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Ayerakwa EA, Abban MK, Isawumi A, Mosi L. Profiling Mycobacterium ulcerans: sporulation, survival strategy and response to environmental factors. Future Sci OA 2023; 9:FSO845. [PMID: 37026027 PMCID: PMC10072065 DOI: 10.2144/fsoa-2022-0044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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Mycobacterium ulcerans is the causative agent of Buruli ulcer – a necrotizing skin infection. As an environmental pathogen, it has developed stress response mechanisms for survival. Similar to endospore formation in M. marinum, it is likely that M. ulcerans employs sporulation mechanisms for its survival and transmission. In this review, we modeled possible transmission routes and patterns of M. ulcerans from the environment to its host. We provided insights into the evolution of M. ulcerans and its genomic profiles. We discuss reservoirs of M. ulcerans as an environmental pathogen and its environmental survival. We comprehensively discuss sporulation as a possible stress response mechanism and modelled endospore formation in M. ulcerans. At last, we highlighted sporulation associated markers, which upon expression trigger endospore formation.
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Teckemeyer K, Ißleib U, Tan CK, Radischat N, Prüß S, Paßvogel L, Steinhauer K. Use of the pour plate technique in tuberculocidal efficacy testing according to EN 14348 - a comparative study. J Hosp Infect 2023; 132:78-81. [PMID: 36435309 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2022.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Revised: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Effective disinfection strategies are essential to prevent the spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculocidal efficacy of disinfectants can be demonstrated by testing disinfectants in in-vitro tests, such as the well-established quantitative suspension test EN 14348 using Mycobacterium terrae as a surrogate organism in European disinfectant testing. In other European standard tests, such as EN 13727 and EN 13624, use of the pour plate technique is well established; however, in EN 14348, the spread plate technique alone is considered. Comparative experiments according to EN 14348 with M. terrae were conducted using a peracetic-acid-based disinfectant. Either the pour plate technique or the spread plate technique was used for cultivation. Differences in colony size and morphology were observed when comparing the growth of M. terrae on pour plates compared with spread plates. However, no significant differences in biocidal efficacy data were obtained when applying either spread plates or pour plates in the quantitative suspension test described in EN 14348 under both clean and dirty conditions.
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- bactologicum GmbH, Itzehoe, Germany
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- bactologicum GmbH, Itzehoe, Germany
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- bactologicum GmbH, Itzehoe, Germany
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- Schülke & Mayr GmbH, Norderstedt, Germany
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- bactologicum GmbH, Itzehoe, Germany; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Kiel University of Applied Sciences, Kiel, Germany.
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Peña-Ortiz L, Schlembach I, Lackner G, Regestein L. Impact of Oxygen Supply and Scale Up on Mycobacterium smegmatis Cultivation and Mycofactocin Formation. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:593781. [PMID: 33344432 PMCID: PMC7744413 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.593781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mycofactocin (MFT) is a recently discovered glycosylated redox cofactor, which has been associated with the detoxification of antibiotics in pathogenic mycobacteria, and, therefore, of potential medical interest. The MFT biosynthetic gene cluster is commonly found in mycobacteria, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis. Since the MFT molecule is highly interesting for basic research and could even serve as a potential drug target, large-scale production of the molecule is highly desired. However, conventional shake flask cultivations failed to produce enough MFT for further biochemical characterization like kinetic studies and structure elucidation, and a more comprehensive study of cultivation parameters is urgently needed. Being a redox cofactor, it can be hypothesized that the oxygen transfer rate (OTR) is a critical parameter for MFT formation. Using the non-pathogenic strain Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2 155, shake flask experiments with online measurement of the oxygen uptake and the carbon dioxide formation, were conducted under different levels of oxygen supply. Using liquid chromatography and high-resolution mass spectrometry, a 4-8 times increase of MFT production was identified under oxygen-limited conditions, in both complex and mineral medium. Moreover, the level of oxygen supply modulates not only the overall MFT formation but also the length of the glycosidic chain. Finally, all results were scaled up into a 7 L stirred tank reactor to elucidate the kinetics of MFT formation. Ultimately, this study enables the production of high amounts of these redox cofactors, to perform further investigations into the role and importance of MFTs.
