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Mohamed AM, Ashshi AM, Abou El-Ella GA, Basalamah MA, Alandiyjany MN, Alsaegh AA. Augmentation of DTH reaction of mycobacterial antigenic cocktail using synthetic mycobacterial 19-kDa lipoprotein as a TLR-stimulant. J Immunoassay Immunochem 2018; 40:159-182. [PMID: 30452306 DOI: 10.1080/15321819.2018.1543703] [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: 01/11/2023]
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The current study proposed that previously characterized individual antigenic proteins could represent potential replacement for conventional purified protein derivative (PPD) in tuberculosis skin testing when used in cocktails triggered by suitable TLR-stimulants that would provide the missing pro-inflammatory stimulus. Three different cocktails of previously selected antigens, including C1 (ESAT-6/CPF-10/MPB-83); C2 (ESAT-6/MPB-64/MPB-83); and C3 (CPF-10/MPB-64/MPB-83), were evaluated in vitro using lymphocytic proliferation and IFN-γ production assays, as well as mRNA and protein expression levels of TNF-α, IL-12p40, and IL-2 as pro-inflammatory molecules. C1 showed the highest significant induction of pro-inflammatory molecules as compared to other cocktails, yet still significantly lower than that induced by conventional PPD. Interestingly, inclusion of the synthetic Mycobacterium tuberculosis 19-kDa lipoprotein (Pam3Cys-SSNKSTTGSGETTTA) as a TLR-stimulant resulted in obvious augmentation of C1-induced pro-inflammatory molecules to levels comparable to that of PPD. In addition, skin testing using sensitized guinea pig model revealed comparable significant reaction to that of conventional PPD. ESAT-6/CPF-10/MPB-83 cocktail is suggested as a potential alternative skin-testing reagent when used in combination with the M. tuberculosis 19-kDa lipoprotein as a TLR-stimulant.
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- Amr M Mohamed
- a Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences , Umm Al-Qura University , Makkah , Saudi Arabia.,b Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis, Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine , Assiut University , Assiut , Egypt
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- a Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences , Umm Al-Qura University , Makkah , Saudi Arabia
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- a Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences , Umm Al-Qura University , Makkah , Saudi Arabia.,b Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis, Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine , Assiut University , Assiut , Egypt
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- c Molecular Pathology, Faculty of Medicine , Umm Al-Qura University , Makkah , Saudi Arabia
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- a Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences , Umm Al-Qura University , Makkah , Saudi Arabia
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- a Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences , Umm Al-Qura University , Makkah , Saudi Arabia
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Tuberculosis (TB), caused byMycobacterium tuberculosis(M.tb.), is one of the most prevalent and serious infectious diseases worldwide with an estimated annual global mortality of 1.4 million in 2010.
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- Saurabh K. Srivastava
- Plant Research International
- Wageningen UR
- 6708 PB Wageningen
- The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
- Wageningen UR
- 6703 HB Wageningen
- The Netherlands
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- Plant Research International
- Wageningen UR
- 6708 PB Wageningen
- The Netherlands
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Zhu X, Zhong S, Chao S, Gu YQ, Kianian SF, Elias E, Cai X. Toward a better understanding of the genomic region harboring Fusarium head blight resistance QTL Qfhs.ndsu-3AS in durum wheat. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2016; 129:31-43. [PMID: 26385373 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-015-2606-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2015] [Accepted: 09/07/2015] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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New molecular markers were developed and mapped to the FHB resistance QTL region in high resolution. Micro-collinearity of the QTL region with rice and Brachypodium was revealed for a better understanding of the genomic region. The wild emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccoides)-derived Fusarium head blight (FHB) resistance quantitative trait locus (QTL) Qfhs.ndsu-3AS previously mapped to the short arm of chromosome 3A (3AS) in a population of recombinant inbred chromosome lines (RICLs). This study aimed to attain a better understanding of the genomic region harboring Qfhs.ndsu-3AS and to improve the utility of the QTL in wheat breeding. Micro-collinearity of the QTL region with rice chromosome 1 and Brachypodium chromosome 2 was identified and used for marker development in saturation mapping. A total of 42 new EST-derived sequence tagged site (STS) and simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers were developed and mapped to the QTL and nearby regions on 3AS. Further comparative analysis revealed a complex collinearity of the 3AS genomic region with their collinear counterparts of rice and Brachypodium. Fine mapping of the QTL region resolved five co-segregating markers (Xwgc1186/Xwgc716/Xwgc1143/Xwgc501/Xwgc1204) into three distinct loci proximal to Xgwm2, a marker previously reported to be closely linked to the QTL. Four other markers (Xwgc1226, Xwgc510, Xwgc1296, and Xwgc1301) mapped farther proximal to the above markers in the QTL region with a higher resolution. Five homozygous recombinants with shortened T. dicoccoides chromosomal segments in the QTL region were recovered by molecular marker analysis and evaluated for FHB resistance. Qfhs.ndsu-3AS was positioned to a 5.2 cM interval flanked by the marker Xwgc501 and Xwgc510. The recombinants containing Qfhs.ndsu-3AS and new markers defining the QTL will facilitate utilization of this resistance source in wheat breeding.
