brazil
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Gafirita J, Umubyeyi AN, Asiimwe BB. A first insight into the genotypic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Rwanda. BMC Clin Pathol 2012; 12:20. [PMID: 23131092 PMCID: PMC3520741 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6890-12-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2012] [Accepted: 11/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) is the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB). Globally, increasing evidence shows that in M. tuberculosis, transmission varies from strain to strain and that different strains exhibit a range of geographical and host specificities, pathogenicity, and drug susceptibility. Therefore rapid and accurate differentiation of the members of MTC is critical in guiding treatment and public health decisions. We carried out a study at different health units and the National Reference Laboratory in Rwanda identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex species prevalent in TB patients in Rwanda. We further characterized the isolates using spoligotyping in order to gain an insight into the strain diversity of drug resistant and susceptible isolates of M. tuberculosis in this setting. Methods A total of 151 isolates from culture positive sputum samples were harvested, heat killed at 80°C for two hours, and then shipped to Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Uganda, for speciation and typing. Species identification was achieved by regions of difference (RD) analysis, while Spoligotyping was done to identify strain types. Results Region of difference analysis identified all the 151 isolates as M. tuberculosis. Spoligotyping revealed predominance of the T2 family (58.3%, 88/151), with SIT 52 being the most prevalent strain (31.8%, 48/151). Among the 151 isolates, 64 (42.4%) were multidrug resistant (MDR) with 3 cases on mono-resistance. Of 94 retreatment cases, 48 (51.1%) were MDR and of 46 newly presenting cases 14 (30.4%) were MDR. There was a significant difference (p=0.01) in anti-TB drug resistance between new and retreatment cases in the sample. However, there was no significant relationship between HIV serostatus and the two major strain types SIT 52 (p =0.15and SIT 152 (p = 0.41). Conclusion Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the most prevalent species of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Rwanda, and SIT 52 (T2) the predominant strain. There is significantly more MDR in the retreatment cases but no significant difference was observed by HIV status in relation to any spoligotypes.
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- James Gafirita
- Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P O Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda.
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Implication of the RDRio Mycobacterium tuberculosis sublineage in multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Portugal. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2012; 12:1362-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2012] [Revised: 04/17/2012] [Accepted: 04/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Barbosa CDB, Lazzarini LCO, Elias AR, Leung JAM, Ribeiro SB, da Silva MG, Duarte RS, Suffys P, Gomes HM, Kritski AL, Lapa E Silva JR, Ho JL, Boéchat N. Tuberculosis caused by RDRio Mycobacterium tuberculosis is not associated with differential clinical features. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2012; 16:1377-82. [PMID: 22863208 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We recently described the Mycobacterium tuberculosis RD(Rio) genotype, a clonally derived sublineage within the Latin American-Mediterranean (LAM) family. Genetic diversity of M. tuberculosis likely affects the clinical aspects of tuberculosis (TB). Prospective studies that address this issue are scarce and remain controversial. OBJECTIVE To determine the association of differential clinical features of pulmonary TB with the RD(Rio) M. tuberculosis etiology. METHODS Culture-proven pulmonary TB patients (n = 272) were clinically evaluated, including history, physical examination, chest X-ray and anti-human immunodeficiency virus serology. Isolates were classified as RD(Rio) or non-RD(Rio) M. tuberculosis by multiplex polymerase chain reaction and further spoligotyped. Clinical and M. tuberculosis genotype data were analyzed. RESULTS RD(Rio) M. tuberculosis caused disease in 26.5% (72/270) of all TB cases. The LAM genotype, of which RD(Rio) strains are members, was responsible for 46.0% of the TB cases. Demographic data, major signs and symptoms, radiographic presentation, microbiological features and clinical outcomes were not significantly different among patients with TB caused by RD(Rio) and non-RD(Rio) strains. CONCLUSIONS Disease caused by M. tuberculosis RD(Rio) strains was not clinically distinctive or more severe than disease caused by non-RD(Rio) strains in this series of TB patients. Larger prospective studies specifically designed to disclose differential clinical characteristics of TB caused by specific M. tuberculosis lineages are needed.
