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Yu H, Xu Y, Imani S, Zhao Z, Ullah S, Wang Q. Navigating ESKAPE Pathogens: Considerations and Caveats for Animal Infection Models Development. ACS Infect Dis 2024. [PMID: 38866389 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2024]
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The misuse of antibiotics has led to the global spread of drug-resistant bacteria, especially multi-drug-resistant (MDR) ESKAPE pathogens (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter species). These opportunistic bacteria pose a significant threat, in particular within hospitals, where they cause nosocomial infections, leading to substantial morbidity and mortality. To comprehensively explore ESKAPE pathogenesis, virulence, host immune response, diagnostics, and therapeutics, researchers increasingly rely on necessitate suitable animal infection models. However, no single model can fully replicate all aspects of infectious diseases. Notably when studying opportunistic pathogens in immunocompetent hosts, rapid clearance by the host immune system can limit the expression of characteristic disease symptoms. In this study, we examine the critical role of animal infection models in understanding ESKAPE pathogens, addressing limitations and research gaps. We discuss applications and highlight key considerations for effective models. Thoughtful decisions on disease replication, parameter monitoring, and data collection are crucial for model reliability. By meticulously replicating human diseases and addressing limitations, researchers maximize the potential of animal infection models. This aids in targeted therapeutic development, bridges knowledge gaps, and helps combat MDR ESKAPE pathogens, safeguarding public health.
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- Haojie Yu
- Key Laboratory of Artificial Organs and Computational Medicine in Zhejiang Province, Key Laboratory of Pollution Exposure and Health Intervention of Zhejiang Province, Shulan International Medical College, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou 310015, Zhejiang China
- Stomatology Hospital, School of Stomatology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Research of Zhejiang Province, Cancer Center of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310006, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aging and Cancer Biology of Zhejiang Province, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China
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- Shulan International Medical College, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou 310015, Zhejiang China
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Artificial Organs and Computational Medicine in Zhejiang Province, Key Laboratory of Pollution Exposure and Health Intervention of Zhejiang Province, Shulan International Medical College, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou 310015, Zhejiang China
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Isolation of the various serotypes of Mannheimia haemolytica and preparation of the first vaccine candidate in Iran. Mol Biol Rep 2022; 49:10367-10375. [PMID: 36097127 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-022-07890-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Revised: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mannheimia haemolytica is one of the main agents of domestic pneumonic mannheimiosis, but a proper vaccine has not been explored in IRAN. METHODS AND RESULTS 362 lung and nasal samples from sick domestic animal were detected by culture and PCR methods. Totally, 71 M. haemolytica isolates were identified in three main serotypes (A1, A2, and A6). Serotypes A2 (38/71; 54%) and A1 (25/71; 39%) were the most frequently detected, whereas the A6 serotype was detected with a frequency of less than 1% (1/71; 1%) and 7 isolates remained unknown (7/71; 10%). Subsequently, M. haemolytica vaccinal strain was developed and then formalin-killed vaccine was prepared. It provided the best protection against mannheimiosis in sheep which was proved by indirect ELISA. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that the efficacy and safety of vaccine strain are remarkable and may serve as a new therapeutic target in mannheimiosis.
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Yankey R, Omoor INA, Karanja JK, Wang L, Urga RT, Fang CH, Dongmei L, Lin H, Okal JE, Datti IL, Nsanzinshuti A, Rensing C, Lin Z. Metabolic properties, gene functions, and biosafety analysis reveal the action of three rhizospheric plant growth-promoting bacteria of Jujuncao (Pennisetum giganteum). ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:38435-38449. [PMID: 35079973 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-17854-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This study aimed to identify the specific genes associated with plant growth promotion and cadmium tolerance in three bacteria strains associated with Pennisetum giganteum as well as to determine their biosafety levels in their potential use as biofertilizers for promoting plant growth and phytoremediation activities. The plant growth-promoting (PGP) abilities of Enterobacter cloacae strain RCB980 (A3), Klebsiella pneumonia strain kpa (A4), and Klebsiella sp. strain XT-2 (A7) were determined by a growth promotion trial and through testing for PGP traits such as 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) deaminase enzyme production, phosphorus solubilization, siderophore synthesis, and indole-3 acetic acid (IAA) production. The genes that potentially contribute to the beneficial activities of these three strains were identified through an analysis of their genomes. To establish the biosafety of the candidate PGPB, a pathological study was undertaken whereby 20 Kunming mice were injected intraperitoneally to study and analyze the effects of the strains on growth and lung paraffin sections of the mice. The strains had no obvious toxicity effect on the tested mice and were therefore not considered as highly virulent strains. These strains are thus considered non-toxic, safe, and highly recommended for use in environmental remediation strategies and agricultural production.
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- Richard Yankey
- China National Engineering Research Center of Juncao Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China.
- College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China.
- Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
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- China National Engineering Research Center of Juncao Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China
- College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China
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- Center for Plant Water-Use and Nutrition Regulation, Joint International Research Laboratory of Water and Nutrient in Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China
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- China National Engineering Research Center of Juncao Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China
- College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China
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- College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China
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- China National Engineering Research Center of Juncao Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China
- College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China
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- China National Engineering Research Center of Juncao Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China
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- China National Engineering Research Center of Juncao Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China
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- China National Engineering Research Center of Juncao Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China
- College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China
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- China National Engineering Research Center of Juncao Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China
- College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China
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- China National Engineering Research Center of Juncao Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China
- College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China
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- Institute of Environmental Microbiology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China
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- China National Engineering Research Center of Juncao Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China
- College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China
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Kim HS, Arellano K, Park H, Todorov SD, Kim B, Kang H, Park YJ, Suh DH, Jung ES, Ji Y, Holzapfel WH. Assessment of the safety and anti-inflammatory effects of three Bacillus strains in the respiratory tract. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:3077-3098. [PMID: 33899316 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Chronic respiratory diseases are part of accumulating health problems partly due to worldwide increase in air pollution. By their antimicrobial and immunomodulatory properties, some probiotics constitute promising alternatives for the prevention and treatment of chronic respiratory diseases. We have isolated Bacillus strains from Korean fermented foods and selected three potentially probiotic strains (two Bacillus subtilis and one Bacillus amyloliquefaciens) based on safety, antimicrobial efficacy, activity against airborne pathogens and their immunomodulatory properties in vivo. Safety evaluation included in silico analysis for confirming absence of virulence genes. Safety for the respiratory tract was confirmed by an in vivo pathogenicity test using a murine model. Antimicrobial activity was displayed against several airborne pathogens. Potential antimicrobial metabolites such as 2,3-butanediol and propylene glycol were identified as possible antagonistic agents. Immunomodulatory properties in vitro were confirmed by upregulation of IL-10 expression in a macrophage cell line. Intranasal instillation and inhalation in an ovalbumin (OVA)-induced lung inflammation murine model reduced T helper type 2 (Th2) cytokines at transcriptional and protein levels in the lungs. The safety and potentially beneficial role of these Bacillus strains could be demonstrated for the respiratory tract of a murine model.
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- Hye-Shin Kim
- Department of Advanced Convergence, Handong Global University, Pohang, Gyungbuk, 37554, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Advanced Convergence, Handong Global University, Pohang, Gyungbuk, 37554, Republic of Korea
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- HEM Inc., Pohang, Gyungbuk, 37554, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Advanced Convergence, Handong Global University, Pohang, Gyungbuk, 37554, Republic of Korea
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- HEM Inc., Pohang, Gyungbuk, 37554, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Advanced Convergence, Handong Global University, Pohang, Gyungbuk, 37554, Republic of Korea.,HEM Inc., Pohang, Gyungbuk, 37554, Republic of Korea
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- HEM Inc., 77, Changnyong-daero 256 Beon-gil, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 16229, Republic of Korea
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- HEM Inc., 77, Changnyong-daero 256 Beon-gil, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 16229, Republic of Korea
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- HEM Inc., 77, Changnyong-daero 256 Beon-gil, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 16229, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Advanced Convergence, Handong Global University, Pohang, Gyungbuk, 37554, Republic of Korea.,HEM Inc., 77, Changnyong-daero 256 Beon-gil, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 16229, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Advanced Convergence, Handong Global University, Pohang, Gyungbuk, 37554, Republic of Korea.,HEM Inc., Pohang, Gyungbuk, 37554, Republic of Korea
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Metcalf Pate KA, Blankson JN. The mouse viral outgrowth assay: avatars for the detection of HIV-1 reservoirs. Retrovirology 2017; 14:52. [PMID: 29157283 PMCID: PMC5697021 DOI: 10.1186/s12977-017-0376-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Accepted: 11/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Sensitive assays are needed for the detection of residual viral reservoirs in HIV-1-infected subjects on suppressive combination antiretroviral therapy regimens to determine whether eradication strategies are effective. Mouse viral outgrowth assays have recently been developed and have the potential to be more sensitive than traditional in vitro quantitative viral outgrowth assays. In this article we describe these assays and review several studies that have used them to measure the latent reservoir.
