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Cutaneous and Pulmonary Tuberculosis-Diagnostic and Therapeutic Difficulties in a Patient with Autoimmunity. Pathogens 2023; 12:pathogens12020331. [PMID: 36839603 PMCID: PMC9959720 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12020331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Revised: 02/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Cutaneous tuberculosis (CTB) is a very rare disease and accounts for only 1-2% of cases of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). Due to the variety of its clinical manifestations, the uncharacteristic appearance of its lesions, resembling other dermatoses in the early stages, and the limited experience of clinicians due to the rarity of CTB, diagnosis is very difficult. Particularly noteworthy is the fact that most cases of EPTB, including skin tuberculosis (TB), can be a manifestation of systemic involvement. In this paper, we present a case of an immunocompromised patient who was diagnosed with CTB almost a year after the first dermatological lesions were located on the lower extremities. At the same time, due to respiratory symptoms, a diagnosis of pulmonary TB (PTB) was made, and radiological and microbiological confirmations were obtained.
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Gürer Giray B, Aslantürk A, Şimşek H, Özgür D, Kılıç S, Aslan G. Determination of genetic diversity of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in Turkey using 15 locus MIRU-VNTR and spoligotyping methods. Pathog Glob Health 2023; 117:85-91. [PMID: 35642888 PMCID: PMC9848327 DOI: 10.1080/20477724.2022.2084807] [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: 01/21/2023] Open
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Tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of deaths from infectious disease worldwide. Nowadays, the tendency of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) to spread between continents due to uncontrolled migration movements shows that TB is a global health problem. The number of studies for the detection of MTBC strains' epidemiological features in areas with TB spread risk using molecular-based methods such as spoligotyping and Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit (MIRU) Variable Number Tandem Repeats (VNTR) at the clonal level is insufficient. In this study, it was aimed to determine the phylogenetic relationships of MTBC strains at the species level by spoligotyping and 15 locus MIRU-VNTR (MIRU-VNTR15) molecular methods of 96 multidrug-resistant (MDR) MTBC strains isolated from sputum samples of patients with a preliminary diagnosis of pulmonary TB or suspected contact history those sent to National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory from the centers that are members of the Tuberculosis Laboratory Surveillance Network. The phylogenetic relationship between 96 MDR-TB strains was investigated with the combination of bead-based spoligotyping and MIRU-VNTR15 methods on the MAGPIX® Milliplex Map device. In this study, it was determined that the T1 family is more common in our country and LAM7-TUR family is less common than the Beijing family unlike other studies. It was determined that the strains in the same cluster had different locus profiles, and there was no transmission from the same clone in the clonal typing we performed with spoligotyping and MIRU-VNTR15.
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- Burcu Gürer Giray
- Ankara Provincial Health Directorate Public Health Molecular Diagnosis Laboratory, Ankara, Turkey,CONTACT Burcu Gürer Giray Molecular Diagnosis Laboratory, Public Health Institution of Ankara, Turkey
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- National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Public Health Institution of Turkey (PHIT), Ankara, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Yozgat Bozok University, Yozgat, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey
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- Department of Medical CBRN, University of Health Sciences, Institute of Dedenxe Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey
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- Mersin University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Mersin, Turkey
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Gaballah A, Ghazal A, Almiry R, Hussein S, Emad R, El-Sherbini E. Fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates by MIRU-VNTR genotyping and detection of isoniazid resistance by real-time PCR. J Med Microbiol 2022; 71. [DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.001603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Introduction. Tuberculosis (TB) is a great public health problem in developing countries such as Egypt. Genotyping of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
isolates has a prominent role in the field of TB prevention.
Aim. This study aimed to evaluate real-time PCR using Minor Groove Binder (MGB) probes and to identify circulating lineages/sub-lineages of
M. tuberculosis
and their transmission patterns.
Hypothesis. We hypothesize that MIRU-VNTR technique is efficient in identifying circulating
M. tuberculosis
lineages in Egypt.
Methodology. Fifty sputum specimens positive for acid-fast bacilli were included. Isoniazid (INH) resistance was detected using the 1 % proportion method. Real-time PCR using MGB-probes was used for simultaneous detection of TB infection and INH resistance. Partial sequencing of the katG gene was used to confirm INH resistance results. A standard 15 Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit Variable Number Tandem Repeat (15-MIRU-VNTR) approach was used for genotyping through the MIRU-VNTRplus online platform.
Results. Only seven specimens showed phenotypic resistance to INH.
M. tuberculosis
was detected in all samples, while a mutation in the katG gene codon 315 was detected only in five samples, which were also phenotypically INH-resistant. Sequencing of the katG gene showed codon 315 mutation genotypically and phenotypically in the five INH-resistant isolates. Molecular genotyping of
M. tuberculosis
isolates revealed that the majority of isolates (26/50, 52 %) belonged to the S family of lineage_4. A low clustering rate (2 %) was observed among our isolates. According to the Hunter-Gaston Discriminatory Index (HGDI), 11 MIRU-VNTR loci were highly or moderately discriminative, while four loci were less polymorphic.
Conclusion. MIRU-VNTR genotyping revealed a low clustering rate with a low recent transmission rate of
M. tuberculosis
strains in Alexandria, Egypt.
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- Ahmed Gaballah
- Department of Microbiology, Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology, Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Egypt
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, Alexandria Armed Forces Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Elmamoura Chest Hospital, Egyptian Ministry of Health, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Alexandria Main University Hospital, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology, Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Egypt
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Consistency of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Spoligotyping between the Membrane-Based Method and In Silico Approach. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0022322. [PMID: 35467406 PMCID: PMC9241810 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00223-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
To tackle the spread of tuberculosis (TB), epidemiological studies are undertaken worldwide to investigate TB transmission chains. Clustered regulatory interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) locus diversity, also called spoligotyping, is a widely used genotyping assay for the characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). We compared herein the spoligotyping of MTBC clinical isolates using a membrane-based method (following an initial PCR step) and whole-genome sequencing (WGS)-based method (i.e., in silico spoligotyping). All MTBC strains isolated at the Lyon University Hospital, France, between November 2016 and December 2020 were included (n = 597). Spoligotyping profiles were also used for species identification among the MTBC. Outputs of both methods were analyzed, and discrepant results were investigated thanks to CRISPRbuilder-TB. The overall agreement was 85.7%. Spacer discrepancies observed between the methods were due to the insertion of IS6110 within the direct repeat (DR) sequence upstream or downstream of spacers, mutated DR sequences, or truncated spacers. Discrepancies did not impact species identification. Although spoligotyping-based species identification was inconclusive for 29 isolates, SNP-based phylogeny conducted after WGS allowed the identification of 23 M. tuberculosis (Mtb), 2 M. canettii, and 4 mixed MTBC infections. WGS yielded very few discrepancies compared to membrane-based spoligotyping. Overall agreement was significantly improved (92.4%) by the CRISPR locus reconstruction using CRISPRbuilder-TB for the MTBC isolates with the shared international type 53 in silico spoligotyping. A smooth transition from the membrane-based to the in silico-based genotyping of M. tuberculosis isolates is, therefore, possible for TB diagnosis and epidemiologic survey. IMPORTANCE Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has profoundly transformed the perspectives of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, providing a better discriminatory power to determine relatedness between Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) isolates. Previous genotyping approaches, such as spoligotyping consisting of an initial PCR step followed by reverse dot hybridization, are currently being replaced by WGS. Several pipelines have been developed to extract a spoligotype from WGS data (in silico spoligotyping) allowing for the continuity of MTBC molecular surveys before and after WGS implementation. The present study found very good overall agreement between hybridization to membrane-based spoligotyping and in silico spoligotyping, indicating the possibility of a smooth transition from the traditional to the in silico-based genotyping of MTBC isolates for TB diagnosis and epidemiological survey.