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- Xianwen Zhu
- Departments of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108, USA
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- Departments of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108, USA
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- The Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center, USDA-ARS, Fargo, ND, 58102, USA
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- The Western Regional Research Center, USDA-ARS, Albany, CA, 94710, USA
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- The Cereal Disease Laboratory, USDA-ARS, 1551 Lindig Street, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Departments of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108, USA
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- Departments of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108, USA.
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Miotto P, Cirillo DM, Migliori GB. Drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: molecular mechanisms challenging fluoroquinolones and pyrazinamide effectiveness. Chest 2015; 147:1135-1143. [PMID: 25846529 DOI: 10.1378/chest.14-1286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Physicians are more and more often challenged by difficult-to-treat cases of TB. They include patients infected by strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that are resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampicin (multidrug-resistant TB) or to at least one fluoroquinolone (FQ) and one injectable, second-line anti-TB drug in addition to isoniazid and rifampicin (extensively drug-resistant TB). The drug treatment of these cases is very long, toxic, and expensive, and, unfortunately, the proportion of unsatisfactory outcomes is still considerably high. Although FQs and pyrazinamide (PZA) are backbone drugs in the available anti-TB regimens, several uncertainties remain about their mechanisms of action and even more remain about the mechanisms leading to drug resistance. From a clinical point of view, a better understanding of the genetic basis of drug resistance will aid (1) clinicians to provide quality clinical management to both drug-susceptible and drug-resistant TB cases (while preventing emergence of further resistance), and (2) developers of new molecular-based diagnostic assays to better direct their research efforts toward a new generation of sensitive, specific, cheap, and easy-to-use point-of-care diagnostics. In this review we provide an update on the molecular mechanisms leading to FQ- and PZA-resistance in M tuberculosis.
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- Paolo Miotto
- Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Care and Research Institute, Tradate, Italy.
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Pholwat S, Stroup S, Gratz J, Trangan V, Foongladda S, Kumburu H, Juma SP, Kibiki G, Houpt E. Pyrazinamide susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by high resolution melt analysis. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2014; 94:20-5. [PMID: 24246607 PMCID: PMC3877170 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2013.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2013] [Revised: 10/19/2013] [Accepted: 10/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Pyrazinamide (PZA) plays the important role in shortening the tuberculosis treatment period and in treating MDR-TB. Phenotypic PZA susceptibility methods are limited because they require specialized acidified media, which increases costs and complexity. In this study we developed a genotypic high resolution melt (HRM) analysis technique to detect pncA mutations associated with PZA resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Seven overlapping primer pairs were designed to cover the entire pncA gene and upstream regions. Each gene segment was individually amplified by real-time PCR followed by HRM analysis. The assay was evaluated on 98 clinical M. tuberculosis isolates (41 PZA susceptible by MGIT method, 55 PZA resistant, 2 undetermined). HRM was 94% concordant to full-length sequencing results, with most discrepancies attributable to mixed populations per HRM or transversions. Sequencing and HRM yielded 82% and 84% concordance, respectively, to phenotypic PZA susceptibilities by MGIT, with most discrepancies attributable to isolates with wild-type pncA but phenotypic PZA resistance. This HRM technique is a simple and high-throughput method for screening clinical M. tuberculosis samples for PZA resistance.
