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Bahoua B, Sevdalis SE, Soto AM. Effect of Sequence on the Interactions of Divalent Cations with M-Box Riboswitches from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Bacillus subtilis. Biochemistry 2021; 60:2781-2794. [PMID: 34472844 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.1c00371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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RNA is highly negatively charged and often acquires complex structures that require the presence of divalent cations. Subtle changes in conformation resulting from changes in sequence can affect the way ions associate with RNA. Riboswitches are RNA molecules that are involved in the control of gene expression in bacteria and are excellent systems for testing the effects of sequence variations on the conformation of RNA because they contain a highly conserved binding pocket but present sequence variability among different organisms. In this work, we have compared the aptamer domain of a proposed M-box riboswitch from Mycobacterium tuberculosis with the aptamer domain of a validated M-box riboswitch from Bacillus subtilis. We have in vitro transcribed and purified wild-type (WT) M-box riboswitches from M. tuberculosis and B. subtilis as well as a variety of mutated aptamers in which regions from one riboswitch have been replaced with regions from the other riboswitch. We have used ultraviolet unfolding experiments and circular dichroism to characterize the interactions of WT and related M-box riboswitches with divalent cations. Our results show that M-box from M. tuberculosis associates with Mg2+ and Sr2+ in a similar fashion while M-box from B. subtilis discriminates between these two ions and appears to associate better with Mg2+. Our overall results show that M-box from M. tuberculosis interacts differently with cations than M-box from B. subtilis and suggest conformational differences between these two riboswitches.
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MIRU-VNTR genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a population of patients in Cali, Colombia, 2013-2015. BIOMEDICA 2019; 39:71-85. [PMID: 31529850 DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.v39i2.3924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Introduction: Tuberculosis continues to be one of the main public health problems in the world. Together with the HIV infection, it is one of the main causes of death due to infections worldwide. In 2016, 6.3 million new cases of the disease were reported.
Objective: To describe the genetic patterns determined by genotyping using variable-number tandem repeats of mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units (MIRU-VNTR) in the study population and compare them with other studies carried out in Cali, Colombia, and the world.
Materials and methods: We genotyped a total of 105 DNA samples extracted from sputum or culture isolates of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, which were obtained from pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosed patients over the period 2013-2015, in Cali. We performed PCR amplification of 24 loci by MIRU-VNTR on the DNA extracted from the samples. The amplicons were visualized in agarose gel electrophoresis (2%) with SYBR Safe™ staining. Then, the alleles were designated by graphical analysis using the GelAnalyzer 2010 software. These results were analyzed using the UPGMA logarithm and compared with the registers from the MIRU-VNTR plus and SITVITWEB databases.
Results: We genotyped 62 of the samples completely and we obtained 58 different MIRU-VNTR profiles. By comparing with the international databases, we determined the following distributions per lineage: LAM, 54.8%; Haarlem,25.8%; S, 14.5%; Beijing, 3.2%, and Cameroon, 1.6%. The MIRU-VNTR patterns corresponded to 17 different MITs; the most frequent were MIT 190 and MIT 110, with 22.6% and 6.5%, respectively.
Conclusions: These results demonstrated previous observations about the predominance of the LAM and Haarlem lineages in the city, and the presence of the MITs found in another city of Colombia.