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- Luis Peña-Ortiz
- Junior Research Group Synthetic Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany
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- Bio Pilot Plant, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany
- Faculty of Biological Sciences, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany
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- Junior Research Group Synthetic Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany
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- Bio Pilot Plant, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany
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Onywera H, Williamson AL, Ponomarenko J, Meiring TL. The Penile Microbiota in Uncircumcised and Circumcised Men: Relationships With HIV and Human Papillomavirus Infections and Cervicovaginal Microbiota. Front Med (Lausanne) 2020; 7:383. [PMID: 32850898 PMCID: PMC7406686 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2020.00383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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While the human microbiota especially that of the gut, cervix, and vagina continue to receive great attention, very little is currently known about the penile (glans, coronal sulcus, foreskin, and shaft) microbiota. The best evidences to date for the potential role of the penile microbiota in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) acquisition have come from studies examining medical male circumcision. We are still at the foothills of identifying specific penile bacteria that could be associated with increased risk of STI/HIV acquisition. In this review, we summarize the available literature on the human penile microbiota and how it is impacted by circumcision. We also discuss the potential role of penile microbiota in STIs and its impact on cervicovaginal microbiota. Taken together, the findings from the penile microbiota studies coupled with observational studies on the effect of male circumcision for reduction of STI/HIV infection risk suggest that specific penile anaerobic bacteria such as Prevotella spp. potentially have a mechanistic role that increases the risk of genital infections and syndromes, including bacterial vaginosis in sexual partners. Although penile Corynebacterium and Staphylococcus have been associated with healthy cervicovaginal microbiota and have been found to increase following male circumcision, further investigations are warranted to ascertain the exact roles of these bacteria in the reproductive health of men and women. This review aims to address existing gaps and challenges and future prospects in the penile microbiota research. The information described here may have translational significance, thereby improving reproductive health and management of STI/HIV.
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- Harris Onywera
- Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.,Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.,Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.,Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.,SAMRC Gynaecological Cancer Research Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.,University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.,Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Onywera H, Williamson AL, Cozzuto L, Bonnin S, Mbulawa ZZA, Coetzee D, Ponomarenko J, Meiring TL. The penile microbiota of Black South African men: relationship with human papillomavirus and HIV infection. BMC Microbiol 2020; 20:78. [PMID: 32252632 PMCID: PMC7137192 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-020-01759-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To date, the microbiota of the human penis has been studied mostly in connection with circumcision, HIV risk and female partner bacterial vaginosis (BV). These studies have shown that male circumcision reduces penile anaerobic bacteria, that greater abundance of penile anaerobic bacteria is correlated with increased cytokine levels and greater risk of HIV infection, and that the penile microbiota is an important harbour for BV-associated bacteria. While circumcision has been shown to significantly reduce the risk of acquiring human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, the relationship of the penile microbiota with HPV is still unknown. In this study, we examined the penile microbiota of HPV-infected men as well as the impact of HIV status. RESULTS The penile skin microbiota of 238 men from Cape Town (South Africa) were profiled using Illumina sequencing of the V3-V4 hypervariable regions of the 16S rRNA gene. Corynebacterium and Prevotella were found to be the most abundant genera. Six distinct community state types (CSTs) were identified. CST-1, dominated by Corynebacterium, corresponded to less infections with high-risk HPV (HR-HPV) relative to CSTs 2-6. Men in CST-5 had greater relative abundances of Prevotella, Clostridiales, and Porphyromonas and a lower relative abundance of Corynebacterium. Moreover, they were significantly more likely to have HPV or HR-HPV infections than men in CST-1. Using a machine learning approach, we identified greater relative abundances of the anaerobic BV-associated bacteria (Prevotella, Peptinophilus, and Dialister) and lower relative abundance of Corynebacterium in HR-HPV-infected men compared to HR-HPV-uninfected men. No association was observed between HIV and CST, although the penile microbiota of HIV-infected men had greater relative abundances of Staphylococcus compared to HIV-uninfected men. CONCLUSIONS We found significant differences in the penile microbiota composition of men with and without HPV and HIV infections. HIV and HR-HPV infections were strongly associated with greater relative abundances of Staphylococcus and BV-associated bacterial taxa (notably Prevotella, Peptinophilus and Dialister), respectively. It is possible that these taxa could increase susceptibility to HIV and HR-HPV acquisition, in addition to creating conditions in which infections persist. Further longitudinal studies are required to establish causal relationships and to determine the extent of the effect.