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Kone B, Somboro AM, Kone M, Holl JL, Baya B, Dabitao D, Diallo D, Diarra B, Kone A, Sarro YDS, Sanogo M, Togo AC, Murphy RL, Diallo S, Coulibaly N, Camara F, Samake S, Diakite M, Doumbia S, Maiga M. Molecular epidemiology and genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in referral health centers of Bamako, Mali: What is new? Int J Infect Dis 2022; 117:204-211. [PMID: 35134562 PMCID: PMC9055845 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.01.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Revised: 01/22/2022] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Background and Aims: Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important global health issue worldwide. Despite this scourge threatening many human lives, especially in developing countries, thus far, no advanced molecular epidemiology study using recent and more accurate tools has been conducted in Mali. Therefore, this study aimed to use variable-number tandem repeats of mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units (MIRU-VNTR) technology coupled with the spoligotyping method to accurately determine the hot spots and establish the epidemiological transmission links of TB in Bamako, Mali. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 245 isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) were characterized using spoligotyping and MIRU-VNTR, and an epidemiological investigation was conducted. Results: Of the 245 isolates, 184 (75.1%) were formally identified. The most widespread strain was the Cameroon strain (83; 45.1%). Eight major clusters were identified: Ghana (27; 14.7%), West African 2 (22; 12%), Haarlem (13; 7.1%), H37Rv (t) (8; 4.3%), Latin American Mediterranean (8; 4.3%), and Uganda I and II (6; 3.3%). Statistical analysis showed a significant difference between lineages from the respective referral health centers of Bamako, Mali (P = 0.01). Conclusion: This study establishes, for the first time, an accurate spatial distribution of circulating MTB strains in Bamako, Mali. The data was used to identify strains and “hot spots” causing TB infection and can also be used for more targeted public health responses, particularly for hot spots of drug-resistant strains.
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- Bourahima Kone
- University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) Laboratory, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali.
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- University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) Laboratory, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali; School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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- University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) Laboratory, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali
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- Center for Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) Laboratory, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali
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- University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) Laboratory, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali
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- University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) Laboratory, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali
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- University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) Laboratory, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali
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- University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) Laboratory, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali
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- University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) Laboratory, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali
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- University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) Laboratory, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali
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- University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) Laboratory, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
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- University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) Laboratory, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali
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- University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) Laboratory, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali
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- University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) Laboratory, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali
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- University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) Laboratory, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali
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- University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) Laboratory, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali
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- University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) Laboratory, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali
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- University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) Laboratory, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali; Biomedical Engineering Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
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Li Y, Pang Y, Zhang T, Xian X, Yang J, Wang R, Wang P, Zhang M, Chen W. Genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates circulating in Shaanxi Province, China. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0242971. [PMID: 33270700 PMCID: PMC7714122 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Objectives The prevalence of drug-resistant TB in Shaanxi Province is higher than other areas. This study was aimed to investigate the genetic diversity and epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical strains in Shaanxi Province, China. Methods From January to December 2016, a total of 298 Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients were genotyped by Mcspoligotyping and 15-locus VNTR. Results We found that the Beijing family strains was the most prominent family(81.54%, 243/298). Other family strains included T family(9.06%, 27/298), U family(0.67%, 2/298), LAM9 family(0.34%, 1/298) and Manu family(0.34%, 1/298). The rates of multidrug-resistant (MDR) M.Tuberculosis, age, type of case and education between Beijing and non-Beijing family strains were not statistically different, while the distribution in the three different regions among these was statistically significant. VNTR results showed that strains were classified into 280 genotypes, and 33 (11.07%) strains could be grouped into 14 clusters. 11 of the 15-VNTR loci were highly or moderately discriminative according to the Hunter-Gaston discriminatory index. Conclusions We concluded that the Beijing family genotype was the most prevalent genotype and 15-locus VNTR typing might be suitable for genotyping of M. tuberculosis in Shaanxi Province. There was less association between Beijing family genotypes and drug resistance in our study area.
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- Yan Li
- Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
- Clinical Laboratory, Shaanxi Provincial Institute for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Xi’an, China
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- National Clinical Laboratory on Tuberculosis, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Institute, Beijing, China
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- Clinical Laboratory, Shaanxi Provincial Institute for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Xi’an, China
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- Clinical Laboratory, Shaanxi Provincial Institute for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Xi’an, China
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- Clinical Laboratory, Shaanxi Provincial Institute for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Xi’an, China
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- Clinical Laboratory, Shaanxi Provincial Institute for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Xi’an, China
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- Clinical Laboratory, Shaanxi Provincial Institute for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Xi’an, China
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- Clinical Laboratory, Shaanxi Provincial Institute for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Xi’an, China
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- Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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Orłowska B, Krajewska-Wędzina M, Augustynowicz-Kopeć E, Kozińska M, Brzezińska S, Zabost A, Didkowska A, Welz M, Kaczor S, Żmuda P, Anusz K. Epidemiological characterization of Mycobacterium caprae strains isolated from wildlife in the Bieszczady Mountains, on the border of Southeast Poland. BMC Vet Res 2020; 16:362. [PMID: 32993648 PMCID: PMC7526380 DOI: 10.1186/s12917-020-02581-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Background The majority of animal tuberculosis (TB) cases reported in wildlife in Poland over the past 20 years have concerned the European bison inhabiting the Bieszczady Mountains in Southeast Poland: an area running along the border of Southeast Poland. As no TB cases have been reported in domestic animals in this region since 2005, any occurrence of TB in the free-living animals inhabiting this area might pose a real threat to local livestock and result in the loss of disease-free status. The aim of the study was to describe the occurrence of tuberculosis in the wildlife of the Bieszczady Mountains and determine the microbiological and molecular characteristics of any cultured strains. Lymph node samples were collected for analysis from 274 free-living animals, including European bison, red foxes, badgers, red deer, wild boar and roe deer between 2011 and 2017. Löwenstein–Jensen and Stonebrink media were used for culture. Molecular identification of strains was performed based on hsp65 sequence analysis, the GenoType®MTBC (Hain Lifescience, Germany) test, spoligotyping and MIRU-VNTR analysis. Results Mycobacterium caprae was isolated from the lymph nodes of 21 out of 55 wild boar (38.2%; CI 95%: 26.5%, 51.4%) and one roe deer. Since 2014, no new TB cases have been reported in the Bieszczady European bison population. Conclusions The identification of TB in wild boar in the Bieszczady is an alarming phenomenon, which requires further investigation. The Bieszczady mountains are a precious, unique area, home to many protected species. However, it is also the only area in Poland where TB cases have been reported in free-living animals. The occurrence of TB in wild boar inhabiting this area might pose a real threat to local livestock and many of the protected species (for example European bison that can share feeding places with wild boar). Given this situation, ongoing monitoring of the prevalence of TB should be conducted, and protective measures should be considered.