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Feyisa SG, Haeili M, Zahednamazi F, Mosavari N, Taheri MM, Hamzehloo G, Zamani S, Feizabadi MM. Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Tehran, Iran by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and spoligotyping. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2016; 49:204-10. [PMID: 27192590 DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0405-2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) isolates by DNA fingerprinting has contributed to tuberculosis (TB) control. The aim of this study was to determine the genetic diversity of MTB isolates from Tehran province in Iran. METHODS MTB isolates from 60 Iranian and 10 Afghan TB patients were fingerprinted by standard IS6110-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis and spoligotyping. RESULTS The copy number of IS6110 ranged from 10-24 per isolate. The isolates were classified into 22 clusters showing ≥ 80% similarity by RFLP analysis. Fourteen multidrug-resistant (MDR) isolates were grouped into 4 IS6110-RFLP clusters, with 10 isolates [71% (95% CI: 45-89%)] in 1 cluster, suggesting a possible epidemiological linkage. Eighteen Iranian isolates showed ≥ 80% similarity with Afghan isolates. There were no strains with identical fingerprints. Spoligotyping of 70 isolates produced 23 distinct patterns. Sixty (85.7%) isolates were grouped into 13 clusters, while the remaining 10 isolates (14.2%) were not clustered. Ural (formerly Haarlem4) (n = 22, 31.4%) was the most common family followed by Central Asian strain (CAS) (n = 18, 25.7%) and T (n = 9, 12.8%) families. Only 1strain was characterized as having the Beijing genotype. Among 60 Iranian and 10 Afghan MTB isolates, 25% (95% CI: 16-37) and 70% (95% CI: 39-89) were categorized as Ural lineage, respectively. CONCLUSIONS A higher prevalence of Ural family MTB isolates among Afghan patients than among Iranian patients suggests the possible transmission of this lineage following the immigration of Afghans to Iran.
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- Seifu Gizaw Feyisa
- International Campus (TUMS-IC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Tuberculosis, Razi Vaccine & Serum Research Institute, Hessarak, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Hormozgan Province of Iran Based on 15-Locus MIRU-VNTR and Spoligotyping. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY 2016; 2016:7146470. [PMID: 27819023 PMCID: PMC5081880 DOI: 10.1155/2016/7146470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2016] [Accepted: 09/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Background. Considering that Hormozgan province in Iran (southern part of Iran on the Persian Gulf) is among the areas with high prevalence of MDR-MTB and attracts so many sailors and tourists, genetic diversity of MTB isolates circulating in this part of Iran was evaluated. Pattern of TB transmission was also examined. Methods and Material. A total of 38 isolates of MTB were cultured from TB patients from Hormozgan province of Iran and standard MIRU-VNTR typing and spoligotyping were applied to genotype these isolates. Drug susceptibility testing was performed using proportion method. Results. There were 28 VNTR profiles comprising 5 clusters and 23 unique isolates compared to 21 spoligotyping profiles, which contained 9 clusters and 12 unique isolates. Latin American-Mediterranean (n = 9, 23.6%) was found to be the most predominant lineage. MIRU-VNTR analysis, with an HGDI of 0.975, was more discriminating than spoligotyping, which had an HGDI of 0.955. The estimated proportion of TB cases due to recent transmission was 26.3% and 44.7% by MIRU-VNTR and spoligotyping, respectively. The rates of monodrug resistance and MDR were 15.8% and 7.9%, respectively. Two of 3 MDR strains were found to be related to MIRU-VNTR and belonged to the same spoligotyping cluster characterized with T1/SIT53 genotype. Conclusions. The high genetic diversity among MTB isolates suggests that transmission occurred from different sources to this area. Reactivation of a priori, latent MTB infection was found to contribute mainly to TB cases in this geographic region.
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Yang C, Shen X, Peng Y, Lan R, Zhao Y, Long B, Luo T, Sun G, Li X, Qiao K, Gui X, Wu J, Xu J, Li F, Li D, Liu F, Shen M, Hong J, Mei J, DeRiemer K, Gao Q. Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in China: a population-based molecular epidemiologic study. Clin Infect Dis 2015; 61:219-27. [PMID: 25829000 DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2014] [Accepted: 02/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Understanding the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is essential for the development of efficient tuberculosis control strategies. China has the second-largest tuberculosis burden in the world. Recent transmission and infection with M. tuberculosis, particularly drug-resistant strains, may account for many new tuberculosis cases. METHODS We performed a population-based molecular epidemiologic study of pulmonary tuberculosis in China during 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2012. We defined clusters as cases with identical variable number tandem repeat genotype patterns and identified the risk factors associated with clustering, by logistic regression. Relative transmission rates were estimated by the sputum smear status and drug susceptibility status of tuberculosis patients. RESULTS Among 2274 culture-positive tuberculosis patients with genotyped isolates, there were 705 (31.0%) tuberculosis patients in 287 clusters. Multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 1.86; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.25-2.63) and infection with a Beijing family strain (aOR, 1.56; 95% CI, 1.23-2.96) were associated with clustering. Eighty-four of 280 (30.0%) clusters had a putative source case that was sputum smear negative, and 30.6% of their secondary cases were attributed to transmission by sputum smear-negative patients. The relative transmission rate for sputum smear negative compared with sputum smear-positive patients was 0.89 (95% CI, .68-1.10), and was 1.51 (95% CI, 1.00-2.24) for MDR tuberculosis vs drug-susceptible tuberculosis. CONCLUSIONS Recent transmission of M. tuberculosis, including MDR strains, contributes substantially to tuberculosis disease in China. Sputum smear-negative cases were responsible for at least 30% of the secondary cases. Interventions to reduce the transmission of M. tuberculosis should be implemented in China.