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- Kelly A Metcalf Pate
- Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Center for AIDS Research, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Center for AIDS Research, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. .,Department of Medicine, Center for AIDS Research, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Fu Y, Deering AJ, Bhunia AK, Yao Y. Pathogen biofilm formation on cantaloupe surface and its impact on the antibacterial effect of lauroyl arginate ethyl. Food Microbiol 2017; 64:139-144. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2016.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2016] [Revised: 12/27/2016] [Accepted: 12/27/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Vílchez JI, Navas A, González-López J, Arcos SC, Manzanera M. Biosafety Test for Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria: Proposed Environmental and Human Safety Index (EHSI) Protocol. Front Microbiol 2016; 6:1514. [PMID: 26779168 PMCID: PMC4703995 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2015] [Accepted: 12/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) colonize plants and enhance their growth by different mechanisms. Some of these microorganisms may represent a potential threat to human, animal or plant health; however, their use might be approved in parts of Europe if they have been recommended as plant growth enhancers. The current regulatory framework has resulted in a fragmented, contradictory system, and there is an urgent need to establish harmonized protocols for the predictability, efficiency, consistency and especially the safety of PGPB for human and animal health and for the environment. In response to current efforts to update biosafety policies and provide alternative methods to replace the use of vertebrate animals, we propose a panel of tests and an evaluation system to reliably determine the biosafety of bacterial strains used as PGPB. Based on the results of different tests, we propose a scoring system to evaluate the safety of candidates for PGPB within the limitations of the assays used.
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- Juan I Vílchez
- Institute for Water Research and Department of Microbiology, University of Granada Granada, Spain
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- Biodiversidad y Biologia Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Madrid, Spain
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- Institute for Water Research and Department of Microbiology, University of Granada Granada, Spain
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- Biodiversidad y Biologia Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Madrid, Spain
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- Institute for Water Research and Department of Microbiology, University of Granada Granada, Spain
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Jaradat ZW, Abedel Hafiz L, Ababneh MM, Ababneh QO, Al Mousa W, Al-Nabulsi A, Osaili TM, Holley R. Comparative analysis of virulence and resistance profiles of Salmonella Enteritidis isolates from poultry meat and foodborne outbreaks in northern Jordan. Virulence 2014; 5:601-10. [PMID: 24780883 DOI: 10.4161/viru.29002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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This study was conducted to isolate Salmonella Enteritidis from poultry samples and compare their virulence and antibiotic resistance profiles to S. Enteritidis isolated from outbreaks in northern Jordan. Two hundred presumptive isolates were obtained from 302 raw poultry samples and were subjected to further analysis and confirmation. A phylogenic tree based on 16S rRNA sequencing was constructed and selected isolates representing each cluster were further studied for their virulence in normal adult Swiss white mice. The most virulent strains were isolated from poultry samples and had an LD 50 of 1.55 × 10 (5) CFU, while some of the outbreak isolates were avirulent in mice. Antibiotic resistance profiling revealed that the isolates were resistant to seven of eight antibiotics screened with each isolate resistant to multiple antibiotics (from two to six). Of the poultry isolates, 100%, 88.9%, 77.8%, 66.7%, and 50% showed resistance to nalidixic acid, ciprofloxacin, ampicillin, cephalothin, and cefoperazone, respectively. Two outbreak isolates were sensitive to all tested antibiotics, while 71.4% were resistant to cefoperazone and only 28.6% showed resistance to nalidixic acid. Salmonella outbreak isolates were genetically related to poultry isolates as inferred from the 16S rRNA sequencing, yet were phenotypically different. Although outbreak strains were similar to poultry isolates, when tested in the mouse model, some of the outbreak isolates were highly virulent while others were avirulent. This might be due to a variation in susceptibility of the mouse to different S. Enteritidis isolates.
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- Ziad W Jaradat
- Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering; Jordan University of Science and Technology; Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering; Jordan University of Science and Technology; Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Basic Veterinary Medical Sciences; Jordan University of Science and Technology; Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering; Jordan University of Science and Technology; Irbid, Jordan; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics; Texas A&M University; College Station, TX USA
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- Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering; Jordan University of Science and Technology; Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Technology; Jordan University of Science and Technology; Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Technology; Jordan University of Science and Technology; Irbid, Jordan
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- Department of Food Science; University of Manitoba; Winnipeg, MB Canada
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López V, Navas J, Martínez-Suárez JV. Low potential virulence associated with mutations in the inlA and prfA genes in Listeria monocytogenes isolated from raw retail poultry meat. J Food Prot 2013; 76:129-32. [PMID: 23317868 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x.jfp-12-304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Packaged raw foods can represent a potential source of Listeria monocytogenes contamination when opened at home, and listeriosis is associated with the consumption of undercooked raw foods. The aim of this study was to characterize a group of L. monocytogenes strains isolated from 56 packages of raw chicken meat from a single brand in order to determine the diversity of the strains that dominate in a particular food over time, as well as their pathogenic potential. Forty (71%) samples were found to be positive for L. monocytogenes, and three isolates per sample were subjected to PCR molecular serotyping. Subtyping of 45 isolates from different manufacturing dates (n = 40) or different molecular serotype within the same sample (n = 5) identified 11 different L. monocytogenes subtypes as defined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and sequencing of virulence genes actA and inlA. Two of the subtypes accounted for 51% of the isolates. About 40% of isolates (three subtypes) were found to potentially present attenuated virulence because of the presence of mutations in the prfA and inlA genes.
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- Victoria López
- Departamento de Tecnología de Alimentos, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Autopista A-6 km 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Chen J, Cheng C, Lv Y, Fang W. Genetic diversity of internalin genes in theascB-dapElocus amongListeria monocytogeneslineages III and IV strains. J Basic Microbiol 2012; 53:778-84. [DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201200137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2012] [Accepted: 05/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Jianshun Chen
- Zhejiang Fisheries Technical Extension Center, and Zhejiang Aquatic Disease Prevention and Quarantine Center; Hangzhou Zhejiang, P.R. China
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- Zhejiang University Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Prevent Veterinary Medicine; Hangzhou Zhejiang, P.R. China
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- National Fisheries Technical Extension Center; Beijing P.R. China
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- Zhejiang University Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Prevent Veterinary Medicine; Hangzhou Zhejiang, P.R. China
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Hoelzer K, Pouillot R, Dennis S. Animal models of listeriosis: a comparative review of the current state of the art and lessons learned. Vet Res 2012; 43:18. [PMID: 22417207 PMCID: PMC3384455 DOI: 10.1186/1297-9716-43-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2011] [Accepted: 03/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Listeriosis is a leading cause of hospitalization and death due to foodborne illness in the industrialized world. Animal models have played fundamental roles in elucidating the pathophysiology and immunology of listeriosis, and will almost certainly continue to be integral components of the research on listeriosis. Data derived from animal studies helped for example characterize the importance of cell-mediated immunity in controlling infection, allowed evaluation of chemotherapeutic treatments for listeriosis, and contributed to quantitative assessments of the public health risk associated with L. monocytogenes contaminated food commodities. Nonetheless, a number of pivotal questions remain unresolved, including dose-response relationships, which represent essential components of risk assessments. Newly emerging data about species-specific differences have recently raised concern about the validity of most traditional animal models of listeriosis. However, considerable uncertainty about the best choice of animal model remains. Here we review the available data on traditional and potential new animal models to summarize currently recognized strengths and limitations of each model. This knowledge is instrumental for devising future studies and for interpreting current data. We deliberately chose a historical, comparative and cross-disciplinary approach, striving to reveal clues that may help predict the ultimate value of each animal model in spite of incomplete data.