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- Harris Onywera
- Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- SAMRC Gynaecological Cancer Research Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- SAMRC Gynaecological Cancer Research Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, National Health Laboratory Service and Walter Sisulu University, Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital, Fort Gale, Mthatha, South Africa
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- Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
- University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
- Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Ha SI, Park KG, Suk HS, Shin JS, Shin DP, Kwon MO, Park YJ. Study on the Growth Factors for Rapidly Cultivating Mycobacteriumspp. KOREAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE 2019. [DOI: 10.15324/kjcls.2019.51.2.177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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- Sung-Il Ha
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul Saint Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul Saint Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul Saint Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul Saint Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul Saint Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul Saint Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Ducluzeau AL, Schoepp-Cothenet B, van Lis R, Baymann F, Russell MJ, Nitschke W. The evolution of respiratory O2/NO reductases: an out-of-the-phylogenetic-box perspective. J R Soc Interface 2015; 11:20140196. [PMID: 24968694 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2014.0196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Complex life on our planet crucially depends on strong redox disequilibria afforded by the almost ubiquitous presence of highly oxidizing molecular oxygen. However, the history of O2-levels in the atmosphere is complex and prior to the Great Oxidation Event some 2.3 billion years ago, the amount of O2 in the biosphere is considered to have been extremely low as compared with present-day values. Therefore the evolutionary histories of life and of O2-levels are likely intricately intertwined. The obvious biological proxy for inferring the impact of changing O2-levels on life is the evolutionary history of the enzyme allowing organisms to tap into the redox power of molecular oxygen, i.e. the bioenergetic O2 reductases, alias the cytochrome and quinol oxidases. Consequently, molecular phylogenies reconstructed for this enzyme superfamily have been exploited over the last two decades in attempts to elucidate the interlocking between O2 levels in the environment and the evolution of respiratory bioenergetic processes. Although based on strictly identical datasets, these phylogenetic approaches have led to diametrically opposite scenarios with respect to the history of both the enzyme superfamily and molecular oxygen on the Earth. In an effort to overcome the deadlock of molecular phylogeny, we here review presently available structural, functional, palaeogeochemical and thermodynamic information pertinent to the evolution of the superfamily (which notably also encompasses the subfamily of nitric oxide reductases). The scenario which, in our eyes, most closely fits the ensemble of these non-phylogenetic data, sees the low O2-affinity SoxM- (or A-) type enzymes as the most recent evolutionary innovation and the high-affinity O2 reductases (SoxB or B and cbb3 or C) as arising independently from NO-reducing precursor enzymes.
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- Anne-Lise Ducluzeau
- Beadle Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1901 Vine Street, Lincoln, NE 68588-0660, USA
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- Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines UMR 7281 CNRS/AMU, FR3479, Marseille Cedex 20 13402, France
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- Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines UMR 7281 CNRS/AMU, FR3479, Marseille Cedex 20 13402, France
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- Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines UMR 7281 CNRS/AMU, FR3479, Marseille Cedex 20 13402, France
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, USA
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- Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines UMR 7281 CNRS/AMU, FR3479, Marseille Cedex 20 13402, France
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Mycobacterium genavense Infections in a Tertiary Hospital and Reviewed Cases in Non-HIV Patients. PATHOLOGY RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:371370. [PMID: 24693456 PMCID: PMC3945967 DOI: 10.1155/2014/371370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Mycobacterium genavense is a relatively new species of nontuberculous mycobacterium reported to cause disseminated infections in patients with AIDS and later on in non-HIV immunosuppressed patients. We describe clinical and laboratory features and response to therapy in 7 patients, three of them with HIV infection and four non-HIV-three organ transplant recipients and one with hyper-IgE syndrome-in Valencia, Spain, in a ten years period. We then summarize the published cases of M. avium complex infection, with invasion of peripheral blood, liver, spleen, bone marrow, lymph nodes, and lungs. In clinical samples a large number of acid-fast bacilli were observed. M. genavense grew only from liquid media and after a prolonged incubation period. Its identification was accomplished through molecular methods. Patients were treated with prolonged combinations of antimicrobial agents. There was clinical favourable outcome in 4 patients.