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- C de B Barbosa
- Multidisciplinary Research Laboratory, Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, Institute of Thoracic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis differ in their ability to induce respiratory burst and apoptosis in neutrophils as a possible mechanism of immune escape. Clin Dev Immunol 2012; 2012:152546. [PMID: 22778761 PMCID: PMC3388301 DOI: 10.1155/2012/152546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2012] [Accepted: 04/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Tuberculosis pathogenesis was earlier thought to be mainly related to the host but now it appears to be clear that bacterial factors are also involved. Genetic variability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) could be slight but it may lead to sharp phenotypic differences. We have previously reported that nonopsonized Mtb H37Rv induce apoptosis of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) by a mechanism that involves the p38 pathway. Here we evaluated the capability to induce PMN apoptosis of two prevalent Mtb lineages in Argentina, the Latin America and Mediterranean (LAM), and Haarlem, using the H37Rv as a reference strain. Results showed that LAM strains strongly induced apoptosis of PMN which correlated with the induction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and p38 activation. Interestingly, the highly prosperous multidrug-resistant M strain, belonging to the Haarlem lineage, lacked the ability to activate and to induce PMN apoptosis as a consequence of (1) a weak ROS production and (2) the contribution of antiapoptotic mechanisms mediated at least by ERK. Although with less skill, M is able to enter the PMN so that phenotypic differences could lead PMN to be a reservoir allowing some pathogens to prevail and persist over other strains in the community.
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Weisenberg SA, Gibson AL, Huard RC, Kurepina N, Bang H, Lazzarini LCO, Chiu Y, Li J, Ahuja S, Driscoll J, Kreiswirth BN, Ho JL. Distinct clinical and epidemiological features of tuberculosis in New York City caused by the RD(Rio) Mycobacterium tuberculosis sublineage. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2011; 12:664-70. [PMID: 21835266 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2011] [Revised: 07/22/2011] [Accepted: 07/26/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Genetic tracking of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a cornerstone of tuberculosis (TB) control programs. The RD(Rio) M. tuberculosis sublineage was previously associated with TB in Brazil. We investigated 3847 M. tuberculosis isolates and registry data from New York City (NYC) (2001-2005) to: (1) affirm the position of RD(Rio) strains within the M. tuberculosis phylogenetic structure, (2) determine its prevalence, and (3) define transmission, demographic, and clinical characteristics associated with RD(Rio) TB. METHODS Isolates classified as RD(Rio) or non-RD(Rio) M. tuberculosis by multiplex PCR were further classified as clustered (≥2 isolates) or unique based primarily upon IS6110-RFLP patterns and lineage-specific cluster proportions were calculated. The secondary case rate of RD(Rio) was compared with other prevalent M. tuberculosis lineages. Genotype data were merged with the data from the NYC TB Registry to assess demographic and clinical characteristics. RESULTS RD(Rio) strains were found to: (1) be restricted to the Latin American-Mediterranean family, (2) cause approximately 8% of TB cases in NYC, and (3) be associated with heightened transmission as shown by: (i) a higher cluster proportion compared to other prevalent lineages, (ii) a higher secondary case rate, and (iii) cases in children. Furthermore, RD(Rio) strains were significantly associated with US-born Black or Hispanic race, birth in Latin American and Caribbean countries, and isoniazid resistance. CONCLUSIONS The RD(Rio) genotype is a single M. tuberculosis strain population that is emerging in NYC. The findings suggest that expanded RD(Rio) case and exposure identification could be of benefit due to its association with heightened transmission.
