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Menberu MA, Liu S, Cooksley C, Hayes AJ, Psaltis AJ, Wormald PJ, Vreugde S. Corynebacterium accolens Has Antimicrobial Activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus Pathogens Isolated from the Sinonasal Niche of Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patients. Pathogens 2021; 10:pathogens10020207. [PMID: 33672855 PMCID: PMC7918835 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10020207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2021] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Corynebacterium accolens is the predominant species of the healthy human nasal microbiota, and its relative abundance is decreased in the context of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). This study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial potential of C. accolens isolated from a healthy human nasal cavity against planktonic and biofilm growth of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) clinical isolates (CIs) from CRS patients. Nasal swabs from twenty non-CRS control subjects were screened for the presence of C. accolens using microbiological and molecular techniques. C. accolens CIs and their culture supernatants were tested for their antimicrobial activity against eight S. aureus and eight MRSA 4CIs and S. aureus ATCC25923. The anti-biofilm potential of C. accolens cell-free culture supernatants (CFCSs) on S. aureus biofilms was also assessed. Of the 20 nasal swabs, 10 C. accolens CIs were identified and confirmed with rpoB gene sequencing. All isolates showed variable antimicrobial activity against eight out of 8 S. aureus and seven out of eight MRSA CIs. Culture supernatants from all C. accolens CIs exhibited a significant dose-dependent antibacterial activity (p < 0.05) against five out of five representative S. aureus and MRSA CIs. This inhibition was abolished after proteinase K treatment. C. accolens supernatants induced a significant reduction in metabolic activity and biofilm biomass of S. aureus and MRSA CIs compared to untreated growth control (p < 0.05). C. accolens exhibited antimicrobial activity against S. aureus and MRSA CIs in both planktonic and biofilm forms and holds promise for the development of innovative probiotic therapies to promote sinus health.
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Affiliation(s)
- Martha Alemayehu Menberu
- Department of Surgery-Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Adelaide, Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research, Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Woodville 5011, Australia; (M.A.M.); (S.L.); (C.C.); (A.J.P.); (P.-J.W.)
- Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar 196, Ethiopia
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- Department of Surgery-Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Adelaide, Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research, Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Woodville 5011, Australia; (M.A.M.); (S.L.); (C.C.); (A.J.P.); (P.-J.W.)
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- Department of Surgery-Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Adelaide, Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research, Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Woodville 5011, Australia; (M.A.M.); (S.L.); (C.C.); (A.J.P.); (P.-J.W.)
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne and The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne 3000, Australia;
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- Department of Surgery-Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Adelaide, Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research, Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Woodville 5011, Australia; (M.A.M.); (S.L.); (C.C.); (A.J.P.); (P.-J.W.)
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- Department of Surgery-Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Adelaide, Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research, Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Woodville 5011, Australia; (M.A.M.); (S.L.); (C.C.); (A.J.P.); (P.-J.W.)
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- Department of Surgery-Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Adelaide, Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research, Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Woodville 5011, Australia; (M.A.M.); (S.L.); (C.C.); (A.J.P.); (P.-J.W.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +61-(0)8-8222-6928
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Tian H, Zhong C. Postoperation of preauricular fistula cellulitis caused by methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infection. J Otol 2018; 13:111-113. [PMID: 30559776 PMCID: PMC6291634 DOI: 10.1016/j.joto.2018.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2018] [Revised: 07/14/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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A one-year-old baby girl with one-month history of recurrent pus fluid exuding from her left preauricular sinus orifice, who failed multiple courses of surgical drainage of the abscess and persistent debridement for the wound, presented with MRSA infection. The patient was treated with linezolid for three days. Her pain and paresthesia resolved, and C-reactive protein decreased to normal.
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Affiliation(s)
- Haiyue Tian
- From the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Lanzhou General Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Gansu Province, PR China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Lanzhou General Hospital of People's Liberation Army, 333 Binhenan Road, Qilihe District, Lanzhou, 730050, PR China
- Corresponding author.
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