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- Blanka Orłowska
- Department of Food Hygiene and Public Health Protection, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Microbiology, National Veterinary Research Institute, Partyzantów 57, 24-100, Puławy, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute (NTLD), Płocka 26, 01-138, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute (NTLD), Płocka 26, 01-138, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute (NTLD), Płocka 26, 01-138, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute (NTLD), Płocka 26, 01-138, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Public Health Protection, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787, Warsaw, Poland
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- General Veterinary Inspectorate, Wspólna 30, 00-930, Warsaw, Poland
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- County Veterinary Inspectorate, Młynarska 45, 38-500, Sanok, Poland
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- University Centre of Veterinary Medicine UJ-UR, al. Mickiewicza 24/28, 30-059, Cracow, Poland
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Public Health Protection, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787, Warsaw, Poland
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Mousavi S, Amini S, Mirsaeidi M, Dabiri H, Hamzehloo G, Goudarzi H, Nasiri M. Genotyping and drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Iran: a multi-centre study. New Microbes New Infect 2020; 37:100729. [PMID: 32774869 PMCID: PMC7404542 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2020] [Revised: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) is a deadly infection and caused 1.4 million deaths in 2018. Assessing the geographic distribution of major lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis can contribute greatly to TB control. Mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit variable number tandem repeat (MIRU-VNTR) typing is commonly used to differentiate various lineages of M. tuberculosis. A total of 2747 clinical specimens were collected consecutively from October 2018 through June 2019. Clinical isolates were identified as M. tuberculosis using standard biochemical tests. The standard 15-locus MIRU-VNTR typing was used for the genotyping of clinical isolates. Drug susceptibility testing was performed using the conventional proportion method. From the collected specimens, 100 were culture positive for M. tuberculosis. Using MIRU-VNTR, 99 different patterns were detected among the 100 isolates. They were distributed in one cluster comprising two strains and 98 unique patterns. Most of our isolates were similar to New-1 and Delhi/CAS strains. Of the M. tuberculosis isolates, 83 (83.0%) were pan-susceptible and 17 (17.0%) were resistant to at least one drug. Our study showed that MIRU-VNTR is a useful method for studying the genetic diversity of M. tuberculosis isolates in different regional settings and will help the health authorities to construct a preventive programme for TB.
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- S.M.J. Mousavi
- Department of Microbiology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Regional Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Regional Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Ghavidel M, Tadayon K, Mosavari N, Nourian K, BahramiTaghanaki HR, Mohammadi GR, Rashtibaf M, Ghazvini K. Introducing the Best Six Loci in Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit-Variable-Number Tandem Repeat (MIRU-VNTR) Typing for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Genotyping. Rep Biochem Mol Biol 2019; 8:335-346. [PMID: 32274406 PMCID: PMC7103078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2019] [Accepted: 06/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) still remains endemic worldwide making epidemiological studies essential to mitigating efforts implicated in identifying its source, controlling, and preventing the spread of dangerous strains amongst humans such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). METHODS In this study, we sought to determine the 6 Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit-Variable-Number Tandem Repeat (MIRU-VNTR) loci with high discriminatory powers for Mtb genotyping as well as the loci with the highest and the lowest discriminatory powers for MIRU-VNTR. To conduct our search, we used several databases such as science direct, Embase (Elsevier), Web of Science, Scopus and Medline via PubMed. Searches were performed using key words including: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, MIRU-VNTR, Allele diversity, Genetic diversity and human patient. Finally, 56 articles were selected after filtering out titles, abstracts and full texts. RESULTS Loci with high discriminatory powers included MIRU10 and MIRU26, while MIRU2, MIRU20, MIRU24 and ETRD had poor discriminatory powers. According to previous data in the literature, the loci MIRU10, MIRU26, MIRU40, QUB 26, QUB 11b and Mtub21 have high discriminatory powers. CONCLUSION Therefore, these loci recommended for genotyping Mtb to save time and cost and to ensure the production of reliable results.
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- Mahdis Ghavidel
- Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
- Department of Microbiology and Virology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
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- Department of Microbiology, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute (RVSRI), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran.
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- PPD Tuberculin Department, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, (RVSRI), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran.
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- Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Graduate Student of School of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad – Iran.
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- Deputy of Veterinary administration of Khorasan Razavi Province, Mashhad,Iran.
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- Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
- Department of Microbiology and Virology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
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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]
Abstract
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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Weerasekera D, Pathirane H, Madegedara D, Dissanayake N, Thevanesam V, Magana-Arachchi DN. Evaluation of the 15 and 24-loci MIRU-VNTR genotyping tools with spoligotyping in the identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains and their genetic diversity in molecular epidemiology studies. Infect Dis (Lond) 2019; 51:206-215. [PMID: 30689510 DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2018.1551619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) using various genotyping tools has been studied globally and a particular tool for genotyping Mtb is the mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units-variable number tandem repeats (MIRU-VNTR). Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important public health problem worldwide and Sri Lanka being a country of tourist destination; because of major development projects undergoing, it has a high proportion of tourists and immigrants from Asia and Europe that are characterized with highest TB incidences and drug-resistant clinical isolates. Hence, in order to address the question of Mtb genetic diversity, we investigated the discriminatory power of both MIRU-VNTR typing of 15 and 24 loci with spoligotyping to differentiate Mtb isolates. METHOD Acid-fast bacilli positive sputum samples (n = 150) from first visit patients were collected. Decontamination of sputum and extraction of genomic DNA were carried out using standard techniques. The isolates were characterized by MIRU-VNTR for both the 15 and 24 loci and spoligotyping. RESULTS In our study population, MIRU-VNTR 15 and 24 loci did not show a significant difference among the identified M. tuberculosis strains. However, MIRU 24 loci yielded an additional strain LAM, which is of T1 origin. 15 loci strain grouping had more clusters of strains grouped together while 24 loci differentiated the same cluster of strains into distinct strain types. CONCLUSION We conclude that the use of 15-locus MIRU-VNTR typing is sufficient for a first-line epidemiological study to genotype M. tuberculosis, but the additional discriminatory power of 24 loci MIRU-VNTR has been able to differentiate samples within highly homologous groups.