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- Suporn Pholwat
- Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
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- Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
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- Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
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Pyrazinamide susceptibility testing in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a systematic review with meta-analyses. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2011; 55:4499-505. [PMID: 21768515 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00630-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Standard culture-based testing of the susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to pyrazinamide is difficult to perform. This systematic review with meta-analyses evaluated the roles of molecular assays targeting pncA and of pyrazinamidase assays. PubMed and Embase were searched for relevant publications in English. Sensitivity and specificity were estimated in bivariate random-effects models. Of 128 articles identified, 73 sets of data involving culture isolates were initially included in meta-analyses. Summary estimates of sensitivity and specificity, respectively, were 87% and 93% for PCR-DNA sequencing (n = 29), 75% and 95% for PCR-single-stranded conformation polymorphism (SSCP) (n = 5), 96% and 97% for a mixture of other molecular assays (n = 6), and 89% and 97% for pyrazinamidase assays using the Wayne method (n = 33). The median prevalence (range) of pyrazinamide resistance was 51% (31% to 89%) in multidrug-resistant M. tuberculosis isolates and 5% (0% to 9%) in non-multidrug-resistant isolates. Excluding studies with possibly considerable false resistance in the reference assay gave the following estimates of sensitivity and specificity, respectively: 92% and 93% for PCR-DNA sequencing (n = 20), 98% and 96% for other molecular assays (n = 5), and 91% and 97% for the Wayne assay (n = 27). The Wayne assay had significant funnel plot asymmetry, so the test performance might have been overestimated. Considering the prevalence of pyrazinamide resistance in different clinical settings, PCR-DNA sequencing, and possibly other molecular assays targeting pncA, can detect pyrazinamide resistance in multidrug-resistant M. tuberculosis isolates, with predictive values largely exceeding 90%, and rule out pyrazinamide resistance in non-multidrug-resistant isolates, with predictive values exceeding 99%. Molecular assays are probably the way forward for detecting pyrazinamide resistance.
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Pérez-Martínez I, Ponce-De-León A, Bobadilla M, Villegas-Sepúlveda N, Pérez-García M, Sifuentes-Osornio J, González-y-Merchand JA, Estrada-García T. A novel identification scheme for genus Mycobacterium, M. tuberculosis complex, and seven mycobacteria species of human clinical impact. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2008; 27:451-9. [PMID: 18246375 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0459-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2007] [Accepted: 01/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Recently, the incidence of human mycobacterial infections due to species other than M. tuberculosis has increased worldwide. Since disease control depends on appropriate antimicrobial therapy, the precise identification of these species of clinical importance has become a major public health concern. Identification of mycobacteria has been hampered because of the lack of specific, rapid, and inexpensive methods. Therefore, we aimed at designing and validating a bacterial lysate-based polymerase chain reaction identification scheme. This scheme can classify clinical isolates into: (1) the genus Mycobacterium, (2) the M. tuberculosis complex, (3) the nontuberculous mycobacteria, and (4) the species M. avium, M. intracellulare, M. abscessus, M. chelonae, M. fortuitum and M. bovis of clinical importance, and M. gordonae, the most commonly encountered nonpathogenic species in clinical laboratories. By using M. fortuitum and M. avium lysates as models, the method sensitivity was determined to be 372 pg of DNA. In a blind parallel comparison between our approach and conventional biochemical tests, both assays correctly categorized 75 patient's mycobacterial isolates. However, our approach only required 4-9 h for categorization compared with at least 15 days by conventional tests. Furthermore, our methodology could also detect M. fortuitum and M. avium from liquid cultures, after only 2 and 6 days, respectively, of incubation. Our new identification scheme is therefore sensitive, specific, rapid, and economic. Additionally, it can help to provide proper treatment to patients, to control these diseases, and to improve our knowledge of the epidemiology of mycobacteriosis, all urgently needed, particularly in developing countries.
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- I Pérez-Martínez
- Department of Molecular Biomedicine, CINVESTAV-IPN, Zacatenco, Mexico City, Mexico
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Comparison of gyrA gene mutations between laboratory-selected ofloxacin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains and clinical isolates. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2007; 31:115-21. [PMID: 18164184 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2007.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2007] [Revised: 10/08/2007] [Accepted: 10/09/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To understand the relationship between mutations in the quinolone resistance-determining region (QRDR) of the gyrA gene and drug resistance to ofloxacin, 85 laboratory-selected ofloxacin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis mutant strains and 110 M. tuberculosis clinical isolates, screened by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography to contain mutations, were analysed for their mutation patterns by sequencing as well as their ofloxacin minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs). All mutations detected occurred at the codons Ala74, Ala90, Ser91 and Asp94 in all strains. One of the five different forms of missense mutation in Asp94 occurred in 60% of the laboratory-selected strains and 78% of the clinical isolates. However, 53 clinical isolates (48%) and only 2 laboratory-selected strains (2.4%) harboured double point mutations. The mutation Ala74Ser occurred only in the clinical isolates and only in combination with the Asp94Gly mutation. The ofloxacin MIC for the clinical isolates ranged from 0.5microg/mL to 20microg/mL, whilst the MICs for the laboratory-selected strains were > or =10microg/mL. The differences in gyrA gene mutation patterns and MICs between the laboratory-selected resistant strains and clinically isolated resistant strains identified here might help to understand the mechanisms involved in fluoroquinolone resistance.