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Doggett J, Strasfeld L. Disseminated Mycobacterium genavense with pulmonary nodules in a kidney transplant recipient: case report and review of the literature. Transpl Infect Dis 2011; 13:38-43. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2010.00545.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Griffith DE, Aksamit T, Brown-Elliott BA, Catanzaro A, Daley C, Gordin F, Holland SM, Horsburgh R, Huitt G, Iademarco MF, Iseman M, Olivier K, Ruoss S, von Reyn CF, Wallace RJ, Winthrop K. An official ATS/IDSA statement: diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of nontuberculous mycobacterial diseases. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2007; 175:367-416. [PMID: 17277290 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200604-571st] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3927] [Impact Index Per Article: 231.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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It is likely that the incidence of infection by environmental opportunistic mycobacteria will continue to rise. Part of the rise will be caused by the increased awareness of these microbes as human pathogens and improvements in methods of detection and culture. Clinicians and microbiologists will continue to be challenged by the introduction of new species to the already long list of mycobacterial opportunists (see Table 3). The incidence of infection will also rise because an increasing proportion of the population is aging or subject to some type of immunosuppression. A second reason for an increase in the incidence of environmental mycobacterial infection is that these microbes are everywhere. They are present in water, biofilms, soil, and aerosols. They are natural inhabitants of the human environment, especially drinking water distribution systems. Thus, it is likely that everyone is exposed on a daily basis. It is likely that certain human activities can lead to selection of mycobacteria. Important lessons have been taught by study of cases of hypersensitivity pneumonitis associated with exposure to metalworking fluid. First, the implicated metalworking fluids contained water, the likely source of the mycobacteria. Second, the metalworking fluids contain hydrocarbons (e.g., pine oils) and biocides (e.g., morpholine) both of which are substrates for the growth of mycobacteria [53,193]. Third, outbreak of disease followed disinfection of the metalworking fluid [136,137]. Although the metalworking fluid was contaminated with microorganisms, it was only after disinfection that symptoms developed in the workers. Because mycobacteria are resistant to disinfectants, it is likely that the recovery of the mycobacteria from the metalworking fluid [137] was caused by their selection. Disinfection may also contribute, in part, to the persistence of M avium and M intracellulare in drinking water distribution systems [33,89,240]. M avium and M intracellulare are many times more resistant to chlorine, chloramine, chlorine dioxide, and ozone than are other water-borne microorganisms [141,236]. Consequently, disinfection of drinking water results in selection of mycobacteria. In the absence of competitors, even the slowly growing mycobacteria can grow in the distribution system [33]. It is likely that hypersensitivity pneumonitis in lifeguards and therapy pool attendants [139] is caused by a similar scenario.
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- Joseph O Falkinham
- Department of Biology, Fralin Biotechnology Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0346, USA.