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- Karin Hoelzer
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20707, USA
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20707, USA
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20707, USA
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Zhao H, Chen J, Fang C, Xia Y, Cheng C, Jiang L, Fang W. Deciphering the biodiversity of Listeria monocytogenes lineage III strains by polyphasic approaches. J Microbiol 2011; 49:759-67. [PMID: 22068492 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-011-1006-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2011] [Accepted: 04/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen of humans and animals. The majority of human listeriosis cases are caused by strains of lineages I and II, while lineage III strains are rare and seldom implicated in human listeriosis. We revealed by 16S rRNA sequencing the special evolutionary status of L. monocytogenes lineage III, which falls between lineages I and II strains of L. monocytogenes and the non-pathogenic species L. innocua and L. marthii in the dendrogram. Thirteen lineage III strains were then characterized by polyphasic approaches. Biochemical reactions demonstrated 8 biotypes, internalin profiling identified 10 internal-in types clustered in 4 groups, and multilocus sequence typing differentiated 12 sequence types. These typing schemes show that lineage III strains represent the most diverse population of L. monocytogenes, and comprise at least four subpopulations IIIA-1, IIIA-2, HIB, and IIIC. The in vitro and in vivo virulence assessments showed that two lineage IIIA-2 strains had reduced pathogenicity, while the other lineage III strains had comparable virulence to lineages I and II. The HIB strains are phylogenetically distinct from other sub-populations, providing additional evidence that this sublineage represents a novel lineage. The two biochemical reactions L-rhamnose and L-lactate alkalinization, and 10 internalins were identified as potential markers for lineage III subpopulations. This study provides new insights into the biodiversity and population structure of lineage III strains, which are important for understanding the evolution of the L. mono-cytogenes-L. innocua clade.
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- Hanxin Zhao
- Zhejiang University Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310029, P. R. China
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Velge P, Roche SM. Variability of Listeria monocytogenes virulence: a result of the evolution between saprophytism and virulence? Future Microbiol 2011; 5:1799-821. [PMID: 21155663 DOI: 10.2217/fmb.10.134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The genus Listeria consists of eight species but only two are pathogenic. Human listeriosis due to Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne disease. L. monocytogenes is widespread in the environment living as a saprophyte, but is also capable of making the transition into a pathogen following its ingestion by susceptible humans or animals. It is now known that many distinct strains of L. monocytogenes differ in their virulence and epidemic potential. Unfortunately, there is currently no standard definition of virulence levels and no complete comprehensive overview of the evolution of Listeria species and L. monocytogenes strains taking into account the presence of both epidemic and low-virulence strains. This article focuses on the methods and genes allowing us to determine the pathogenic potential of Listeria strains, and the evolution of Listeria virulence. The presence of variable levels of virulence within L. monocytogenes has important consequences on detection of Listeria strains and risk analysis but also on our comprehension of how certain pathogens will behave in a population over evolutionary time.
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- Philippe Velge
- INRA de tours, UR1282, Infectiologie Animale et Santé Publique, 37380 Nouzilly, France.
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Klontz KC, McCarthy PV, Datta AR, Lee JO, Acheson DWK, Brackett RE. Role of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the regulatory management of human listeriosis in the United States. J Food Prot 2008; 71:1277-86. [PMID: 18592761 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x-71.6.1277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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From 1986 to 2006, the incidence of listeriosis in the United States dropped from approximately seven to three cases per million population, a reduction that most likely reflects the joint efforts of industry, government, consumers, and academia. Herein, we describe the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) strategy over the past three decades to combat listeriosis. Specifically, we discuss early actions taken to address outbreaks during the 1980s, policy decisions regarding the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in FDA-regulated foods, FDA compliance programs with L. monocytogenes components, enforcement actions to remove L. monocytogenes-contaminated products from the market (i.e., recalls) or to prevent entry of such products into the market (i.e., import detentions and refusals), research milestones, outreach and education efforts, and selected special projects. Evolving demographic trends in the United States may pose a challenge to further reduction of the incidence of listeriosis.
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- Karl C Klontz
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, College Park, Maryland 20740, USA.
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Hayes SL, Rodgers MR, Lye DJ, Stelma GN, McKinstry CA, Malard JM, Vesper SJ. Evaluating virulence of waterborne and clinical Aeromonas isolates using gene expression and mortality in neonatal mice followed by assessing cell culture's ability to predict virulence based on transcriptional response. J Appl Microbiol 2007; 103:811-20. [PMID: 17897183 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03318.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS To assess the virulence of Aeromonas spp. using two models, a neonatal mouse assay and a mouse intestinal cell culture. METHODS AND RESULTS After artificial infection with a variety of Aeromonas spp., mRNA extracts from the two models were processed and hydridized to murine microarrays to determine host gene response. Definition of virulence was determined based on host mRNA production in murine neonatal intestinal tissue and mortality of infected animals. Infections of mouse intestinal cell cultures were then performed to determine whether this simpler model system's mRNA responses correlated to neonatal results and therefore be predictive of virulence of Aeromonas spp. Virulent aeromonads up-regulated transcripts in both models including multiple host defense gene products (chemokines, regulation of transcription and apoptosis and cell signalling). Avirulent species exhibited little or no host response in neonates. Mortality results correlated well with both bacterial dose and average fold change of up-regulated transcripts in the neonatal mice. CONCLUSIONS Cell culture results were less discriminating but showed promise as potentially being able to be predictive of virulence. Jun oncogene up-regulation in murine cell culture is potentially predictive of Aeromonas virulence. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY Having the ability to determine virulence of waterborne pathogens quickly would potentially assist public health officials to rapidly assess exposure risks.
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- S L Hayes
- USEPA, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Water Supply/Water Resources Division, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA.
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Handa-Miya S, Kimura B, Takahashi H, Sato M, Ishikawa T, Igarashi K, Fujii T. Nonsense-mutated inlA and prfA not widely distributed in Listeria monocytogenes isolates from ready-to-eat seafood products in Japan. Int J Food Microbiol 2007; 117:312-8. [PMID: 17566579 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2007.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2007] [Revised: 04/15/2007] [Accepted: 05/09/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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InlA is a surface protein participating in the entry of Listeria monocytogenes into mammalian non-phagocytic cells. PrfA is a positive regulatory factor that regulates the expression of a set of virulence genes. Recent studies revealed that some L. monocytogenes strains have a truncated form of these proteins because of nonsense mutations in their sequences, and these truncations contribute to the significant reduction in virulence of this pathogen. In this study, sequence analyses of inlA and prfA among L. monocytogenes isolated from ready-to-eat seafood revealed that only one out of 59 isolates had a nonsense-mutated inlA and all had non-mutated prfA. This indicated that these strains could be fully virulent based on the sizes of these proteins.
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- Satoko Handa-Miya
- Department of Food Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan
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Human listeriosis is a potentially fatal foodborne infection caused by Listeria monocytogenes, an opportunistic psychrophile bacterium that is widespread in the environment. It has only recently emerged as a significant cause of human infection in industrialized countries, owing to appearance of a vulnerable population of immunocompromised individuals, and the concomitant development of large-scale agro-industrial plants and refrigerated food. Here we review the main clinical features of human listeriosis and highlight specificities and similarities with animal listeriosis in diverse species. Finally, we present some of the critical determinants for the choice of an appropriate animal model to study human listeriosis.
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- Marc Lecuit
- Avenir Group INSERM U604 Microbial Interactions with Host Barriers, Bacteria Cell Interactions Unit, Department of Cell Biology and Infection, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr. Roux, 75015 Paris, France.
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Chiu S, Vanderlinde PB, Dykes GA. A comparison of selected methods for measuring the virulence properties of Listeria spp. Can J Microbiol 2006; 52:301-7. [PMID: 16699580 DOI: 10.1139/w05-129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The comparative ability of different methods to assess virulence of Listeria species was investigated in ten Listeria strains. All strains were initially subjected to pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis to determine their relatedness. Virulence characteristics were subsequently tested for by (i) determining the presence of six virulence genes by polymerase chain reaction; (ii) testing for the production of listeriolysin O, phosphatidylcholine phospholipase C, and phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C; (iii) investigating the hydrophobicity of the strains; (iv) determining the strains ability to attach to, enter, and replicate within the Caco-2 cells. Variations in most of the virulence characteristics were obvious across the strains for the range of tests performed. A wide range of anomalous results among methods were apparent. In particular, the presence of virulence genes was found to be unrelated to the production of virulence-associated proteins in vitro, while virulence protein production and hydrophobicity in Listeria monocytogenes were found to be unrelated or marginally related, respectively, to the ability to invade the Caco-2 cell line. It was concluded that the methods investigated were unable to consistently and unequivocally measure the differences in the virulence properties of the strains.