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- c Consultant Respiratory Unit , District General Hospital , Nuwara-Eliya , Sri Lanka
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- d Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Peradeniya , Peradeniya , Sri Lanka
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Augusto CJ, Carvalho WDS, Almeida IND, Figueiredo LJDA, Dantas NGT, Suffys PN, Miranda SSD. Comparative study of RFLP-IS6110 and MIRU-VNTR from Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Braz J Microbiol 2017; 49:641-646. [PMID: 29249565 PMCID: PMC6112052 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjm.2017.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2016] [Revised: 02/08/2017] [Accepted: 04/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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DNA genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been widely applied in the understanding of disease transmission in many countries. The purpose of this study was to genotype the strains of M. tuberculosis isolated in patients with new tuberculosis (TB) cases in Minas Gerais, as well as to compare the similarity, discriminatory power, and agreement of the clusters between the IS6110 Restriction Fragment Length Polymorfism (RFLP) and 12 loci Variable Number Tandem Repeat – Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Units (MIRU-VNTR) techniques. It was observed that 32% (66/204) of the isolated strains in the RFLP-IS6110 and 50.9% (104/204) of the isolated strains in the MIRU-VNTR presented a similarity of equal to or above 85%. The RFLP-IS6110 and MIRU-VNTR proved to contain a high discriminatory power. The similarity index resulting from the RFLP showed no recent transmission. Good agreement was observed between the techniques when clusters were detected; however, the best epidemiological relationship was found when using the RFLP-IS6110.
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- Cláudio José Augusto
- Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Biologia Molecular Aplicada a Micobactérias, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Comparative study of genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from a Northern Indian setting with strains reported from other parts of India and neighboring countries. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2017; 105:60-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2017.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2016] [Revised: 04/03/2017] [Accepted: 04/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Mycobacterium caprae transmission to free-living grey wolves (Canis lupus) in the Bieszczady Mountains in Southern Poland. EUR J WILDLIFE RES 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10344-017-1079-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Ei PW, Aung WW, Lee JS, Choi GE, Chang CL. Molecular Strain Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a Review of Frequently Used Methods. J Korean Med Sci 2016; 31:1673-1683. [PMID: 27709842 PMCID: PMC5056196 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2016.31.11.1673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Tuberculosis, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, remains one of the most serious global health problems. Molecular typing of M. tuberculosis has been used for various epidemiologic purposes as well as for clinical management. Currently, many techniques are available to type M. tuberculosis. Choosing the most appropriate technique in accordance with the existing laboratory conditions and the specific features of the geographic region is important. Insertion sequence IS6110-based restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis is considered the gold standard for the molecular epidemiologic investigations of tuberculosis. However, other polymerase chain reaction-based methods such as spacer oligonucleotide typing (spoligotyping), which detects 43 spacer sequence-interspersing direct repeats (DRs) in the genomic DR region; mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units-variable number tandem repeats, (MIRU-VNTR), which determines the number and size of tandem repetitive DNA sequences; repetitive-sequence-based PCR (rep-PCR), which provides high-throughput genotypic fingerprinting of multiple Mycobacterium species; and the recently developed genome-based whole genome sequencing methods demonstrate similar discriminatory power and greater convenience. This review focuses on techniques frequently used for the molecular typing of M. tuberculosis and discusses their general aspects and applications.
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- Phyu Win Ei
- Advanced Molecular Research Centre, Department of Medical Research, Yangon, Myanmar
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- Advanced Molecular Research Centre, Department of Medical Research, Yangon, Myanmar
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- International Tuberculosis Research Center, Changwon, Korea
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- Institute of Convergence Bio-Health, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Korea.
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Methodological and Clinical Aspects of the Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Other Mycobacteria. Clin Microbiol Rev 2016; 29:239-90. [PMID: 26912567 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00055-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Molecular typing has revolutionized epidemiological studies of infectious diseases, including those of a mycobacterial etiology. With the advent of fingerprinting techniques, many traditional concepts regarding transmission, infectivity, or pathogenicity of mycobacterial bacilli have been revisited, and their conventional interpretations have been challenged. Since the mid-1990s, when the first typing methods were introduced, a plethora of other modalities have been proposed. So-called molecular epidemiology has become an essential subdiscipline of modern mycobacteriology. It serves as a resource for understanding the key issues in the epidemiology of tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases. Among these issues are disclosing sources of infection, quantifying recent transmission, identifying transmission links, discerning reinfection from relapse, tracking the geographic distribution and clonal expansion of specific strains, and exploring the genetic mechanisms underlying specific phenotypic traits, including virulence, organ tropism, transmissibility, or drug resistance. Since genotyping continues to unravel the biology of mycobacteria, it offers enormous promise in the fight against and prevention of the diseases caused by these pathogens. In this review, molecular typing methods for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria elaborated over the last 2 decades are summarized. The relevance of these methods to the epidemiological investigation, diagnosis, evolution, and control of mycobacterial diseases is discussed.
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Nebenzahl-Guimaraes H, Yimer SA, Holm-Hansen C, de Beer J, Brosch R, van Soolingen D. Genomic characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 7 and a proposed name: 'Aethiops vetus'. Microb Genom 2016; 2:e000063. [PMID: 28348856 PMCID: PMC5320646 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2016] [Accepted: 04/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Lineage 7 of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex has recently been identified among strains originating from Ethiopia. Using different DNA typing techniques, this study provides additional information on the genetic heterogeneity of five lineage 7 strains collected in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It also confirms the phylogenetic positioning of these strains between the ancient lineage 1 and TbD1-deleted, modern lineages 2, 3 and 4 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Four newly identified large sequence polymorphisms characteristic of the Amhara Region lineage 7 strains are described. While lineage 7 strains have been previously identified in the Woldiya area, we show that lineage 7 strains circulate in other parts of the Amhara Region and also among foreign-born individuals from Eritrea and Somalia in The Netherlands. For ease of documenting future identification of these strains in other geographical locations and recognizing the place of origin, we propose to assign lineage 7 strains the lineage name 'Aethiops vetus'.
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- Hanna Nebenzahl-Guimaraes
- 1Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- 2Department of Microbiology, Genome Dynamics and Microbial Pathogenesis Group, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.,3Infection Control and Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- 3Infection Control and Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- 1Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- 4Unit for Integrated Mycobacterial Pathogenomics, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- 1Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands.,5Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Kalvisa A, Tsirogiannis C, Silamikelis I, Skenders G, Broka L, Zirnitis A, Jansone I, Ranka R. MIRU-VNTR genotype diversity and indications of homoplasy in M. avium strains isolated from humans and slaughter pigs in Latvia. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2016; 43:15-21. [PMID: 27178993 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2015] [Revised: 05/06/2016] [Accepted: 05/08/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Diseases which are caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are an increasing problem in the developed countries. In Latvia, one of the most clinically important members of NTM is Mycobacterium avium (M. avium), an opportunistic pathogen which has been isolated from several lung disease patients and tissue samples of slaughter pigs. This study was designed to characterize the genetic diversity of the M. avium isolates in Latvia and to compare the distribution of genotypic patterns among humans and pigs. Eleven (Hall and Salipante, 2010) clinical M. avium samples, isolated from patients of Center of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (years 2003-2010), and 32 isolates from pig necrotic mesenterial lymph nodes in different regions (years 2003-2007) were analyzed. The majority (42 of 43) of samples were identified as M. avium subsp. hominissuis; one porcine isolate belonged to M. avium subsp. avium. MIRU-VNTR genotyping revealed 13 distinct genotypes, among which nine genotype patterns, including M. avium subsp. avium isolate, were newly identified. IS1245 RFLP fingerprinting of 25 M. avium subsp. hominissuis samples yielded 17 different IS1245 RFLP patterns, allowing an efficient discrimination of isolates. Clusters of identical RFLP profiles were observed within host species, geographical locations and time frame of several years. Additional in silico analysis on simulated MIRU-VNTR genotype population datasets showed that the MIRU-VNTR pattern similarity could partly arise due to probabilistic increase of acquiring homoplasy among subpopulations, thus the similar MIRU-VNTR profiles of M. avium strains even in close geographical proximity should be interpreted with caution.