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Shi R, Zhang J, Li C, Kazumi Y, Sugawara I. Detection of streptomycin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from China as determined by denaturing HPLC analysis and DNA sequencing. Microbes Infect 2007; 9:1538-44. [PMID: 18023388 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2007.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2007] [Revised: 08/24/2007] [Accepted: 08/27/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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China is regarded by the World Health Organization as a major hot-spot region for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Streptomycin has been deployed in China for over 50 years and is still widely used for tuberculosis treatment. We have developed a denaturing HPLC (DHPLC) method for detecting various gene mutations conferring drug resistance in M. tuberculosis. The present study focused on rpsL and rrs mutation analysis. Two hundred and fifteen M. tuberculosis clinical isolates (115 proved to be streptomycin-resistant and 100 susceptible by a routine proportional method) from China were tested to determine the streptomycin minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC), and subjected to DHPLC and concurrent DNA sequencing to determine rpsL and rrs mutations. The results showed that 85.2% (98/115) of streptomycin-resistant isolates harbored rpsL or rrs mutation, while rpsL mutation (76.5%, 88/115) dominated. MIC of 98 mutated isolates revealed no close correlation between mutation types and levels of streptomycin resistance. No mutation was found in any of the susceptible isolates. The DHPLC results were completely consistent with those of sequencing. The DHPLC method devised in this study can be regarded as a useful and powerful tool for detection of streptomycin resistance. This is the first report to describe DHPLC analysis of mutations in the rpsL and rrs genes of M. tuberculosis in a large number of clinical isolates.
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- Ruiru Shi
- Mycobacterial Reference Center, The Research Institute of Tuberculosis, 3-1-24 Matsuyama, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-0022, Japan
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Shi R, Zhang J, Li C, Kazumi Y, Sugawara I. Emergence of ofloxacin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from China as determined by gyrA mutation analysis using denaturing high-pressure liquid chromatography and DNA sequencing. J Clin Microbiol 2006; 44:4566-8. [PMID: 17035499 PMCID: PMC1698392 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01916-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A high rate of double point mutations in gyrA (56% of 87 ofloxacin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates) indicates the emergence of fluoroquinolone resistance. This is the first report to describe denaturing high-pressure liquid chromatography analysis of mutations in gyrA of M. tuberculosis in a large number of clinical isolates.
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- Ruiru Shi
- Mycobacterial Reference Center, The Research Institute of Tuberculosis, 3-1-24 Matsuyama, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-0022, Japan
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Vanhoenacker G, Sandra P. Elevated temperature and temperature programming in conventional liquid chromatography – fundamentals and applications. J Sep Sci 2006; 29:1822-35. [PMID: 16970186 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.200600160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Temperature, as a powerful variable in conventional LC is discussed from a fundamental point of view and illustrated with applications from the author's laboratory. Emphasis is given to the influence of temperature on speed, selectivity, efficiency, detectability, and mobile phase composition (green chromatography). The problems accompanying the use of elevated temperature and temperature programming in LC are reviewed and solutions are described. The available stationary phases for high temperature operation are summarized and a brief overview of recent applications reported in the literature is given.