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- Chongguang Yang
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministries of Education and Health, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Institute of Medical Microbiology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University
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- Department of Tuberculosis Control, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Tuberculosis Control Center of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin
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- Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanning
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- Henan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhengdong New District, Zhengzhou
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- Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministries of Education and Health, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Institute of Medical Microbiology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministries of Education and Health, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Institute of Medical Microbiology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministries of Education and Health, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Institute of Medical Microbiology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministries of Education and Health, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Institute of Medical Microbiology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University
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- Department of Tuberculosis Control, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Department of Tuberculosis Control, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Henan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhengdong New District, Zhengzhou
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- Tuberculosis Control Center of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin
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- Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu
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- Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanning
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- Department of Tuberculosis Control, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Department of Tuberculosis Control, Songjiang District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Tuberculosis Control, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministries of Education and Health, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences and Institute of Medical Microbiology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University
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Bruchfeld J, Correia-Neves M, Källenius G. Tuberculosis and HIV Coinfection. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 2015; 5:a017871. [PMID: 25722472 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a017871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) constitute the main burden of infectious disease in resource-limited countries. In the individual host, the two pathogens, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and HIV, potentiate one another, accelerating the deterioration of immunological functions. In high-burden settings, HIV coinfection is the most important risk factor for developing active TB, which increases the susceptibility to primary infection or reinfection and also the risk of TB reactivation for patients with latent TB. M. tuberculosis infection also has a negative impact on the immune response to HIV, accelerating the progression from HIV infection to AIDS. The clinical management of HIV-associated TB includes the integration of effective anti-TB treatment, use of concurrent antiretroviral therapy (ART), prevention of HIV-related comorbidities, management of drug cytotoxicity, and prevention/treatment of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS).
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- Judith Bruchfeld
- Unit of Infectious Diseases, Institution of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm SE-171 77, Sweden
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga 4710-057, Portugal ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães 4710-057, Portugal
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- Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Science and Education, Stockholm SE-118 83, Sweden
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Asante-Poku A, Nyaho MS, Borrell S, Comas I, Gagneux S, Yeboah-Manu D. Evaluation of customised lineage-specific sets of MIRU-VNTR loci for genotyping Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in Ghana. PLoS One 2014; 9:e92675. [PMID: 24667333 PMCID: PMC3965448 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2013] [Accepted: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Different combinations of variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) loci have been proposed for genotyping Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). Existing VNTR schemes show different discriminatory capacity among the six human MTBC lineages. Here, we evaluated the discriminatory power of a "customized MIRU12" loci format proposed previously by Comas et al. based on the standard 24 loci defined by Supply et al. for VNTR-typing of MTBC in Ghana. METHOD One hundred and fifty-eight MTBC isolates classified into Lineage 4 and Lineage 5 were used to compare a customized lineage-specific panel of 12 MIRU-VNTR loci ("customized MIRU-12") to the standard MIRU-15 genotyping scheme. The resolution power of each typing method was determined based on the Hunter-Gaston- Discriminatory Index (HGDI). A minimal set of customized MIRU-VNTR loci for typing Lineages 4 (Euro-American) and 5 (M. africanum West African 1) strains from Ghana was defined based on the cumulative HGDI. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION Among the 106 Lineage 4 strains, the customized MIRU-12 identified a total of 104 distinct genotypes consisting of 2 clusters of 2 isolates each (clustering rate 1.8%), and 102 unique strains while standard MIRU-15 yielded a total of 105 different genotypes, including 1 cluster of 2 isolates (clustering rate: 0.9%) and 104 singletons. Among, 52 Lineage 5 isolates, customized MIRU-12 genotyping defined 51 patterns with 1 cluster of 2 isolates (clustering rate: 0.9%) and 50 unique strains whereas MIRU-15 classified all 52 strains as unique. Cumulative HGDI values for customized MIRU-12 for Lineages 4 and 5 were 0.98 respectively whilst that of standard MIRU-15 was 0.99. A union of loci from the customised MIRU-12 and standard MIRU-15 revealed a set of customized eight highly discriminatory loci: 4052, 2163B, 40, 4165, 2165, 10,16 and 26 with a cumulative HGDI of 0.99 for genotyping Lineage 4 and 5 strains from Ghana.