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- Adrija Kalvisa
- Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre (LV BMC), Riga, Latvia; Riga Stradins University (RSU), Riga, Latvia
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- Riga East University Hospital, Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Center, Latvia
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- Riga East University Hospital, Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Center, Latvia
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Latvia University of Agriculture, Jelgava, Latvia
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- Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre (LV BMC), Riga, Latvia
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- Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre (LV BMC), Riga, Latvia; Riga Stradins University (RSU), Riga, Latvia.
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Velayati AA, Farnia P, Mozafari M, Malekshahian D, Farahbod AM, Seif S, Rahideh S, Mirsaeidi M. Identification and genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from water and soil samples of a metropolitan city. Chest 2015; 147:1094-1102. [PMID: 25340935 DOI: 10.1378/chest.14-0960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The potential role of environmental Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the epidemiology of TB remains unknown. We investigated the transmission of M tuberculosis from humans to the environment and the possible transmission of M tuberculosis from the environment to humans. METHODS A total of 1,500 samples were collected from three counties of the Tehran, Iran metropolitan area from February 2012 to January 2014. A total of 700 water samples (47%) and 800 soil samples (53%) were collected. Spoligotyping and the mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units-variable number of tandem repeats typing method were performed on DNA extracted from single colonies. Genotypes of M tuberculosis strains isolated from the environment were compared with the genotypes obtained from 55 patients with confirmed pulmonary TB diagnosed during the study period in the same three counties. RESULTS M tuberculosis was isolated from 11 of 800 soil samples (1%) and 71 of 700 water samples (10%). T family (56 of 82, 68%) followed by Delhi/CAS (11 of 82, 13.4%) were the most frequent M tuberculosis superfamilies in both water and soil samples. Overall, 27.7% of isolates in clusters were related. No related typing patterns were detected between soil, water, and clinical isolates. The most frequent superfamily of M tuberculosis in clinical isolates was Delhi/CAS (142, 30.3%) followed by NEW-1 (127, 27%). The bacilli in contaminated soil (36%) and damp water (8.4%) remained reculturable in some samples up to 9 months. CONCLUSIONS Although the dominant M tuberculosis superfamilies in soil and water did not correspond to the dominant M tuberculosis family in patients, the presence of circulating genotypes of M tuberculosis in soil and water highlight the risk of transmission.
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- Ali Akbar Velayati
- From the Mycobacteriology Research Centre, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- From the Mycobacteriology Research Centre, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- From the Mycobacteriology Research Centre, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- From the Mycobacteriology Research Centre, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- From the Mycobacteriology Research Centre, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- From the Mycobacteriology Research Centre, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- From the Mycobacteriology Research Centre, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
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Chen ST, Zhao LP, Dong WJ, Gu YT, Li YX, Dong LL, Ma YF, Qin SB, Huang HR. The Clinical Features and Bacteriological Characterizations of Bone and Joint Tuberculosis in China. Sci Rep 2015; 5:11084. [PMID: 26053666 PMCID: PMC4459174 DOI: 10.1038/srep11084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2015] [Accepted: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Bone and Joint tuberculosis (BJTB) constitutes about 10% of total extra-pulmonary TB cases. Since the BJTB is a paucibacillary condition, there has been no systematic study on the bacterial characterization, especially the epidemiological feature. Here we collected the mycobacterial clinical isolates, analyzed the clinical features and the bacteriological characteristics from 113 BJTB cases reported in China. The mean age of the cases was 40.33 years while most of the patients fell into the 20–29 year age group; local pain was the most common onset symptom of BJTB cases; mean time from symptom onset to BJTB diagnosis was 13.16 months. 31 isolates were defined as drug resistant, including 15 multidrug resistant (MDR) and 2 extensively drug resistant (XDR) isolates according to the drug susceptibility test outcomes; after spoligotyping, 87.6% (99/113) isolates were categorized as Beijing family. In contrast to the isolates from pulmonary tuberculosis patients, here the MIRU-VNTR assay did not find anything significant. A prolonged time span for BJTB diagnosis highlights the requirement of paying further attention to BJTB infection in China. This study provides essential insights into the demographic and microbial characteristics of BJTB cases in China.
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- Su-Ting Chen
- National Clinical Laboratory on Tuberculosis, Beijing Key Laboratory for Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Research
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- National Clinical Laboratory on Tuberculosis, Beijing Key Laboratory for Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Research
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Institute, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing China 101149
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- National Clinical Laboratory on Tuberculosis, Beijing Key Laboratory for Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Research
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- National Clinical Laboratory on Tuberculosis, Beijing Key Laboratory for Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Research
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- National Clinical Laboratory on Tuberculosis, Beijing Key Laboratory for Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Research
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- National Clinical Laboratory on Tuberculosis, Beijing Key Laboratory for Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Research
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Institute, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing China 101149
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- National Clinical Laboratory on Tuberculosis, Beijing Key Laboratory for Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Research
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Streit E, Baboolal S, Akpaka PE, Millet J, Rastogi N. Finer characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using spoligotyping and 15-loci MIRU-VNTRs reveals phylogeographical specificities of isolates circulating in Guyana and Suriname. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2014; 30:114-119. [PMID: 25528138 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2014] [Revised: 12/09/2014] [Accepted: 12/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In this study we used spoligotyping and 15-loci MIRU-VNTRs for a finer characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from patients residing in Guyana (n=74) and Suriname (n=80). The mean age of the patients was 38.5years (36.5 and 40.2years for Guyana vs. Suriname), with a male-to-female sex-ratio of 2.25 for Guyana vs. 4.27 in Suriname. Spoligotyping and 15-loci MIRU-VNTRs led to a total of 41 and 65 different patterns respectively, with an overall clustering rate of 83.8% vs. 68.8%. Combined spoligotyping and VNTR analysis led to the detection of 18 clusters of 2-41 isolates, with an overall clustering of 67.5% and a recent "n-1" transmission rate of 55.8%. Importantly, Guyana was characterized by a significantly higher percentage of clustered isolates than Suriname (79.7% vs. 56.3%; p=0.0019). Three big spoligo/MIRU (SIT/MIT) clusters containing >10 isolates each were shared between the 2 countries, and concerned: T1 sublineage cluster 53/861 (n=41, 37 in Guyana vs. 4 in Suriname); EAI6-BGD1 sublineage cluster 1340/860 (n=16, 3 in Guyana vs. 13 in Suriname); and T1 sublineage cluster 131/146 (n=11, 6 in Guyana vs. 5 in Suriname); as well as 2 smaller clusters of 2 and 3 isolates respectively. However, the relative phylogeographical specificities of strains in circulation as well as a lack of drug-resistance observed among strains from Suriname suggested that trans-border transmission of drug-resistant isolates occurred less frequently than thought. Tracing and interrupting transmission channels of a specific clone (SIT53/15-MIT861) should become a priority in Guyana, not only because it is by far most abundant but also because it accounts for almost half of the drug resistant isolates (n=8/17, 47.1%) in our study, and clustered 5/12 (41.7%) MDR isolates.