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- Sally Chiu
- Food Science Australia, P.O.Box 3312, Tingalpa DC, Australia.
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Takeuchi K, Mytle N, Lambert S, Coleman M, Doyle MP, Smith MA. Comparison of Listeria monocytogenes virulence in a mouse model. J Food Prot 2006; 69:842-6. [PMID: 16629027 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x-69.4.842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Listeriosis results from exposure to the foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. Although many different strains of L. monocytogenes are isolated from food, no definitive tests currently predict which isolates are most virulent. The objectives of this study were to address two major data gaps for risk assessors, variability among L. monocytogenes strains in pathogenicity and virulence. Strains used in our monkey clinical trial or additional food isolates were evaluated for their virulence and infectivity in mice. All strains were equally pathogenic to immunocompromised mice, causing deaths to 50% of the population 3 days after exposure to doses ranging from 2 to 3 log CFU. Doses resulting in 50% deaths on the fifth day after administration were 1 to 2 log lower than those on the third day, indicating that the full course of pathogenicity exceeds the 3-day endpoint in immunocompromised mice. Three strains were chosen for further testing for their virulence and infectivity in liver and spleen in normal (immunocompetent) mice. Virulence was not significantly different (P > 0.05) among the three strains, all resulting in deaths to 50% of mice at 5 to 7 log CFU by 5 days after administration. All strains were equally infective in liver or spleen, with higher numbers of L. monocytogenes directly correlated with higher doses of administration. In addition, there was no preference of organs by any strains. The lack of strain differences may reflect the limitation of the mouse model and suggests the importance of using various models to evaluate the pathogenicity and virulence of L. monocytogenes strains.
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- Kazue Takeuchi
- Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia, Griffin 30223, USA
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Francois K, Devlieghere F, Uyttendaele M, Debevere J. Risk assessment of Listeria monocytogenes: impact of individual cell variability on the exposure assessment step. RISK ANALYSIS : AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SOCIETY FOR RISK ANALYSIS 2006; 26:105-14. [PMID: 16492184 DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00716.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Recently, the lag phase research in predictive microbiology is focusing more on the individual cell variability, especially for pathogenic microorganisms that typically occur in very low contamination levels, like Listeria monocytogenes. In this study, the effect of this individual cell lag phase variability was introduced in an exposure assessment study for L. monocytogenes in a liver pâté. A basic framework was designed to estimate the contamination level of pâté at the time of consumption, taking into account the frequency of contamination and the initial contamination levels of pâté at retail. Growth was calculated on pâté units of 150 g, comparing an individual-based approach with a classical population-based approach. The two different protocols were compared using simulations. If only the individual cell lag variability was taken into account, important differences were observed in cell density at the time of consumption between the individual-based approach and the classical approach, especially at low inoculum levels, resulting in high variability when using the individual-based approach. Although, when all variable factors were taken into account, no significant differences were observed between the different approaches, allowing the conclusion that the individual cell lag phase variability was overruled by the global variability of the exposure assessment framework. Even in more extreme conditions like a low inoculum level or a low water activity, no differences were created in cell density at the time of consumption between the individual-based approach and the classical approach. This means that the individual cell lag phase variability of L. monocytogenes has important consequences when studying specific growth cases, especially when the applied inoculum levels are low, but when performing more general exposure assessment studies, the variability between the individual cell lag phases is too limited to have a major impact on the total exposure assessment.
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- K Francois
- Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Food Preservation, Department of Food Safety and Food Quality, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen that can cause listeriosis, a severe disease that can lead to septicemia, meningitis, and spontaneous abortion. Ongoing efforts are needed to further reduce the incidence of listeriosis, due to its high mortality rate. The focus of this report is the use of a risk-based approach to identify strategies that will have the greatest impact on reducing foodborne listeriosis. A continuum of risk for listeriosis is observed in the human population, ranging from exquisitely sensitive groups, who are highly immunocompromised and at very high risk of listeriosis, through the normal healthy population younger than 65 years of age, who appear to have a minimal risk for listeriosis. In addition, unique subpopulations may exist; for example, pregnant Latina women appear to have a higher risk of listeriosis than pregnant women of other ethnic groups, most likely due to consumption of contaminated soft cheeses such as queso fresco and queso blanco. The International Life Sciences Institute Risk Science Institute Expert Panel concluded that certain foods pose a high risk for causing listeriosis. High-risk foods have all of the following properties: (1) have the potential for contamination with L. monocytogenes; (2) support the growth of L. monocytogenes to high numbers; (3) are ready to eat; (4) require refrigeration; and (5) are stored for an extended period of time. Control strategies are needed in the food chain from preharvest through consumption to minimize the likelihood that food will become contaminated by L. monocytogenes and to prevent the growth of the organism to high numbers. The Expert Panel identified three main strategies for ensuring continuous improvement in reducing foodborne listeriosis: (1) preventing contamination of foods with L. monocytogenes; (2) preventing growth of L. monocytogenes to high numbers in foods; and (3) science-based education messages targeted to susceptible populations and their caregivers. Of these strategies, the Expert Panel concluded that preventing growth of L. monocytogenes to high numbers would have the greatest impact in reducing cases of listeriosis. Dose-response models predict that the risk of listeriosis increases as the number of organisms in a food increases and can be used as a scientific basis for a target level below which the organism should be reduced to minimize the likelihood of listeriosis in high-risk populations. This requires implementation of effective food safety control measures and ensuring that these control strategies are consistently met. Most effective strategies to control L. monocytogenes in high-risk foods include (1) good manufacturing practices, sanitation standard operating procedures, and hazard analysis critical control point programs to minimize environmental L. monocytogenes contamination and to prevent cross-contamination in processing plants and at retail; (2) an intensive environmental sampling program in plants processing high-risk foods and an effective corrective action plan to reduce the likelihood of contamination of high-risk foods; (3) time and temperature controls throughout the entire distribution and storage period, including establishing acceptable storage times of foods that support growth of L. monocytogenes to high numbers; (4) reformulating foods to prevent or retard the growth of L. monocytogenes; and (5) using postpackaging treatments to destroy L. monocytogenes on products. Science-based education and risk communication strategies aimed at susceptible populations and focused on high-risk foods should be delivered through health care providers or other credible sources of information. Exquisitely sensitive consumers may become ill when exposed to low numbers of L. monocytogenes or other opportunistic pathogens, so reducing the risk to this population could be achieved by maintaining them on restricted low-microbe diets during those periods when they are most severely immunocompromised. High-risk individuals (i.e., the elderly, pregnant women, and most immunocompromised individuals) should be provided with guidance on healthy eating, including specific information on high-risk foods that they should avoid, and strategies to reduce their risk, such as thorough cooking, avoidance of cross-contamination, and short-term refrigerated storage of cooked perishable foods. Those at low risk for listeriosis should receive information on safe food handling practices, preferably starting at a preschool age.