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Olsen RJ, Cernoch PL, Land GA. Mycobacterial synovitis caused by slow-growing nonchromogenic species: eighteen cases and a review of the literature. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2006; 130:783-91. [PMID: 16740028 DOI: 10.5858/2006-130-783-mscbsn] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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CONTEXT Slow-growing nonchromogenic mycobacterial species are an infrequent cause of soft tissue infection. Because these organisms are rare, they are not often initially considered in the differential diagnosis of synovitis. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical and pathologic characteristics of patients with synovitis resulting from slow-growing nonchromogenic mycobacterial species. DESIGN A 20-year retrospective review of records from The Methodist Hospital Microbiology Laboratory identified 18 culture-positive cases of synovitis that resulted from slow-growing nonchromogenic mycobacteria, including 14 caused by Mycobacterium avium complex, 1 caused by Mycobacterium malmoense, 1 caused by Mycobacterium haemophilum, and 2 caused by Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum isolates. In addition, a comprehensive literature search revealed an additional 48 cases of synovitis caused by slow-growing nonchromogenic mycobacteria. RESULTS The historic literature described the majority of the 48 patients as previously healthy, elderly individuals with a several-month history of monoarticular pain and swelling in the small joints of the upper extremity. In contrast, the current series demonstrated the probable role of multiple chronic coexisting medical conditions in promoting disease susceptibility. These patients were also unique in their significantly younger age distribution and diversity of infection sites. Histologic examination and direct acid-fast bacteria stains generally did not aid the diagnosis. Amputation was performed in 2 patients because of delayed identification of disease. CONCLUSIONS The current series demonstrates that difficult identification and infrequent occurrence cause these organisms to be overlooked by physicians and laboratory personnel. A heightened clinical suspicion for slow-growing nonchromogenic mycobacterial species is necessary when routine culture and histopathologic findings do not readily isolate an organism, or when the patient does not respond to antibiotic and anti-inflammatory treatment.
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- Randall J Olsen
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Shi R, Otomo K, Yamada H, Tatsumi T, Sugawara I. Temperature-mediated heteroduplex analysis for the detection of drug-resistant gene mutations in clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by denaturing HPLC, SURVEYOR nuclease. Microbes Infect 2006; 8:128-35. [PMID: 16182590 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2005] [Revised: 06/01/2005] [Accepted: 06/02/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC) is a relatively new technique, which utilizes heteroduplex formation between wild-type and mutated DNA strands to identify point mutations. Heteroduplex molecules are separated from homoduplex molecules by ion-pair, reverse-phase liquid chromatography on a special column matrix with partial heat denaturation of the DNA strands. In order to investigate the application of this method for point mutation detection in drug-resistant genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, katG, rpoB, embB, gyrA, pncA and rpsL genes, which are responsible for isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol, fluoroquinolone, pyrazinamide and streptomycin resistance, respectively, were detected by temperature-mediated DHPLC in 10 multidrug-resistant and 10 drug-susceptible clinical isolates. The DHPLC data were compared with those from a conventional MIC test. The results show that DHPLC is cost-effective with high capacity and accuracy, and is potentially useful for genotypic screening for mutations associated with anti-tuberculosis drug resistance.
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- Ruiru Shi
- Henan Provincial Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Zhengzhou, China
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Mishra A, Singhal A, Chauhan DS, Katoch VM, Srivastava K, Thakral SS, Bharadwaj SS, Sreenivas V, Prasad HK. Direct detection and identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis in bovine samples by a novel nested PCR assay: correlation with conventional techniques. J Clin Microbiol 2005; 43:5670-8. [PMID: 16272503 PMCID: PMC1287790 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.43.11.5670-5678.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. bovis infect animals and humans. Their epidemiology in developed and developing countries differs, owing to differences in the implementation of preventive measures (World Health Organization, 1999). Identification and differentiation of these closely related mycobacterial species would help to determine the source, reservoirs of infection, and disease burden due to diverse mycobacterial pathogens. The utility of the hupB gene (Rv2986c in M. tuberculosis, or Mb3010c in M. bovis) to differentiate M. tuberculosis and M. bovis was evaluated by a PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) assay with 56 characterized bovine isolates. The degree of concordance between the PCR-RFLP assay and the microbiological characterization was 99.0% (P < 0.001). A nested PCR (N-PCR) assay was developed, replacing the PCR-RFLP assay for direct detection of M. tuberculosis and M. bovis in bovine samples. The N-PCR products of M. tuberculosis and M. bovis corresponded to 116 and 89 bp, respectively. The detection limit of mycobacterial DNA by N-PCR was 50 fg, equivalent to five tubercle bacilli. M. tuberculosis and/or M. bovis was detected in 55.5% (105/189) of the samples by N-PCR, compared to 9.4% (18/189) by culture. The sensitivities of N-PCR and culture were 97.3 and 29.7, respectively, and their specificities were 22.2 and 77.7%, respectively. The percentages of animals or samples identified as infected with M. tuberculosis or M. bovis by N-PCR and culture reflected the clinical categorizations of the cattle (P of <0.05 to <0.01). Mixed infection by N-PCR was detected in 22 animals, whereas by culture mixed infection was detected in 1 animal.