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- Elisabeth Streit
- WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, Unité de la Tuberculose et des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe, Abymes Cedex, Guadeloupe
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- Department of Para-Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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- Department of Para-Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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- WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, Unité de la Tuberculose et des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe, Abymes Cedex, Guadeloupe
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- WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, Unité de la Tuberculose et des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe, Abymes Cedex, Guadeloupe.
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Cáceres O, Rastogi N, Bartra C, Couvin D, Galarza M, Asencios L, Mendoza-Ticona A. Characterization of the genetic diversity of extensively-drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Peru. PLoS One 2014; 9:e112789. [PMID: 25489950 PMCID: PMC4260790 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2014] [Accepted: 10/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Peru holds the fourth highest burden of tuberculosis in the Americas. Despite an apparently well-functioning DOTS control program, the prevalence of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) continues to increase. To worsen this situation, cases of extensively drug resistance tuberculosis (XDR-TB) have been detected. Little information exists about the genetic diversity of drug-susceptible vs. MDR-TB and XDR-TB. Methods Cryopreserved samples of XDR strains from 2007 to 2009 (second semester), were identified and collected. Starting from 227 frozen samples, a total of 142 XDR-TB strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC; 1 isolate per patient) were retained for this study. Each strain DNA was analyzed by spoligotyping and the 15-loci Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit (MIRU-15). Results Among the 142 isolates analyzed, only 2 samples (1.41%) could not be matched to any lineage. The most prevalent sublineage was Haarlem (43.66%), followed by T (27.46%), LAM (16.2%), Beijing (9.15%), and X clade (1.41%). Spoligotype analysis identified clustering for 128/142 (90.1%) isolates vs. 49/142 (34.5%) with MIRUs. Of the samples, 90.85% belonged to retreated patients. The drug resistant profile demonstrated that 62.67% showed resistance to injectable drugs capreomycin (CAP) and kanamycin (KAN) vs. 15.5% to CAP alone and 21.8% to KAN alone. The SIT219/T1 and SIT50/H3 were the most prevalent patterns in our study. The spoligoforest analysis showed that SIT53/T1 was at the origin of many of the T lineage strains as well as a big proportion of Haarlem lineage strains (SIT50/H3, followed by SIT47/H1, SIT49/H3, and SIT2375/H1), as opposed to the SIT1/Beijing strains that did not appear to evolve into minor Beijing sublineages among the XDR-TB strains. Conclusion In contrast with other Latin-American countries where LAM sublineage is the most predominant, we found the Haarlem to be the most common followed by T sublineage among the XDR-TB strains.
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- Omar Cáceres
- Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Peru
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- WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, TB and Mycobacteria Unit, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe, France
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- Mycobacterias National Reference Laboratory, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Peru
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- WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, TB and Mycobacteria Unit, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe, France
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- Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Peru
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- Mycobacterias National Reference Laboratory, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Peru
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Ahmed MM, Mohammed SH, Nasurallah HAA, Ali MM, Couvin D, Rastogi N. Snapshot of the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Iraq. Int J Mycobacteriol 2014; 3:184-96. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2014.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2014] [Accepted: 07/17/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Zhao X, Wang Y, Pang Y. Antimicrobial susceptibility and molecular characterization of Mycobacterium intracellulare in China. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2014; 27:332-8. [PMID: 25131955 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.07.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2014] [Revised: 07/24/2014] [Accepted: 07/29/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is the most common non-tuberculosis mycobacterial pathogen isolated from respiratory samples, mainly including two species, Mycobacterium avium (M. avium) and Mycobacterium intracellulare (M. intracellulare). Although these two species belong to the same group, M. avium and M. intracellulare reveal significantly differences in pathogenicity and biology. Nevertheless, little is known regarding the drug resistant details profile of M. avium or M. intracellulare instead of MAC. Here, we examined the antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of 52 clinical M. intracellulare isolates against fourteen antimicrobial agents, which are widely selected for the treatment of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection. The drug susceptibility test revealed that clarithromycin (47/52, 90.4%), rifampicin (41/52, 78.8%) and capreomycin (40/52, 76.9%) revealed highly antimicrobial activities against M. intracellulare isolates in vitro. Furthermore, all clarithromycin resistant isolates harbored mutations in the 23S rRNA gene, and the percentage of amikacin resistant ones with mutation in the rrs gene is 62.5% (10/16). The Hunter-Gaston Discriminatory Index (HGDI) value for the 16-loci Variable Number of Tandem Repeat (VNTR) typing of M. intracellulare isolates was 0.994, and M. intracellulare resistance to moxifloxacin was significantly more commonly found in clustered strains than in nonclustered strains (χ(2)=5.551, P=0.040). In conclusion, our data demonstrated that clarithromycin and capreomycin revealed highly antimicrobial activities against M. intracellulare isolates, and clarithromycin and amikacin resistance could be detected more readily and rapidly using molecular scanning of corresponding drug target than conventional drug susceptibility testing. We also found that infection by clustered strains was significantly associated with resistance to moxifloxacin.
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- Xiuqin Zhao
- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China; National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
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Fallico L, Couvin D, Peracchi M, Pascarella M, Franchin E, Lavezzo E, Rassu M, Manganelli R, Rastogi N, Palù G. Four year longitudinal study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in a region of North-Eastern Italy. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2014; 26:58-64. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2014] [Revised: 04/30/2014] [Accepted: 05/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Yasmin M, Gomgnimbou MK, Siddiqui RT, Refrégier G, Sola C. Multi-drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex genetic diversity and clues on recent transmission in Punjab, Pakistan. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2014; 27:6-14. [PMID: 24981519 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2014] [Revised: 06/14/2014] [Accepted: 06/17/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB), i.e. bacilli resistant to rifampicin (RIF) and isoniazid (INH), is a major Public Health concern in Pakistan according to WHO estimates (3.5% and 32% of new and retreated cases, respectively). Previous Pakistanis reports identified a correlation between being MDR and belonging to Beijing or EAI lineages in one study, and belonging to "H4"-Ural Euro-American sublineage in another study. In addition, MDR-TB transmission was suspected in Karachi. We tested MDR characteristics on a Punjab sample of 278 clinical isolates (without selection for Multi-Drug Resistance) including new and retreated cases collected from 2008 to 2012. All samples were characterized by a new, microbead-based method named "TB-SPRINT" (molecular diagnostic including spoligotype identification, and genetic resistance determinants to first-line anti-TB drugs RIF and INH). Isolates from 2011 to 2012 (n=100) were further analyzed using 24-loci MIRU-VNTR. We detected 8.7% MDR isolates (CI95%=[5.0; 12.5]), mainly among CAS lineage that predominates in this central-East region of Pakistan. Out of 20 MDR-TB cases, 12 different TB-SPRINT profiles were identified, limiting the suspicion of MDR-TB transmission. 24 MIRU-VNTR confirmed the unrelatedness of isolates with different TB-SPRINT profiles and discriminated 3 isolates with identical TB-SPRINT profiles. In conclusion, our study did not confirm any of the correlations between Multi-Drug Resistance and lineage or sublineage in Punjab, Pakistan. MDR-TB isolates were diverse indicating that transmission is not pervasive. TB-SPRINT proved useful as a first step for detecting MDR-TB likely transmission events, before more extensive genotyping such as 15 or 24 MIRU-VNTR and thorough epidemiological investigation.