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Brown-Elliott BA, Griffith DE, Wallace RJ. Newly described or emerging human species of nontuberculous mycobacteria. Infect Dis Clin North Am 2002; 16:187-220. [PMID: 11917813 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5520(03)00052-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The advent of molecular testing in the laboratory has brought about the recognition of multiple newly characterized mycobacterial species not previously recognizable with most standard techniques. Some of the species are nonpathogenic, but the majority may cause clinical disease. Each is likely to have its own biology, drug susceptibility pattern, and response to drug/surgical therapy. Thus, it is important to try to recognize these new species in the laboratory. A study of the phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of these new species also may help to elucidate the epidemiology and pathogenesis of these organisms. In addition, there are multiple emerging species of nontuberculous mycobacteria including M. ulcerans, M. haemophilum, M. xenopi, and M. malmoense. [table: see text] These species are being recognized increasingly as a cause of human disease and recovered within the laboratory. The clinician must learn about these new pathogens to recognize them clinically and assist the laboratory in their recovery.
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- Barbara A Brown-Elliott
- Mycobacteria/Nocardia Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Health Center, Tyler, Texas, USA.
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Cadapan LD, Arslanian RL, Carney JR, Zavala SM, Small PL, Licari P. Suspension cultivation of Mycobacterium ulcerans for the production of mycolactones. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2001; 205:385-9. [PMID: 11750832 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2001.tb10977.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Mycolactones are polyketide toxins produced by Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of the tropical skin disease known as Buruli ulcer. Development of novel therapeutic agents from mycolactones has been hindered by the difficulty of producing sufficient amounts of material. Here, we describe the successful adaptation of M. ulcerans to suspension cultivation and the development of a fed-batch fermentation process that was scaled up to 150 l. In addition to producing mycolactones A and B, a number of new mycolactone-related compounds were also observed.
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- L D Cadapan
- Kosan Biosciences Inc, Hayward, CA 94545, USA
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Lucas J, Lucas A, Furber H, James G, Hughes MS, Martin P, Chen SC, Mitchell DH, Love DN, Malik R. Mycobacterium genavense infection in two aged ferrets with conjunctival lesions. Aust Vet J 2000; 78:685-9. [PMID: 11098383 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2000.tb10406.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mycobacterium genavense infection was diagnosed in two adult ferrets. Disseminated mycobacteriosis was diagnosed in a castrated 5-year-old sable ferret with generalised peripheral lymph node enlargement and a proliferative lesion of the conjunctiva of the nictitating membrane. The diagnosis was based on characteristic cytology and sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene amplified using the polymerase chain reaction from fresh biopsy material. Therapy with rifampicin, clofazimine and clarithromycin probably cured the infection. An entire 4-year-old female ferret with conjunctival swelling, serous ocular discharge and swelling of the subcutaneous tissues of the nasal bridge was diagnosed as having M genavense infection on the basis of typical cytology, histopathology and sequence analysis of 16S rRNA amplicons from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue. This patient was treated successfully using rifampicin. Both ferrets subsequently died as a result of other disease conditions, 10 and 4 months following initiation of therapy, respectively. This is the first report documenting M genavense as a cause of disseminated mycobacterial disease in ferrets. Conjunctival involvement may be a feature of disseminated mycobacteriosis in the ferret. The possibility that these infections were the consequence of a ferret retrovirus infection should be considered further.
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- J Lucas
- University of Melbourne Veterinary Clinic and Hospital, Werribee, Victoria
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Factors determining the in vivo replication of the opportunistic pathogen Mycobacterium genavense are largely unknown. Following intravenous injection of a patient isolate, M. genavense could not be recovered by culture or detected by PCR in the livers or spleens of infected BALB/c mice. In contrast, M. genavense was found to chronically persist and multiply in the livers and spleens of intravenously infected syngeneic gamma-interferon-gene-deficient (GKO) mice as evidenced by acid-fast stains of infected tissues and recovery by both PCR and liquid culture following organ homogenization. In GKO mice, M. genavense elicited a chronic inflammatory response, resulting in marked splenomegaly and extensive lymphadenopathy. Granulomatous lesions in the livers of GKO mice were diffuse, were composed of monocytes, neutrophils, and CD3(+) cells, and were histochemically negative for inducible nitric oxide synthase.
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- S Ehlers
- Division of Molecular Infection Biology, Research Center Borstel, D-23845 Borstel, Germany.