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Johnson J, Jinneman K, Stelma G, Smith BG, Lye D, Messer J, Ulaszek J, Evsen L, Gendel S, Bennett RW, Swaminathan B, Pruckler J, Steigerwalt A, Kathariou S, Yildirim S, Volokhov D, Rasooly A, Chizhikov V, Wiedmann M, Fortes E, Duvall RE, Hitchins AD. Natural atypical Listeria innocua strains with Listeria monocytogenes pathogenicity island 1 genes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2004; 70:4256-66. [PMID: 15240309 PMCID: PMC444784 DOI: 10.1128/aem.70.7.4256-4266.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2003] [Accepted: 04/05/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Identification of bona fide Listeria isolates into the six species of the genus normally requires only a few tests. Aberrant isolates do occur, but even then only one or two extra confirmatory tests are generally needed for identification to species level. We have discovered a hemolytic-positive, rhamnose and xylose fermentation-negative Listeria strain with surprising recalcitrance to identification to the species level due to contradictory results in standard confirmatory tests. The issue had to be resolved by using total DNA-DNA hybridization testing and then confirmed by further specific PCR-based tests including a Listeria microarray assay. The results show that this isolate is indeed a novel one. Its discovery provides the first fully documented instance of a hemolytic Listeria innocua strain. This species, by definition, is typically nonhemolytic. The L. innocua isolate contains all the members of the PrfA-regulated virulence gene cluster (Listeria pathogenicity island 1) of L. monocytogenes. It is avirulent in the mouse pathogenicity test. Avirulence is likely at least partly due to the absence of the L. monocytogenes-specific allele of iap, as well as the absence of inlA, inlB, inlC, and daaA. At least two of the virulence cluster genes, hly and plcA, which encode the L. monocytogenes hemolysin (listeriolysin O) and inositol-specific phospholipase C, respectively, are phenotypically expressed in this L. innocua strain. The detection by PCR assays of specific L. innocua genes (lin0198, lin0372, lin0419, lin0558, lin1068, lin1073, lin1074, lin2454, and lin2693) and noncoding intergenic regions (lin0454-lin0455 and nadA-lin2134) in the strain is consistent with its L. innocua DNA-DNA hybridization identity. Additional distinctly different hemolytic L. innocua strains were also studied.
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- J Johnson
- Food and Drug Administration, Bothell, Washington 98021, USA
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Stelma GN, Lye DJ, Smith BG, Messer JW, Payment P. Rare occurrence of heterotrophic bacteria with pathogenic potential in potable water. Int J Food Microbiol 2004; 92:249-54. [PMID: 15145583 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2003.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Since the discovery of Legionella pneumophila, an opportunistic pathogen that is indigenous to water, microbiologists have speculated that there may be other opportunistic pathogens among the numerous heterotrophic bacteria found in potable water. The US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) developed a series of rapid in vitro assays to assess the virulence potential of large numbers of bacteria from potable water to possibly identify currently unknown pathogens. Results of surveys of potable water from several distribution systems using these tests showed that only 50 of the approximately 10,000 bacterial colonies expressed one or more virulence characteristics. In another study, 45 potable water isolates that expressed multiple virulence factors were tested for pathogenicity in immunocompromised mice. None of the isolates infected mice that were compromised either by treatment with carrageenan (CG), to induce susceptibility to facultative intracellular pathogens, or by cyclophosphamide (CY), to induce susceptibility to extracellular pathogens. These results indicate that there are very few potential pathogens in potable water and that the currently developed in vitro virulence screening tests give an overestimation of the numbers of heterotrophic bacteria that may be pathogens. Current efforts are focused on using the animal models to screen concentrated samples of waters known to contain large numbers of heterotrophic bacteria and newly discovered Legionella-like organisms that parasitize amoebae.
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- Gerard N Stelma
- National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA.
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Takeuchi K, Smith MA, Doyle MP. Pathogenicity of food and clinical Listeria monocytogenes isolates in a mouse bioassay. J Food Prot 2003; 66:2362-6. [PMID: 14672239 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x-66.12.2362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Serotype distributions of Listeria monocytogenes in clinical samples and foods often differ. It is unknown whether such differences reflect a variation in the virulence of strains or are due to other factors that are not directly related to the strains' ability to cause illnesses. Fifty-two food and eight clinical isolates of L. monocytogenes were obtained from France, Japan, and the United States. Their pathogenicity in nonimmunocompromised female ICR mice was determined by intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of the mice with test strains at 10(8) to 10(9) CFU per mouse. Five mice were injected with each Listeria strain and observed for 5 days. Listeria isolates that caused at least one death in 5 days were considered pathogenic. Isolates that caused no deaths in 5 days were considered nonpathogenic. All strains except Listeria innocua and one L. monocytogenes serotype 4b strain (RM3-1) isolated from bovine raw milk were pathogenic to nonimmunocompromised mice. Three food isolates of L. monocytogenes serotype 1/2c were weakly pathogenic to nonimmunocompromised mice, killing a maximum of 50% of mice at 10(8) CFU. Strains with no pathogenicity or reduced pathogenicity were further tested for their pathogenicity to immunocompromised mice. Each strain was inoculated i.p. into five mice at 10(3) to 10(10) CFU per mouse. No deaths of immunocompromised mice inoculated with 10(8) CFU were observed, but 20 to 40% of the mice died when inoculated with 10(9) CFU of L. monocytogenes RM3-1. The three L. monocytogenes serotype 1/2c isolates were also weakly pathogenic to immunocompromised mice, with two of the three isolates killing < or = 60% of mice at doses of < or = 10(8) CFU. The hemolytic activity of the three weakly pathogenic serotype 1/2c isolates was similar to that of pathogenic strains. However, the nonpathogenic strain RM3-1 was not found to be hemolytic on horse blood agar. We have identified several L. monocytogenes strains with reduced virulence levels. Further characterization of such isolates may aid in understanding factors affecting the variation in virulence among strains.
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- Kazue Takeuchi
- Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia, 1109 Experiment Street, Griffin, Georgia 30223, USA
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Aureli P, Ferrini AM, Mannoni V, Hodzic S, Wedell-Weergaard C, Oliva B. Susceptibility of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from food in Italy to antibiotics. Int J Food Microbiol 2003; 83:325-30. [PMID: 12745237 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1605(02)00381-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The susceptibility of 148 strains of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from food to antibiotics currently used in veterinary and human therapy was determined by standard agar dilution and disk diffusion methods. The antibiotics included amikacin, amoxicillin, cefazolin, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, flumequine, fosfomycin, gentamicin, kanamycin, lincomycin, oxytetracycline, rifampicin, spiramycin, streptomycin, tetracycline, tobramycin and vancomycin. Soussy's breakpoints and MIC(50)-MIC(90) values were used to classify the strains into sensitive, moderately sensitive and resistant groups. This work is part of a wider surveillance program on listeriosis started in Italy in 1995.
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- Paolo Aureli
- Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy.
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Roche SM, Gracieux P, Albert I, Gouali M, Jacquet C, Martin PMV, Velge P. Experimental validation of low virulence in field strains of Listeria monocytogenes. Infect Immun 2003; 71:3429-36. [PMID: 12761127 PMCID: PMC155765 DOI: 10.1128/iai.71.6.3429-3436.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Several reports have described Listeria monocytogenes strains which were nonpathogenic or weakly pathogenic, but little is known about these low-virulence strains. We found that 9 field L. monocytogenes strains were hypovirulent and 17 were avirulent, based on the number of mice contaminated and the colonization of their spleens after subcutaneous inoculation. All these strains possessed the known virulence genes. We have now assessed the low virulence of these strains in other assays before determining how they differ from virulent strains. We have shown that the low-virulence strains exhibited a phenotypic stability and were not a mixture of virulent and avirulent bacteria. They did not recover virulence after many passages in mice and colonized the spleens of mice more poorly than virulent strains after i.v. inoculation. Their lethal capacities, determined by 50% lethal dose (LD(50)), were lower than those of virulent strains. Like Listeria innocua, 14 of 17 avirulent strains had no LD(50) and were eliminated by the lymph nodes after subcutaneous inoculation. The virulent, hypovirulent, and avirulent strains were always significantly different, whatever the tests of virulence used, confirming the importance of these low-virulence field strains in identifying the proteins involved in virulence.
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- S M Roche
- Pathologie Infectieuse et Immunologie, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 37380 Nouzilly, France.
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Jaradat ZW, Bhunia AK. Adhesion, invasion, and translocation characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes serotypes in Caco-2 cell and mouse models. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:3640-5. [PMID: 12788773 PMCID: PMC161501 DOI: 10.1128/aem.69.6.3640-3645.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2002] [Accepted: 03/05/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Adhesion is a crucial first step in Listeria monocytogenes pathogenesis. In this study, we examined how the adhesion properties of serotypes correlate with their invasion efficiencies in a cell culture model (Caco-2) and in a mouse model. Adhesion characteristics of all 13 serotypes of L. monocytogenes (25 strains) were analyzed, which yielded three distinct groups (P < 0.05) with high-, medium-, and low-level-adhesion profiles. The efficiency of these strains in invading the Caco-2 cell line was analyzed, which produced two groups; however, the overall correlation (R(2)) was only 0.1236. In the mouse bioassay, all selected strains, irrespective of their adhesion profiles, translocated to the liver and the spleen with almost equal frequencies that did not show any clear relationship with adhesion profiles. However, the serotypes with increased adhesion showed a slightly increased translocation to the brain (R(2) = 0.3371). Collectively, these results indicate that an in vitro adhesion profile might not be an accurate assessment of a strain's ability to invade a cultured cell line or organs or tissues in a mouse model.