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- Memona Yasmin
- Health Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), P.O. Box# 577, Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan; Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), P.O. Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR8621, CNRS-Université Paris-Sud, Campus d'Orsay, F-91405 Orsay-Cedex, France; Centre MURAZ, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
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- Health Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), P.O. Box# 577, Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan; Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), P.O. Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR8621, CNRS-Université Paris-Sud, Campus d'Orsay, F-91405 Orsay-Cedex, France
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- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR8621, CNRS-Université Paris-Sud, Campus d'Orsay, F-91405 Orsay-Cedex, France.
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Current methods in the molecular typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other mycobacteria. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:645802. [PMID: 24527454 PMCID: PMC3914561 DOI: 10.1155/2014/645802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2013] [Accepted: 11/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) and nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) diseases, as in all infectious diseases, the key issue is to define the source of infection and to disclose its routes of transmission and dissemination in the environment. For this to be accomplished, the ability of discerning and tracking individual Mycobacterium strains is of critical importance. Molecular typing methods have greatly improved our understanding of the biology of mycobacteria and provide powerful tools to combat the diseases caused by these pathogens. The utility of various typing methods depends on the Mycobacterium species under investigation as well as on the research question. For tuberculosis, different methods have different roles in phylogenetic analyses and person-to-person transmission studies. In NTM diseases, most investigations involve the search for environmental sources or phylogenetic relationships. Here, too, the type of setting determines which methodology is most suitable. Within this review, we summarize currently available molecular methods for strain typing of M. tuberculosis and some NTM species, most commonly associated with human disease. For the various methods, technical practicalities as well as discriminatory power and accomplishments are reviewed.
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Huyen MNT, Kremer K, Lan NTN, Buu TN, Cobelens FGJ, Tiemersma EW, de Haas P, van Soolingen D. Clustering of Beijing genotype Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from the Mekong delta in Vietnam on the basis of variable number of tandem repeat versus restriction fragment length polymorphism typing. BMC Infect Dis 2013; 13:63. [PMID: 23375050 PMCID: PMC3568002 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2012] [Accepted: 01/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Zmak L, Obrovac M, Katalinic Jankovic V. First insights into the molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in Croatia during a three-year period, 2009 to 2011. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 46:123-9. [DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2013.855322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Ahmed MM, Mohammed SH, Nasurallah HAA. Mutation in katG315 is, possibly, a good prognostic marker for treatment with second-line drugs in multi-drug resistant tuberculosis: a preliminary study. Indian J Med Microbiol 2013; 31:395-400. [PMID: 24064650 DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.118899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The aim of this study was to explore baseline data, laboratory and molecular analyses to determine if any could serve as potential prognostic marker(s) for treatment response to second line tuberculosis regimens. Of a total number of 50 multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients starting second-line drug MDR-TB treatment in Iraq, only 21 showed treatment adherence and thus, included in this study. Response to treatment was monitored for 11 months by sputum microscopy and culture. We explored baseline data, laboratory and molecular analyses to determine if any could serve as potential prognostic marker(s) for treatment response. Highly significant association (P = 0.019) was detected between mutations in katG315 codon and good response to second-line anti-TB drugs. Spoligotyping and mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit variable number tandem repeat confirmed that katG315-mutatnt isolates were genotypically unrelated. The katG315 mutation is a potential prognostic marker for treatment response to second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs. One possible explanation of our results is that the katG315-mutants are sensitive to bacterial killing by "oxidative killing.".
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- Mohanad M Ahmed
- Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Kerbala, Kerbala, Iraq
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Santos ACB, Gaspareto RM, Viana BHJ, Mendes NH, Pandolfi JRC, Cardoso RF, Sato DN, David SCDM, Saad MHF, Rastogi N, Leite CQF. Mycobacterium tuberculosis population structure shift in a 5-year molecular epidemiology surveillance follow-up study in a low endemic agro-industrial setting in São Paulo, Brazil. Int J Mycobacteriol 2013; 2:156-65. [PMID: 26785984 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2013.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2013] [Accepted: 06/30/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Starting with 257 outpatients attending the specialized health service for tuberculosis (TB) between 2002 and 2006 in Araraquara, an agro-industrial area with low tuberculosis (TB) incidence in São Paulo state, Brazil, positive mycobacterial cultures were obtained in 130 cases, of which 121 were confirmed as Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. This report assesses the genetic diversity observed on 69.42% (n=84) of the clinical isolates, for which both spoligotyping and 12-loci MIRU typing data were fully interpretable. In order to monitor changes in the population dynamics of circulating M. tuberculosis strains over time, spoligotypes were compared from this study (n=84) with an earlier study from 1998 to 2001 (n=70 strains); and these two datasets from low-incidence Araraquara area were also compared with a 2-year cohort in the nearby higher-incidence São Paulo city area from 2006 to 2008 (n=93). The results obtained showed that with 58.3% (49/84) of the strains, the Latin-American-Mediterranean (LAM) was the predominant lineage in the present follow-up study; major patterns being SIT42/LAM9 11.9% (10/84), and SIT20/LAM1 10.7% (9/84). As compared with the 1998-2001 period when 40% (28/70) of the isolates belonged to the ill-defined T family, it was replaced by LAM strains between 2002 and 2006 with a visible shift to a population structure characteristic of the metropolitan São Paulo city. Further typing of the follow-up isolates from 2002 to 2006 using 12 loci MIRUs in conjunction with conventional epidemiology did not link this population structure shift to an increase in ongoing transmission or drug-resistance. Instead, it is most probably linked to movements of the important migrant community of Araraquara to higher TB incidence metropolitan areas such as São Paulo city. This is of particular concern owing to the increment in the global burden of LAM strains and the recent association of certain LAM sublineages with multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant TB. These observations suggest the need for further molecular monitoring of the TB population structure and the evaluation of transmission trends amongst migrant workers and other risk groups, such as persons in homeless shelters, in correctional facilities, drug users, and those with HIV infection, etc.