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- Adwoa Asante-Poku
- Bacteriology Department, Noguchi Memorial institute For Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
- Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Bacteriology Department, Noguchi Memorial institute For Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
- Biochemistry Department, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
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- Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Genomics and Health Unit, Centre for Public Health Research, Valencia, Spain
- CIBER (Centros de Investigación Biomédica en Red) in Epidemiology and Public Health, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Bacteriology Department, Noguchi Memorial institute For Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
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Haeili M, Darban-Sarokhalil D, Fooladi AAI, Javadpour S, Hashemi A, Siavoshi F, Feizabadi MM. Spoligotyping and drug resistance patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from five provinces of Iran. Microbiologyopen 2013; 2:988-96. [PMID: 24311556 PMCID: PMC3892344 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2013] [Revised: 09/17/2013] [Accepted: 09/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Tuberculosis (TB) persists as a public health problem in Iran. Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates circulating in this area will contribute to understand and control the spread of the strains. The aims of this study were to understand the genetic diversity and drug susceptibility of M. tuberculosis isolates circulating in Iran and to analyze the relationship between genotype and drug resistance. A total of 291 M. tuberculosis isolates collected from TB patients were genotyped by spoligotyping. Drug susceptibility testing was performed using proportion method. Spoligotyping resulted in 75 distinct patterns. 86.2% of isolates were grouped in 35 clusters while the remaining isolates were unique. Ural was found to be the most predominant lineage (34.3%) followed by Central Asian strain (CAS) (24%), T (18.2%), Manu2 (7.5%) and Latin American-Mediterranean (LAM) (6.1%). The five largest clusters were Ural/Spoligotype International Type (SIT)127 (15.8%), CAS1/SIT26 (9.2%), T1/SIT53 (6.1%), T1/SIT284 (5.4%), and CAS1/SIT25 (4.4%). About 5% of isolates had multidrug resistance (MDR) and 10% had other resistance. MDR was significantly associated with Beijing strains, but not with Ural family. This study highlights dominance of Ural, CAS, and T families in Iran. Biogeographic specificity of CAS and T families to border provinces of Iran including Sistan-Baluchestan and Kermanshah, respectively, suggested that this family strains might be transmitted from these regions to other provinces of the country.
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- Mehri Haeili
- Department of Microbiology, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran; Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Soares P, Alves RJ, Abecasis AB, Penha-Gonçalves C, Gomes MGM, Pereira-Leal JB. inTB - a data integration platform for molecular and clinical epidemiological analysis of tuberculosis. BMC Bioinformatics 2013; 14:264. [PMID: 24001185 PMCID: PMC3847221 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-14-264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2012] [Accepted: 08/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background Tuberculosis is currently the second highest cause of death from infectious diseases worldwide. The emergence of multi and extensive drug resistance is threatening to make tuberculosis incurable. There is growing evidence that the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis may have important clinical consequences. Therefore, combining genetic, clinical and socio-demographic data is critical to understand the epidemiology of this infectious disease, and how virulence and other phenotypic traits evolve over time. This requires dedicated bioinformatics platforms, capable of integrating and enabling analyses of this heterogeneous data. Results We developed inTB, a web-based system for integrated warehousing and analysis of clinical, socio-demographic and molecular data for Mycobacterium sp. isolates. As a database it can organize and display data from any of the standard genotyping methods (SNP, MIRU-VNTR, RFLP and spoligotype), as well as an extensive array of clinical and socio-demographic variables that are used in multiple countries to characterize the disease. Through the inTB interface it is possible to insert and download data, browse the database and search specific parameters. New isolates are automatically classified into strains according to an internal reference, and data uploaded or typed in is checked for internal consistency. As an analysis framework, the system provides simple, point and click analysis tools that allow multiple types of data plotting, as well as simple ways to download data for external analysis. Individual trees for each genotyping method are available, as well as a super tree combining all of them. The integrative nature of inTB grants the user the ability to generate trees for filtered subsets of data crossing molecular and clinical/socio-demografic information. inTB is built on open source software, can be easily installed locally and easily adapted to other diseases. Its design allows for use by research laboratories, hospitals or public health authorities. The full source code as well as ready to use packages is available at http://www.evocell.org/inTB. Conclusions To the best of our knowledge, this is the only system capable of integrating different types of molecular data with clinical and socio-demographic data, empowering researchers and clinicians with easy to use analysis tools that were not possible before.