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- Ziad W Jaradat
- Molecular Food Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Food Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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Several virulence factors of Listeria monocytogenes have been identified and extensively characterized at the molecular and cell biologic levels, including the hemolysin (listeriolysin O), two distinct phospholipases, a protein (ActA), several internalins, and others. Their study has yielded an impressive amount of information on the mechanisms employed by this facultative intracellular pathogen to interact with mammalian host cells, escape the host cell's killing mechanisms, and spread from one infected cell to others. In addition, several molecular subtyping tools have been developed to facilitate the detection of different strain types and lineages of the pathogen, including those implicated in common-source outbreaks of the disease. Despite these spectacular gains in knowledge, the virulence of L. monocytogenes as a foodborne pathogen remains poorly understood. The available pathogenesis and subtyping data generally fail to provide adequate insight about the virulence of field isolates and the likelihood that a given strain will cause illness. Possible mechanisms for the apparent prevalence of three serotypes (1/2a, 1/2b, and 4b) in human foodborne illness remain unidentified. The propensity of certain strain lineages (epidemic clones) to be implicated in common-source outbreaks and the prevalence of serotype 4b among epidemic-associated stains also remain poorly understood. This review first discusses current progress in understanding the general features of virulence and pathogenesis of L. monocytogenes. Emphasis is then placed on areas of special relevance to the organism's involvement in human foodborne illness, including (i) the relative prevalence of different serotypes and serotype-specific features and genetic markers; (ii) the ability of the organism to respond to environmental stresses of relevance to the food industry (cold, salt, iron depletion, and acid); (iii) the specific features of the major known epidemic-associated lineages; and (iv) the possible reservoirs of the organism in animals and the environment and the pronounced impact of environmental contamination in the food processing facilities. Finally, a discussion is provided on the perceived areas of special need for future research of relevance to food safety, including (i) theoretical modeling studies of niche complexity and contamination in the food processing facilities; (ii) strain databases for comprehensive molecular typing; and (iii) contributions from genomic and proteomic tools, including DNA microarrays for genotyping and expression signatures. Virulence-related genomic and proteomic signatures are expected to emerge from analysis of the genomes at the global level, with the support of adequate epidemiologic data and access to relevant strains.
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- Sophia Kathariou
- Food Science Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695, USA.
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Hitchins AD, Whiting RC. Food-borne Listeria monocytogenes risk assessment. FOOD ADDITIVES AND CONTAMINANTS 2001; 18:1108-17. [PMID: 11761122 DOI: 10.1080/02652030110050104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Listeria monocytogenes is ubiquitous in the environment and in food processing plants. Consequently, foods are frequently contaminated. However, the occurrence rate of listeriosis is only about five cases per million people per year. Listeriosis primarily strikes immunocompromised individuals, pregnant women and the elderly with a fatality rate of 20-25%. The FDA is in the process of finishing a risk assessment that is being conducted as an initial step in reviewing its approach to maximizing the public protection from foodborne L. monocytogenes. The risk assessment evaluated the presence and quantitative levels of L. monocytogenes in 21 groups of ready-to-eat foods. The potential growth of L. monocytogenes between retail point-of-sale, where contamination data originated, and consumption was modelled. The frequency and amount of consumption of these foods completed the data for the exposure assessment. For the hazard characterization or dose response part of the risk assessment, data from animal studies, virulence assays and epidemiological investigations were used to estimate the likelihood of illness for different human groups from consuming different numbers of L. monocytogenes. This risk assessment is a virtual review of current scientific knowledge. Quantitative modelling provides greater insight than a qualitative review and also indicates the uncertainty about our knowledge. The risk assessment does not attempt to define an acceptable or tolerable level of L. monocytogenes consumption or propose changes in regulations. These decisions are the responsibility of risk managers who consider additional factors such as food preferences, technical feasibility and societal values when evaluating regulatory policies.
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- A D Hitchins
- Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Washington, DC, USA.
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Vázquez-Boland JA, Kuhn M, Berche P, Chakraborty T, Domínguez-Bernal G, Goebel W, González-Zorn B, Wehland J, Kreft J. Listeria pathogenesis and molecular virulence determinants. Clin Microbiol Rev 2001; 14:584-640. [PMID: 11432815 PMCID: PMC88991 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.14.3.584-640.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1484] [Impact Index Per Article: 64.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The gram-positive bacterium Listeria monocytogenes is the causative agent of listeriosis, a highly fatal opportunistic foodborne infection. Pregnant women, neonates, the elderly, and debilitated or immunocompromised patients in general are predominantly affected, although the disease can also develop in normal individuals. Clinical manifestations of invasive listeriosis are usually severe and include abortion, sepsis, and meningoencephalitis. Listeriosis can also manifest as a febrile gastroenteritis syndrome. In addition to humans, L. monocytogenes affects many vertebrate species, including birds. Listeria ivanovii, a second pathogenic species of the genus, is specific for ruminants. Our current view of the pathophysiology of listeriosis derives largely from studies with the mouse infection model. Pathogenic listeriae enter the host primarily through the intestine. The liver is thought to be their first target organ after intestinal translocation. In the liver, listeriae actively multiply until the infection is controlled by a cell-mediated immune response. This initial, subclinical step of listeriosis is thought to be common due to the frequent presence of pathogenic L. monocytogenes in food. In normal individuals, the continual exposure to listerial antigens probably contributes to the maintenance of anti-Listeria memory T cells. However, in debilitated and immunocompromised patients, the unrestricted proliferation of listeriae in the liver may result in prolonged low-level bacteremia, leading to invasion of the preferred secondary target organs (the brain and the gravid uterus) and to overt clinical disease. L. monocytogenes and L. ivanovii are facultative intracellular parasites able to survive in macrophages and to invade a variety of normally nonphagocytic cells, such as epithelial cells, hepatocytes, and endothelial cells. In all these cell types, pathogenic listeriae go through an intracellular life cycle involving early escape from the phagocytic vacuole, rapid intracytoplasmic multiplication, bacterially induced actin-based motility, and direct spread to neighboring cells, in which they reinitiate the cycle. In this way, listeriae disseminate in host tissues sheltered from the humoral arm of the immune system. Over the last 15 years, a number of virulence factors involved in key steps of this intracellular life cycle have been identified. This review describes in detail the molecular determinants of Listeria virulence and their mechanism of action and summarizes the current knowledge on the pathophysiology of listeriosis and the cell biology and host cell responses to Listeria infection. This article provides an updated perspective of the development of our understanding of Listeria pathogenesis from the first molecular genetic analyses of virulence mechanisms reported in 1985 until the start of the genomic era of Listeria research.
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- J A Vázquez-Boland
- Grupo de Patogénesis Molecular Bacteriana, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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The hybridoma Ped-2E9 based cytotoxicity assay was developed to distinguish virulent from avirulent Listeria species in 6 hr. The cytotoxicity effect on Ped-2E9 was reported to be primarily due the cytolytic action of listeriolysin O (LLO), produced by L. monocytogenes. In this study, the effect of a reducing agent, dithiothreitol (DTT, 0-2 mM) that is known to activate LLO was investigated to make the Ped-2E9 based cytotoxicity assay an even more sensitive and rapid. Also, we examined the effect of fetal bovine serum (FBS, 0-50%), a common ingredient of tissue culture media on cytotoxicity. A DTT concentration of 0.5 mM gave an optimum cytotoxicity effect, which could be measured by both alkaline phosphatase (AP) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assays in just 1.5-2 hr. FBS, at levels between 10 to 50%, significantly inhibited Listeria-mediated cytotoxicity. Concentrated culture filtrates from L. monocytogenes or LLO producing recombinant L. innocua (prfA+ hlyA+) strain also caused cytotoxicity effects, which were observed by scanning electron microscopy or a cytotoxicity assay in 2-3 hr. Interestingly, addition of DTT to culture filtrates produced 100% cell cytotoxicity in just 15 min. This indicated that LLO activity, which is responsible for Ped-2E9 cytotoxicity, was augmented several folds with the addition of a reducing agent. Examination of Listeria isolates belonging to different serogroups from clinical sources or naturally contaminated meat products with DTT gave cytotoxicity results in 2 hr, which were comparable to the 5-hr assay analyzed concurrently without DTT. These results indicated that DTT, which activated the LLO, could be used in the cytotoxicity assay to enhance Listeria-mediated Ped-2E9 cell cytotoxicity. This knowledge will greatly assist us to develop a user-friendly rapid assay to screen cytopathogenic properties of Listeria species.