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Hughes MS, James G, Ball N, Scally M, Malik R, Wigney DI, Martin P, Chen S, Mitchell D, Love DN. Identification by 16S rRNA gene analyses of a potential novel mycobacterial species as an etiological agent of canine leproid granuloma syndrome. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 38:953-9. [PMID: 10698979 PMCID: PMC86311 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.3.953-959.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [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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PCR amplifications of the 16S rRNA gene were performed on 46 specimens obtained from 43 dogs with canine leproid granuloma syndrome to help determine its etiology. Sequence capture PCR was applied to 37 paraffin-embedded specimens from 37 dogs, and nested PCR was attempted on DNA from 9 fresh tissue specimens derived from 3 of the 37 aforementioned dogs and from an additional 6 dogs. Molecular analyses of the paraffin-embedded tissues and fresh tissue specimen analyses were performed at separate institutions. PCR products with identical sequences over a 350-bp region encompassing variable regions 2 and 3 of the 16S rRNA gene were obtained from 4 of 37 paraffin-embedded specimens and from all 9 specimens of fresh tissue originating from 12 of the 43 dogs. Identical sequences were determined from amplicons obtained from paraffin-embedded and fresh specimens from one dog. The consensus DNA sequence, amplified from paraffin-embedded tissue and represented by GenBank accession no. AF144747, shared highest nucleotide identity (99.4% over 519 bp) with mycobacterial strain IWGMT 90413 but did not correspond exactly to any EMBL or GenBank database sequence. With a probe derived from the V2 region of the novel canine sequence, reverse cross blot hybridization identified an additional four paraffin-embedded specimens containing the same novel sequence. In total, molecular methodologies identified the proposed novel mycobacterial sequence in 16 of 43 dogs with canine leproid granuloma syndrome, indicating that the species represented by this sequence may be the principal etiological agent of canine leproid granuloma syndrome.
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- M S Hughes
- Veterinary Sciences Division, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Stormont, Belfast BT4 3SD, Northern Ireland.
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Realini L, De Ridder K, Hirschel B, Portaels F. Blood and charcoal added to acidified agar media promote the growth of Mycobacterium genavense. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 1999; 34:45-50. [PMID: 10342107 DOI: 10.1016/s0732-8893(99)00014-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ten different agar media were tested for the in vitro growth of Mycobacterium genavense in primary cultures and in subcultures from BACTEC vials. These agar media were based on Middlebrook 7H9, 7H10 and 7H11, and supplemented with additives: mycobactin J, yeast extract, charcoal, or defibrinated sheep blood. Some media were acidified with phosphoric acid to a final pH of 6.2 +/- 0.2. Fourteen M. genavense strains from nude mouse organs as well as one decontaminated clinical specimen (from a bird) were tested. The optimal medium for primary cultures of M. genavense was Middlebrook 7H11 acidified to pH 6.2 +/- 0.2 and supplemented with charcoal and sheep blood: on this medium, all strains produced colonies within 6-12 weeks of incubation in numbers approaching the number of bacilli inoculated. It was also the only medium to support the growth of the decontaminated clinical specimen. Added blood and charcoal appeared not as essential for subcultures as for primary cultures. Three media supported the growth of all strains within 1 month incubation: they were acidified, and were supplemented with yeast extract or pancreatic digest of casein, and with either blood or charcoal.
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- L Realini
- Department of Microbiology, Mycobacteriology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Palomino JC, Obiang AM, Realini L, Meyers WM, Portaels F. Effect of oxygen on growth of Mycobacterium ulcerans in the BACTEC system. J Clin Microbiol 1998; 36:3420-2. [PMID: 9774612 PMCID: PMC105348 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.11.3420-3422.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The effect of low oxygen concentration on the growth of 15 strains of Mycobacterium ulcerans was evaluated in the BACTEC system. Reduced oxygen tension enhanced the growth of M. ulcerans, suggesting that this organism has a preference for microaerobic environments. Application of this observation may improve rates of isolation of M. ulcerans in primary culture from clinical samples and promote isolation of the bacterium from environmental sources.
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- J C Palomino
- Mycobacteriology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
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