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- Patrícia Soares
- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Rua da Quinta Grande 6, Apartado 14, Oeiras P-2781-901, Portugal.
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McNerney R, Wondafrash BA, Amena K, Tesfaye A, McCash EM, Murray NJ. Field test of a novel detection device for Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen in cough. BMC Infect Dis 2010; 10:161. [PMID: 20529335 PMCID: PMC2891759 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2009] [Accepted: 06/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background Tuberculosis is a highly infectious disease that is spread from person to person by infected aerosols emitted by patients with respiratory forms of the disease. We describe a novel device that utilizes immunosensor and bio-optical technology to detect M. tuberculosis antigen (Ag85B) in cough and demonstrate its use under field conditions during a pilot study in an area of high TB incidence. Methods The TB Breathalyzer device (Rapid Biosensor Systems Ltd) was field tested in the outpatient clinic of Adama Hospital, Ethiopia. Adults seeking diagnosis for respiratory complaints were tested. Following nebulization with 0.9% saline patients were asked to cough into a disposable collection device where cough aerosols were deposited. Devices were then inserted into a portable instrument to assess whether antigen was present in the sample. Demographic and clinical data were recorded and all patients were subjected to chest radiogram and examination of sputum by Ziehl-Nielsen microscopy. In the absence of culture treatment decisions were based on smear microscopy, chest x-ray and clinical assessment. Breathalyzer testing was undertaken by a separate physician to triage and diagnostic assessment. Results Sixty individuals were each subjected to a breathalyzer test. The procedure was well tolerated and for each patient the testing was completed in less than 10 min. Positive breath test results were recorded for 29 (48%) patients. Of 31 patients with a diagnosis of tuberculosis 23 (74%; 95% CI 55-87) were found positive for antigen in their breath and 20 (64%; 95% CI 45-80) were smear positive for acid fast bacilli in their sputum. Six patients provided apparent false positive breathalyzer results that did not correlate with a diagnosis of tuberculosis. Conclusions We propose that the breathalyzer device described warrants further investigation as a tool for studying exhalation of M. tuberculosis. The portability, simplicity of use and speed of the test device suggest it may also find use as a tool to aid early identification of infectious cases. We recommend studies be undertaken to determine the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of the device when compared to microbiological and clinical indicators of tuberculosis disease.
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- Ruth McNerney
- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
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Perrin FMR, Lipman MCI, McHugh TD, Gillespie SH. Biomarkers of treatment response in clinical trials of novel antituberculosis agents. THE LANCET. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2007; 7:481-90. [PMID: 17524807 DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(07)70112-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Global initiatives have been launched to develop improved tuberculosis chemotherapy. New drugs and potential treatment-shortening regimens require careful assessment in clinical trials, but existing markers of treatment outcome-clinical cure and relapse-require prolonged follow-up of patients. There is, therefore, a need to find alternative biomarkers or surrogate endpoints predictive of response. Effective treatment requires drugs with sterilising activity to produce clinical cure without relapse, and thus a useful biomarker for a drug under trial must predict the likelihood of relapse. We explore the strengths and weaknesses of existing biomarkers, which assess either host response or mycobacterial load. Change in mycobacterial burden is likely to be the best indicator of treatment outcome, but the optimum study techniques remain undefined. Finally, we propose methods to assess candidate markers, and how these candidate markers could be implemented in future clinical trials.