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- D G Westbrook
- Department of Life Sciences, Alabama A&M University, Normal 35762, USA
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Aureli P, Fiorucci GC, Caroli D, Marchiaro G, Novara O, Leone L, Salmaso S. An outbreak of febrile gastroenteritis associated with corn contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes. N Engl J Med 2000; 342:1236-41. [PMID: 10781619 DOI: 10.1056/nejm200004273421702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 258] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND On May 21, 1997, numerous cases of febrile gastrointestinal illness were reported among the students and staff of two primary schools in northern Italy, all of whom had eaten at cafeterias served by the same caterer. METHODS We interviewed people who ate at the cafeterias about symptoms and foods consumed on May 20. There were no samples of foods left at the cafeterias, but we tested routine samples taken on May 20 by the caterer and environmental specimens at the catering plant. The hospitalized patients were tested for common enteropathogens and toxins. RESULTS Of the 2189 persons interviewed (82 percent of those exposed), 1566 (72 percent) reported symptoms; of these, 292 (19 percent) were hospitalized. Among samples obtained from hospitalized patients, all but two of the stool specimens and all blood specimens were negative for common enteropathogens. Listeria monocytogenes was isolated from one blood specimen and from 123 of the 141 stool specimens. Consumption of a cold salad of corn and tuna was associated with the development of symptoms (relative risk, 6.19; 95 percent confidence interval, 4.81 to 7.98; P<0.001). L. monocytogenes was isolated from the caterer's sample of the salad and from environmental specimens collected from the catering plant. All listeria isolates were serotype 4b and were found to be identical on DNA analysis. Experimental contamination of sterile samples of the implicated foods showed that L. monocytogenes grew on corn when kept for at least 10 hours at 25 degrees C. CONCLUSIONS Food-borne infection with L. monocytogenes can cause febrile illness with gastroenteritis in immunocompetent persons.
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- P Aureli
- Reparto di Microbiologia degli Alimenti, Laboratorio Alimenti, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
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AMORIL J, BHUNIA A. IMMUNOLOGICAL AND CYTOPATHOGENIC PROPERTIES OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES ISOLATED FROM NATURALLY CONTAMINATED MEATS. J Food Saf 1999. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4565.1999.tb00245.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Gilot P, Genicot A, André P. Serotyping and esterase typing for analysis of Listeria monocytogenes populations recovered from foodstuffs and from human patients with listeriosis in Belgium. J Clin Microbiol 1996; 34:1007-10. [PMID: 8815071 PMCID: PMC228941 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.4.1007-1010.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes strains isolated in Belgium from different foodstuffs and in sporadic cases of human listeriosis were analyzed. The distribution of serovars differed in each of these populations. The bacteria isolated from cheeses and from human patients with listeriosis were further studied by esterase typing. The twenty esterase patterns defined were not equally distributed in these two populations. The secretion of the virulence determinant phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C and the pathogenicity level of strains in immunocompromised mice could not explain the unequal distribution of esterase types. The discrimination index of esterase typing (DI = 0.868) was compared with that of serotyping (DI = 0.666) and with that of the two combined methods (DI = 0.899).
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- P Gilot
- Belgian National Reference Centre for Listeriosis, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Brussels, Belgium
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Bhunia AK, Westbrook DG, Story R, Johnson MG. Frozen stored murine hybridoma cells can be used to determine the virulence of Listeria monocytogenes. J Clin Microbiol 1995; 33:3349-51. [PMID: 8586737 PMCID: PMC228708 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.33.12.3349-3351.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Murine hybridoma cells, designated Ped-2E9, when stored up to 60 days at -196 degrees C or up to 48 days at -80 degrees C, gave results equivalent to those for freshly grown murine hybridoma cells in an in vitro pathogenicity assay of Listeria species. Thus, laboratories do not need to have their own tissue culture facilities to maintain the hybridoma cells for the assay described.
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- A K Bhunia
- Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 72704, USA
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- R C McKellar
- Centre for Food and Animal Research, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
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Chakraborty T, Ebel F, Wehland J, Dufrenne J, Notermans S. Naturally occurring virulence-attenuated isolates of Listeria monocytogenes capable of inducing long term protection against infection by virulent strains of homologous and heterologous serotypes. FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 1994; 10:1-9. [PMID: 7874073 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.1994.tb00004.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Experimental infections of mice with strains of Listeria spp. isolated from contaminated food sources allowed discrimination of strains into those either exhibiting high, attenuated or low virulence. Compared to the highly virulent L. monocytogenes strain EGD, an attenuated strain such as L99 persisted for shorter times (5 versus 10 days) in the infected host. Using a tissue culture cell model of infection, we found that, although strain L99 was capable of accumulating actin like its virulent counterpart following invasion, it was unable to generate the polarized actin tails required for intracellular and cell-to-cell movement. Immunoblot analysis using specific antiserum to the ActA polypeptide, a molecule that is necessary for movement of the bacterium within the eucaryotic cell, indicated that a slightly truncated form of this polypeptide was produced in the L99 strain. Despite its reduced virulence, the attenuated strain L99 was just as effective in generating protection in immune mice as the highly virulent strains, albeit with a 1000-fold higher infective dose. Based on the results obtained from this study, we suggest that one of the mechanisms accounting for widespread resistance in humans to infection by Listeria may be due to asymptomatic infections by naturally occurring strains attenuated for virulence.
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- T Chakraborty
- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Justus-Liebig Universität, Giessen, FRG
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Fairchild TM, Foegeding PM. A proposed nonpathogenic biological indicator for thermal inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes. Appl Environ Microbiol 1993; 59:1247-50. [PMID: 8489233 PMCID: PMC202269 DOI: 10.1128/aem.59.4.1247-1250.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Listeria innocua M1 was developed as a thermal processing indicator organism for L. monocytogenes by selection of a rifampin- and streptomycin-resistant mutant. zetaD values were 5.6 and 5.8 degrees C, and D (68 degrees C) values were 3.8 and 4.9 s for L. monocytogenes and L. innocua, respectively, in skim milk. The advantages of easy selection, similar heat resistance, and nonpathogenicity make L. innocua M1 appropriate for challenge studies designed to evaluate process lethality with respect to L. monocytogenes.
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- T M Fairchild
- Department of Food Science, North Carolina State University, Box 7624, Raleigh 27695-7624
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Lammerding AM, Glass KA, Gendron-Fitzpatrick A, Doyle MP. Determination of virulence of different strains of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria innocua by oral inoculation of pregnant mice. Appl Environ Microbiol 1992; 58:3991-4000. [PMID: 1476441 PMCID: PMC183216 DOI: 10.1128/aem.58.12.3991-4000.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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A pregnant mouse model was developed to follow the course of infection after peroral inoculation with six different strains of Listeria monocytogenes and one strain of Listeria innocua. Tissues were sampled and analyzed by microbiologic and histologic methods for 5 days postinoculation. In gnotobiotic pregnant BALB/c mice, L. monocytogenes Scott A (SA), serotype 4b, colonized the gastrointestinal tract, translocated to the livers and spleens of mice by day 1 postinoculation, and multiplied in these tissues until day 4. Infection of the placental tissues occurred by days 3 and 4 and was followed by infection of the fetuses. Little damage of colonic and cecal tissues was evident by histologic examination. Livers and spleens showed a cellular immune response; a similar immune response was not detected in the placentas or fetuses. A rough variant of L. monocytogenes SA which was as virulent as the parent strain in mice when injected intraperitoneally was less virulent perorally and did not consistently infect the fetuses. L. monocytogenes ATCC 19113, serotype 3a, did not colonize the gastrointestinal tract, nor was it isolated from any internal tissue. L. monocytogenes strains of serotypes 1/2a and 1/2b behaved like the SA strain in this mouse model. L. innocua colonized the gastrointestinal tract and translocated to the livers and spleens but did not survive in these organs and rapidly disappeared without infecting placental and fetal tissues. In comparison with gnotobiotic mice, conventional pregnant mice inoculated with L. monocytogenes strains showed less consistent infection. These results suggest that the gnotobiotic pregnant mouse is a useful model for detecting differences in virulence relating to colonization, invasiveness, and uteroplacental infection which cannot be detected by intraperitoneal inoculation of mice.