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- Scott A Weisenberg
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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Ritacco V, Iglesias MJ, Ferrazoli L, Monteserin J, Dalla Costa ER, Cebollada A, Morcillo N, Robledo J, de Waard JH, Araya P, Aristimuño L, Díaz R, Gavin P, Imperiale B, Simonsen V, Zapata EM, Jiménez MS, Rossetti ML, Martin C, Barrera L, Samper S. Conspicuous multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis cluster strains do not trespass country borders in Latin America and Spain. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2011; 12:711-7. [PMID: 21718805 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2011] [Revised: 05/20/2011] [Accepted: 06/10/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain diversity in Ibero-America was examined by comparing extant genotype collections in national or state tuberculosis networks. To this end, genotypes from over 1000 patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis diagnosed from 2004 through 2008 in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela and Spain were compared in a database constructed ad hoc. Most of the 116 clusters identified by IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism were small and restricted to individual countries. The three largest clusters, of 116, 49 and 25 patients, were found in Argentina and corresponded to previously documented locally-epidemic strains. Only 13 small clusters involved more than one country, altogether accounting for 41 patients, of whom 13 were, in turn, immigrants from Latin American countries different from those participating in the study (Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia). Most of these international clusters belonged either to the emerging RD(Rio) LAM lineage or to the Haarlem family of M. tuberculosis and four were further split by country when analyzed with spoligotyping and rifampin resistance-conferring mutations, suggesting that they did not represent ongoing transnational transmission events. The Beijing genotype accounted for 1.3% and 10.2% of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Latin America and Spain, respectively, including one international cluster of two cases. In brief, Euro-American genotypes were widely predominant among multidrug-resistant M. tuberculosis strains in Ibero-America, reflecting closely their predominance in the general M. tuberculosis population in the region, and no evidence was found of acknowledged outbreak strains trespassing country borders.
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- Viviana Ritacco
- Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas ANLIS Carlos Malbrán, Vélez Sarsfield 563, 1281 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Evans JT, Serafino Wani RL, Anderson L, Gibson AL, Smith EG, Wood A, Olowokure B, Abubakar I, Mann JS, Gardiner S, Jones H, Sonnenberg P, Hawkey PM. A geographically-restricted but prevalent Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain identified in the West Midlands Region of the UK between 1995 and 2008. PLoS One 2011; 6:e17930. [PMID: 21464965 PMCID: PMC3064665 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2010] [Accepted: 02/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background We describe the identification of, and risk factors for, the single most prevalent Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain in the West Midlands region of the UK. Methodology/Principal Findings Prospective 15-locus MIRU-VNTR genotyping of all M. tuberculosis isolates in the West Midlands between 2004 and 2008 was undertaken. Two retrospective epidemiological investigations were also undertaken using univariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis. The first study of all TB patients in the West Midlands between 2004 and 2008 identified a single prevalent strain in each of the study years (total 155/3,056 (5%) isolates). This prevalent MIRU-VNTR profile (32333 2432515314 434443183) remained clustered after typing with an additional 9-loci MIRU-VNTR and spoligotyping. The majority of these patients (122/155, 79%) resided in three major cities located within a 40 km radius. From the apparent geographical restriction, we have named this the “Mercian” strain. A multivariate analysis of all TB patients in the West Midlands identified that infection with a Mercian strain was significantly associated with being UK-born (OR = 9.03, 95%CI = 4.56–17.87, p<0.01), Black Caribbean (OR = 5.68, 95%CI = 2.96–10.91, p<0.01) resident in Wolverhampton (OR = 9.29, 95%CI = 5.69–15.19, p<0.01) and negatively associated with age >65 years old (OR = 0.25, 95%CI = 0.09–0.67, p<0.01). A second more detailed investigation analyzed a cohort of 82 patients resident in Wolverhampton between 2003 and 2006. A significant association with being born in the UK remained after a multivariate analysis (OR = 9.68, 95%CI = 2.00–46.78, p<0.01) and excess alcohol intake and cannabis use (OR = 6.26, 95%CI = 1.45–27.02, p = .01) were observed as social risk factors for infection. Conclusions/Significance The continued consistent presence of the Mercian strain suggests ongoing community transmission. Whilst significant associations have been found, there may be other common risk factors yet to be identified. Future investigations should focus on targeting the relevant risk groups and elucidating the biological factors that mediate continued transmission of this strain.