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- Felicity M R Perrin
- Centre of Medical Microbiology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK.
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Gessler D, Dye C, Farmer P, Murray M, Navin T, Reves R, Shinnick T, Small PM, Yates T, Simpson G. Public health. A National Tuberculosis Archive. Science 2006; 311:1245-6. [PMID: 16513968 DOI: 10.1126/science.1125762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Damian Gessler
- National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA.
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Brudey K, Filliol I, Sola C, Bébéar C, Elia-Pasquet S, Texier-Maugein J, Rastogi N. [Molecular characterization and biodiversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Antilles-Guiana region and comparative analysis in a metropolitan region, Aquitaine]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 51:282-9. [PMID: 14567196 DOI: 10.1016/s0369-8114(03)00048-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Tuberculosis is a highly contagious infectious disease in recrudescence whose epidemiologic monitoring is reinforced by molecular biology. In this context, we were particularly interested in the cases of tuberculosis of French West Indies and French Guiana (FWI-FG). This study covered a period of two years (1997 and 1998) and focused on the demographical and epidemiological characteristics of the cases diagnosed by an analysis of their genotypes. Our results were confronted with a French metropolitan area (Aquitaine) with similar demographic background. Moreover, Aquitaine area has privileged links with FWI-FG region and also has a similar network for monitoring tuberculosis as ours. So we used a PCR method called spoligotyping as a first line method to optimize the alternative IS6110-RFLP method which remains cumbersome. A total of 105 strains of FWI-FG and 172 strains of Aquitaine were typed by spoligotyping and by the standard IS6110-RFLP method. The results of the first grouping by spoligotyping were analyzed in comparison with IS6110-RFLP. The results obtained showed a rate of recent transmission of tuberculosis being 34.3% in FWI-FG and 10.5% in Aquitaine. These observations underlined a high degree of polymorphism in the Aquitaine region as compared to the FWI-FG region. Thanks to the various profiles obtained by spoligotyping, we could study their distribution in the three areas and highlight common types like type 53, 50 and 42 and types found locally like the types 33 and 14 found respectively in Aquitaine and FWI as well as endemic types like type 76 found only in FG. These results are discussed in the context of the evolution of clinical isolates of tubercle bacilli with time.
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- K Brudey
- Unité de la tuberculose et des mycobactéries, institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe, Morne Jolivière, BP484, 97165 Pointe-à-Pitre, France
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Bruchfeld J, Aderaye G, Palme IB, Bjorvatn B, Ghebremichael S, Hoffner S, Lindquist L. Molecular epidemiology and drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Ethiopian pulmonary tuberculosis patients with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40:1636-43. [PMID: 11980933 PMCID: PMC130945 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.40.5.1636-1643.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have analyzed the molecular epidemiology and drug resistance of 121 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from consecutive patients with culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis attending a university hospital outpatient department in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and spoligotyping were used to analyze the DNA fingerprinting patterns. Fifty-one (41.2%) of the isolates were found in 13 clusters with two or more identical DNA patterns. Two such clusters contained 49.0% of all clustered isolates. In a multivariate logistic regression model, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive serostatus was significantly associated with clustering of isolates for patients of both sexes (odds ratio [OR], 2.55; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.17 to 5.80). There was a trend toward increased clustering of isolates from tuberculous women residing in Addis Ababa (OR, 2.10; 95% CI, 0.85 to 5.25). In total, 17 of 121 isolates (14.0%) were resistant to one or more of the antituberculosis drugs isoniazid (8.3%), streptomycin (7.4%), rifampin (2.5%), and ethambutol (1.7%). The high rate of drug-resistant isolates (29.6%) coincided with the peak prevalence of HIV infection (77.8%) in patients 35 to 44 years old. The majority (62.5%) of resistant isolates in this group were found within clusters. The simultaneous accumulation of certain bacterial clones in a patient population likely reflects recent transmission. Hence, we conclude that tuberculosis is commonly caused by recent infection with M. tuberculosis in HIV-positive Ethiopian patients. Furthermore, with the rapidly increasing prevalence of HIV infection in Ethiopia, the burden of tuberculosis, including drug-resistant tuberculosis, is likely to increase. Strengthening of classical tuberculosis control measures by promoting active case finding among HIV-positive adults with tuberculosis is warranted to reduce rates of transmission.