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- A M Lammerding
- Food Research Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706
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Virulence characteristics of clinical and environmental isolates of Vibrio vulnificus. Appl Environ Microbiol 1992; 58:2776-82. [PMID: 1444386 PMCID: PMC183007 DOI: 10.1128/aem.58.9.2776-2782.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Twenty-four randomly selected clinical and environmental Vibrio vulnificus isolates were tested for virulence in iron-overloaded mice (250 mg of iron dextran per kg of body weight). The log10 50% lethal doses of 17 isolates were lower by greater than or equal to 3.5 log10 units in iron-overloaded mice than in control mice. These isolates were classified as virulent. The 50% lethal doses of these virulent isolates were also lower in mice that were immunosuppressed by treatment with cyclophosphamide (150 mg/kg). Four of the seven isolates initially classified as avirulent were virulent in mice that were simultaneously iron overloaded and immunosuppressed. These isolates were classified as moderately virulent. The remaining three isolates were avirulent under all conditions. The incidence of virulent strains among clinical and environmental isolates did not differ. The virulent isolates produced high titers of hemolysin, were resistant to inactivation by serum complement, produced phenolate siderophore, and utilized transferrin-bound iron. The moderately virulent isolates differed from the virulent isolates only in their increased sensitivity to inactivation by serum complement. The avirulent isolates differed from those of the other two classes in their inability to either produce significant amounts of phenolate siderophore or utilize transferrin-bound iron. A modified agar plate diffusion method for transferrin-bound iron utilization was developed to differentiate the two classes of virulent isolates from the avirulent isolates in vitro.
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Recommendations by The National Advisory Committee on microbiological criteria for foods. Int J Food Microbiol 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/0168-1605(91)90112-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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McCarthy SA. Pathogenicity of nonstressed, heat-stressed, and resuscitated Listeria monocytogenes 1A1 cells. Appl Environ Microbiol 1991; 57:2389-91. [PMID: 1768107 PMCID: PMC183580 DOI: 10.1128/aem.57.8.2389-2391.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The pathogenicity of nonstressed, heat-stressed, and resuscitated cells of Listeria monocytogenes 1A1 was assayed in immunocompromised mice. Cells were stressed by heating them at 56 degrees C for 20 min and were resuscitated by incubation in tryptic soy broth at 25 degrees C. A dose of 10(2) nonstressed and resuscitated cells per mouse was required for pathogenicity; a dose of 10(4) heat-stressed cells per mouse was considerably less pathogenic. Loss of hemolytic activity accompanied the decreased virulence.
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- S A McCarthy
- Fishery Research Branch, Food and Drug Administration, Dauphin Island, Alabama 36528
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Szabo EA, Desmarchelier PM. A comparative study of clinical and food isolates of Listeria monocytogenes and related species. Epidemiol Infect 1990; 105:245-54. [PMID: 2120079 PMCID: PMC2271887 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268800047853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Ninety-six isolates of presumptive or confirmed Listeria monocytogenes were obtained from local clinical (30 isolates) or food laboratories (66 isolates). Minimal biochemical analysis identified only 80% of these isolates as L. monocytogenes the remaining included L. seeligeri, 1%, or the non-haemolytic L. innocua, 19%. The 27 clinical and 50 food isolates, mainly from meat products, frozen confectionaries, and cheeses, confirmed as L. monocytogenes were compared biochemically and serologically. Twenty-one isolates, including some strains of L. innocua and L. seeligeri, were examined for pathogenicity in immunocompromized mice and 44 typed using bacterial restriction endonuclease DNA analysis (BRENDA). Only isolates of L. monocytogenes were found to be pathogenic. Biovar-typing of the isolates was unreliable and provided poor discrimination. Serogroups 1/2 and 4 predominated among clinical and food isolates and BRENDA provided better discrimination among isolates. Ten stable and reproducible restriction patterns were observed among the Listeria sp. isolates studied. Overall, a combination of techniques gave the best discrimination and indicated their potential for use as epidemiological tools.
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- E A Szabo
- Department of Microbiology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
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The pathogenicity of Listeria monocytogenes as influenced by growth on crabmeat at 5 and 10 degrees C was studied. Crabmeat was inoculated with L. monocytogenes V7 (ca. 10(4) CFU/g) and incubated for up to 14 days at 5 and 10 degrees C. At selected incubation times, L. monocytogenes was removed from crabmeat by washing with 0.1 M potassium phosphate buffer (pH 7.0), and populations were determined by surface plating on LiCl-phenylethanol-moxalactam agar. Buffered suspensions were then centrifuged, and the resulting pellets were suspended in phosphate buffer containing 10% glycerol and stored at -18 degrees C. Thawed, diluted suspensions of cells were tested for pathogenicity by intraperitoneal injection into immunocompromised and nonimmunocompromised mice. L. monocytogenes cells recovered from crabmeat and then recultured in tryptose phosphate broth (TPB), as well as cells which had not been passed through crabmeat but had been cultured in TPB, were likewise harvested, suspended in buffered 10% glycerol, frozen, thawed, diluted, and tested for pathogenicity by intraperitoneal injection. Growth on crabmeat at 5 and 10 degrees C did not have a significant effect on pathogenicity. The population of L. monocytogenes necessary to kill about 50% of the immunocompromised mice in each test set within 7 days was about 10(4) CFU, and this result was not significantly affected by storage temperature of the crabmeat or type of substrate, i.e., crabmeat or TPB, on which it had grown.
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- R E Brackett
- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Georgia, Griffin 30223
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SCHIEMANN DA, SHOPE SR, BROWN MARNEJ. DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ENRICHMENT BROTHS AND PLATING AGARS FOR ISOLATION OF HEMOLYTIC SPECIES OF LISTERIA. J Food Saf 1990. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4565.1990.tb00025.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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CONNER DONALDE, SCOTT VIRGINIAN, SUMNER SUSANS, BERNARD DANET. Pathogenicity of Foodborne, Environmental and Clinical Isolates of Listeria Monocytogenes in Mice. J Food Sci 1989. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1989.tb05158.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- W F Schlech
- Dalhousie University, Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Notermans S, Chakraborty T, Leimeister-Wächter M, Dufrenne J, Heuvelman KJ, Maas H, Jansen W, Wernars K, Guinee P. Specific gene probe for detection of biotyped and serotyped Listeria strains. Appl Environ Microbiol 1989; 55:902-6. [PMID: 2658807 PMCID: PMC184222 DOI: 10.1128/aem.55.4.902-906.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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A total of 284 strains of Listeria, including all known serovars and biovars together with Listeria grayi and Listeria murrayi, were biotyped and serotyped. Biotyping and serotyping could be done in 2 days. A gene probe encoding a delayed hypersensitivity factor (DTH) was used in the detection of pathogenic biotypes and serotypes of the tested strains. The gene was found in all 117 tested Listeria monocytogenes strains of serogroups 1/2a, 1/2b, 1/2c, 3a, 3b, 3c, 4c, 4d, 4e, 4ab, and 7. It was also present in Listeria ivanovii. Of 78 L. monocytogenes strains of serogroup 4b, 77 strains contained the gene, whereas it was absent in all 10 tested L. monocytogenes strains of serogroup 4a. Furthermore, the gene was absent in Listeria seeligeri, L. grayi, L. murrayi, and L. innocua of serogroups 3c, 4b, and 6a and in L. welshimeri of serogroups 1/2b, 3b, 6a, and 6b. Since L. monocytogenes and L. ivanovii are the only two biotypes of the genus Listeria considered pathogens, the data obtained indicate that the DNA probe tested may be a useful tool in the detection of virulent Listeria isolates in clinical, environmental, and food samples.
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- S Notermans
- Laboratory of Water and Food Microbiology, National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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