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- A Mishra
- Department of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
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Posteraro P, Branca G, Sanguinetti M, Ranno S, Cammarota G, Rahimi S, De Carlo M, Posteraro B, Fadda G. Rapid detection of clarithromycin resistance in Helicobacter pylori using a PCR-based denaturing HPLC assay. J Antimicrob Chemother 2005; 57:71-8. [PMID: 16284224 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES We evaluated a new approach for the rapid detection of clarithromycin resistance in Helicobacter pylori, based on PCR and denaturing HPLC (DHPLC). METHODS A 180 bp fragment of the 23S rRNA gene was amplified using DNA from 81 clinical H. pylori isolates (51 isolates were shown to be resistant to clarithromycin by Etest), and, directly, from 101 gastric biopsies from patients with digestive diseases, who were infected with H. pylori as assessed by a 13C-urea breath test, histology and/or culture. DHPLC was used to detect mutations in all the PCR products. RESULTS DHPLC profiles for the 30 susceptible isolates all showed homoduplex peaks; the resistant isolates consistently generated heteroduplex peaks that were easily distinguishable from the wild-type H. pylori reference strain. Sequencing revealed point mutations in all the resistant isolates. Overall, five different mutations were detected. Four of these mutations (A2142G, A2142C, A2143G and T2182C) are known to be associated with clarithromycin resistance; the remaining mutation (C2195T) has not been previously described. This novel single-base substitution was found in combination with the common mutation A2143G. Of the biopsies tested, 25 specimens generated heteroduplexes due to sequence alterations (mutation A2142G, A2142C or A2143G). In one of these specimens, A2143G was found together with the novel mutation T2221C; in another, a mixture of wild-type and mutant (A2143G) sequences was detected. For 20 culture-positive out of the 25 biopsies DHPLC results confirmed the presence of clarithromycin resistance. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that the PCR-DHPLC assay is a valid tool for rapid assessment of clarithromycin resistance in H. pylori and that in the future it could be used directly on biopsy specimens, avoiding the need for culture-based methods.
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- Patrizia Posteraro
- Laboratory of Clinical Pathology and Microbiology, Ospedale San Carlo-Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata, Rome, Italy
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McCammon MT, Gillette JS, Thomas DP, Ramaswamy SV, Rosas II, Graviss EA, Vijg J, Quitugua TN. Detection by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of pncA mutations associated with pyrazinamide resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from the United States-Mexico border region. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2005; 49:2210-7. [PMID: 15917514 PMCID: PMC1140546 DOI: 10.1128/aac.49.6.2210-2217.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2004] [Revised: 01/12/2005] [Accepted: 02/08/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) was used to probe for mutations associated with pyrazinamide (PZA) resistance in the pncA gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. DGGE scans for mutations across large regions of DNA and rivals sequencing in its ability to detect DNA alterations. Specific mutations can often be recognized by their characteristic denaturation pattern, which serves as a molecular fingerprint. Five PCR target fragments were designed to scan for DNA alterations across 600 bp of pncA in 181 M. tuberculosis isolates from patients residing in the U.S-Mexico border states of Texas and Tamaulipas, respectively. A region of pncA was observed with a high GC content and a melting temperature approaching 90 degrees C that was initially refractory to denaturation, and a DGGE target fragment was specifically designed to detect mutations in this region. DGGE detected pncA mutations in 82 of 83 PZA-resistant isolates. By contrast, only 1 of 98 PZA-susceptible isolates harbored a detectable DNA alteration. The pncA gene was sequenced from 41 isolates, and 32 DNA alterations in 32 PZA-resistant isolates were identified, including 11 new mutations. DGGE also detected nine isolates whose susceptibility to PZA appeared to be incorrect, and DNA sequencing confirmed these apparent errors in drug susceptibility testing. These results demonstrate the power and usefulness of DGGE in detecting mutations associated with PZA resistance in M. tuberculosis.
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- Mark T McCammon
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, STCBM Building, 15355 Lambda Dr., San Antonio, TX 78245, USA.
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