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- Judith Bruchfeld
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Institution of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Murray M. Determinants of cluster distribution in the molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:1538-43. [PMID: 11818527 PMCID: PMC122226 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.022618299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2001] [Accepted: 11/20/2001] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Recently developed molecular techniques have revolutionized the epidemiology of tuberculosis. Multiple studies have used these tools to examine the population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in different communities. The distributions of clusters of M. tuberculosis isolates in these settings may variously reflect social mixing patterns or the differential fitness of specific clones of the organism. We developed an individual-based microsimulation of tuberculosis transmission to explore social and demographic determinants of cluster distribution and to observe the effect of transmission dynamics on the empiric data from molecular epidemiologic studies. Our results demonstrate that multiple host-related factors contribute to wide variation in cluster distributions even when all strains of the organism are assumed to be equally transmissible. These host characteristics include interventions such as chemotherapy, vaccination and chemoprophylaxis, HIV prevalence, the age structure of the population, and the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection. We consider the implications of these results for the interpretation of cluster studies of M. tuberculosis as well as the more general application of microsimulation models to infectious disease epidemiology.
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- Megan Murray
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health and Infectious Disease Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
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Kato-Maeda M, Rhee JT, Gingeras TR, Salamon H, Drenkow J, Smittipat N, Small PM. Comparing Genomes within the Species Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Genome Res 2001. [DOI: 10.1101/gr166401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The study of genetic variability within natural populations of pathogens may provide insight into their evolution and pathogenesis. We used a Mycobacterium tuberculosis high-density oligonucleotide microarray to detect small-scale genomic deletions among 19 clinically and epidemiologically well-characterized isolates of M. tuberculosis. The pattern of deletions detected was identical within mycobacterial clones but differed between different clones, suggesting that this is a suitable genotyping system for epidemiologic studies. An analysis of genomic deletions among an extant population of pathogenic bacteria provided a novel perspective on genomic organization and evolution. Deletions are likely to contain ancestral genes whose functions are no longer essential for the organism's survival, whereas genes that are never deleted constitute the minimal mycobacterial genome. As the amount of genomic deletion increased, the likelihood that the bacteria will cause pulmonary cavitation decreased, suggesting that the accumulation of mutations tends to diminish their pathogenicity. Array-based comparative genomics is a promising approach to exploring molecular epidemiology, microbial evolution, and pathogenesis.
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Kato-Maeda M, Rhee JT, Gingeras TR, Salamon H, Drenkow J, Smittipat N, Small PM. Comparing genomes within the species Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Genome Res 2001; 11:547-54. [PMID: 11282970 PMCID: PMC311074 DOI: 10.1101/gr.166401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The study of genetic variability within natural populations of pathogens may provide insight into their evolution and pathogenesis. We used a Mycobacterium tuberculosis high-density oligonucleotide microarray to detect small-scale genomic deletions among 19 clinically and epidemiologically well-characterized isolates of M. tuberculosis. The pattern of deletions detected was identical within mycobacterial clones but differed between different clones, suggesting that this is a suitable genotyping system for epidemiologic studies. An analysis of genomic deletions among an extant population of pathogenic bacteria provided a novel perspective on genomic organization and evolution. Deletions are likely to contain ancestral genes whose functions are no longer essential for the organism's survival, whereas genes that are never deleted constitute the minimal mycobacterial genome. As the amount of genomic deletion increased, the likelihood that the bacteria will cause pulmonary cavitation decreased, suggesting that the accumulation of mutations tends to diminish their pathogenicity. Array-based comparative genomics is a promising approach to exploring molecular epidemiology, microbial evolution, and pathogenesis.
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- M Kato-Maeda
- Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford Medical School University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Kato-Maeda M, Bifani PJ, Kreiswirth BN, Small PM. The nature and consequence of genetic variability within Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Clin Invest 2001; 107:533-7. [PMID: 11238552 PMCID: PMC199434 DOI: 10.1172/jci11426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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- M Kato-Maeda
- Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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