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- Jason T Evans
- Health Protection Agency West Midlands Laboratory, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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García de Viedma D, Mokrousov I, Rastogi N. Innovations in the molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2011; 29 Suppl 1:8-13. [DOI: 10.1016/s0213-005x(11)70012-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Valcheva V, Mokrousov I, Panaiotov S, Bachiiska E, Zozio T, Sola C, Markova N, Rastogi N. Bulgarian specificity and controversial phylogeography of Mycobacterium tuberculosis spoligotype ST 125__BGR. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 59:90-9. [PMID: 20402768 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2010.00667.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The local specificity of bacterial clones may be explained by long-term presence or recent importation/fast dissemination in an area. Mycobacterium tuberculosis spoligotype ST125, noticeably prevalent among Bulgaria-specific spoligotypes, has a characteristically 'abridged' profile and an uncertain clade position [Latin-American-Mediterranean (LAM)/S]. A comparison with the SITVIT2 database (Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe) demonstrated its high gradient in Bulgaria (14.3%) compared with the negligible presence in the rest of the world. Further typing of all available Bulgarian ST125 strains revealed that they: (i) monophyletically clustered in 21-mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units (MIRU)-loci tree of all Bulgarian strains; (ii) grouped closely with the ST34 spoligotype, a prototype of the S family; and (iii) did not harbor a LAM-specific IS6110 insertion. Comparison of the 21-MIRU-based network with geographic data revealed a complex dissemination pattern of ST125 in Bulgaria. Interestingly, this variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) network remarkably corroborated with a recent hypothesis of single repeat loss as the primary mode of evolution of VNTR loci in M. tuberculosis. In conclusion, M. tuberculosis spoligotype ST125 is phylogeographically specific for Bulgaria. This spoligotype was not associated with drug resistance or increased transmissibility; its prevalence in Bulgaria can rather be attributed to the historical circulation in the country, having led, speculatively, to adaptation to the local human population.
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- Violeta Valcheva
- Unité de la Tuberculose et des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe, France
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Von Groll A, Martin A, Felix C, Prata PFS, Honscha G, Portaels F, Vandame P, da Silva PEA, Palomino JC. Fitness study of the RDRio lineage and Latin American-Mediterranean family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the city of Rio Grande, Brazil. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 58:119-27. [PMID: 19889037 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2009.00611.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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RD(Rio) is a novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage of the Latin American-Mediterranean (LAM) family. LAM has been found worldwide but is more predominant in South America. The aim of this study was to assess the presence of the RD(Rio) lineage and LAM family in the city of Rio Grande, Brazil, and to investigate the fitness of these strains based on determination of their growth rate. Fifty clinical isolates of M. tuberculosis were genotyped and 43 different patterns were found by spoligotyping and mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units-variable number of tandem repeats. The predominant genotypes belonged to the LAM family (54% of the strains) followed by clade T (22%) and Haarlem (16%). The RD(Rio) lineage represented 38% of the total strains and 70.4% of the LAM strains found in this study. Strains belonging to the LAM family showed a fitness advantage when comparing their rate of growth with that of non-LAM strains, but a significant difference between RD(Rio) and non-RD(Rio) strains was not confirmed.
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- Andrea Von Groll
- Mycobacteriology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
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Frequent homologous recombination events in Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE/PPE multigene families: potential role in antigenic variability. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:7838-46. [PMID: 18820012 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00827-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The PE and PPE (PE/PPE) multigene families of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are particularly GC-rich and share extensive homologous repetitive sequences. We hypothesized that they may undergo homologous recombination events, a mechanism rarely described in the natural evolution of mycobacteria. To test our hypothesis, we developed a specific oligonucleotide-based microarray targeting nearly all of the PE/PPE genes, aimed at detecting signals for homologous recombination. Such a microarray has never before been reported due to the multiplicity and highly repetitive and homologous nature of these sequences. Application of the microarray to a collection of M. tuberculosis clinical isolates (n = 33) representing prevalent spoligotype strain families in Tunisia allowed successful detection of six deleted genomic regions involving a total of two PE and seven PPE genes. Some of these deleted genes are known to be immunodominant or involved in virulence. The four precisely determined deletions were flanked by 400- to 500-bp stretches of nearly identical sequences lying mainly at the conserved N-terminal region of the PE/PPE genes. These highly homologous sequences thus serve as substrates to mediate both intergenic and intragenic homologous recombination events, indicating an important function in generating strain variation. Importantly, all recombination events yielded a new in-frame fusion chimeric gene. Hence, homologous recombination within and between PE/PPE genes likely increased their antigenic variability, which may have profound implications in pathogenicity and/or host adaptation. The finding of high prevalence (approximately 45% and approximately 58%) for at least two of the genomic deletions suggests that they likely confer advantageous biological attributes.
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