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- Adolfo Carlos Barreto Santos
- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University - UNESP, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University - UNESP, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University - UNESP, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University - UNESP, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, TB & Mycobacteria Unit, Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe, F97183 Abymes, Guadeloupe, France.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University - UNESP, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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Yuan X, Zhang T, Kawakami K, Zhu J, Zheng W, Li H, Deng G, Tu S, Liu W. Genotyping and clinical characteristics of multidrug and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in a tertiary care tuberculosis hospital in China. BMC Infect Dis 2013; 13:315. [PMID: 23849244 PMCID: PMC3716566 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2012] [Accepted: 07/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background There is a lack of information on the clinical characteristics of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB in the Jiangxi Province of China; furthermore, data have not been reported on the utility of mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit-variable-number tandem-repeat (MIRU-VNTR) analyses in genotyping Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from this region. The aim of this study was to analyse the clinical features of patients with MDR and XDR TB from Jiangxi Province and to evaluate the discriminatory power of the 15-loci MIRU-VNTR method. Methods A retrospective study was conducted on patients diagnosed with MDR and XDR TB at the Jiangxi Chest Hospital from July 2010 to June 2011. The RD105 deletion-targeted multiplex PCR (DTM-PCR) and the 15-loci MIRU-VNTR method were used to determine the genetic background of the identified MDR and XDR M. tuberculosis clinical isolates. Results Of 804 M. tuberculosis clinical isolates, 159 (159/804, 19.8%) of the isolates were identified as MDR with first-line drug susceptibility testing. Of the 123 available MDR isolates, 13 (13/123, 10.6%) were XDR. The RD105 deletion-targeted multiplex PCR method identified 85 (85/110, 77.3%) MDR and 12 (12/13, 92.3%) XDR isolates as the Beijing genotype. MIRU-VNTR cluster analysis demonstrated that 101 MDR and 13 XDR strains had unique genotype patterns; the remaining 9 MDR strains were in 4 clusters, namely 1 cluster with 3 strains and 3 clusters with 2 strains, resulting in a low clustering rate (4.06%). The Hunter-Gaston discriminatory index (HGDI) of the 15-loci MIRU-VNTR method was as high as 0.992. In addition, clinical surveys showed that 87 (87/110, 79.1%) MDR TB patients and 10 (10/13, 76.9%) XDR TB patients had been previously treated. Diabetes mellitus was the most common comorbidity in both MDR TB (16/110, 14.5%) and XDR TB (2/13, 15.4%) patients. Conclusions Based on our preliminary data, the MDR and XDR M. tuberculosis clinical isolates identified at the Jiangxi Chest Hospital were genetically diverse and clustered at a low frequency. The 15-loci MIRU-VNTR method showed high discriminatory power and may be used as a first-line genotyping tool in investigating the molecular epidemiology of M. tuberculosis in Jiangxi, China. Decisive measures are urgently needed to effectively prevent and manage MDR and XDR tuberculosis in this province.
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- Xiaoliang Yuan
- Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, The 3rd Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Institute of Respiratory Diseases of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou 510630, China
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Comparison of three molecular typing methods to assess genetic diversity for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Microbiol Methods 2013; 93:42-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2013.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2012] [Revised: 01/29/2013] [Accepted: 01/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lahlou O, Millet J, Chaoui I, Sabouni R, Filali-Maltouf A, Akrim M, El Mzibri M, Rastogi N, El Aouad R. The genotypic population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from Moroccan patients reveals a predominance of Euro-American lineages. PLoS One 2012; 7:e47113. [PMID: 23077552 PMCID: PMC3471964 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2012] [Accepted: 09/12/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major health problem in Morocco. Characterization of circulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypic lineages, important to understand the dynamic of the disease, was hereby addressed for the first time at a national level. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Spoligotyping was performed on a panel of 592 M. tuberculosis complex strains covering a 2-year period (2004-2006). It identified 129 patterns: 105 (n = 568 strains) corresponded to a SIT number in the SITVIT2 database, while 24 patterns were labeled as orphan. A total of 523 (88.3%) strains were clustered vs. 69 or 11.7% unclustered. Classification of strains within 3 large phylogenetical groups was as follows: group 1- ancestral/TbD1+/PGG1 (EAI, Bovis, Africanum), group 2- modern/TbD1-/PGG1 group (Beijing, CAS), group 3- evolutionary recent/TbD1-/PGG2/3 (Haarlem, X, S, T, LAM; alternatively designated as the Euro-American lineage). As opposed to group 3 strains (namely LAM, Haarlem, and T) that predominated (86.5% of all isolates), 6 strains belonged to group 2 (Beijing n = 5, CAS n = 1), and 3 strains (BOV_1 n = 2, BOV_4-CAPRAE) belonged to ancestral group 1 (EAI and AFRI lineage strains were absent). 12-loci MIRU-VNTR typing of the Casablanca subgroup (n = 114 strains) identified 71 patterns: 48 MITs and 23 orphan patterns; it allowed to reduce the clustering rate from 72.8% to 29.8% and the recent transmission rate from 64% to 20.2%. CONCLUSION The M. tuberculosis population structure in Morocco is highly homogeneous, and is characterized by the predominance of the Euro-American lineages, namely LAM, Haarlem, and T, which belong to the "evolutionary recent" TbD1-/PGG2/3 phylogenetic group. The combination of spoligotyping and MIRUs decreased the clustering rate significantly, and should now be systematically applied in larger studies. The methods used in this study appear well suited to monitor the M. tuberculosis population structure for an enhanced TB management program in Morocco.
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- Ouafae Lahlou
- National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute of Hygiene, Rabat, Morocco
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- WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, Unité de la Tuberculose et des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe, Abymes, Guadeloupe, France
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- Biology and Medical Research Unit, National Centre of Energy, Nuclear Sciences and Techniques, Rabat, Morocco
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- National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute of Hygiene, Rabat, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Mohammed V-Agdal, Rabat, Morocco
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- National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute of Hygiene, Rabat, Morocco
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- Biology and Medical Research Unit, National Centre of Energy, Nuclear Sciences and Techniques, Rabat, Morocco
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- WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, Unité de la Tuberculose et des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe, Abymes, Guadeloupe, France
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- National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute of Hygiene, Rabat, Morocco
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Zamani S, Aflaki M, Fooladi AAI, Darban-Sarokhalil D, Bameri Z, Khazaee S, Nasiri MJ, Feizabadi MM. MIRU-VNTR analysis of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from three provinces of Iran. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 45:124-30. [PMID: 22954102 DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2012.717233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Iran borders 2 high-burden tuberculosis (TB) countries to the east, and has the highest rates of TB in one of its eastern provinces. Limited information is available on the genetic diversity and transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in Iran. To examine the genetic diversity and transmission dynamics of MTB strains we genotyped a collection of isolates from different parts of Iran. METHODS Standard 15-locus variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) typing was applied to genotype 121 MTB clinical isolates collected from 3 provinces of Iran, including Tehran (the capital of Iran), Sistan-Baluchestan (southeast province of Iran, with the highest rate of TB), and Kermanshah (western part of Iran with high TB/human immunodeficiency virus cases). Antibiotic susceptibility for all isolates was determined using the proportion method. RESULTS Sixty-six distinct mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit (MIRU)-VNTR patterns were detected among 121 isolates. Seventy-five strains grouped into 20 clusters, and 46 isolates were unique. The genetic diversity of strains from Sistan-Baluchestan was higher than that in the other provinces. All isolates from Tehran or Kermanshah that grouped into clusters shared identical patterns with Sistan-Baluchestan. The Hunter-Gaston discriminatory index (HGDI) was 0.972, indicating a high power of discrimination for MIRU-VNTR typing. The MIRU 16 and ETRA loci were designated as highly discriminative. The rates of monoresistance and multidrug resistance were 9.9% and 2.4%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS MIRU-VNTR typing revealed high genetic diversity and suggests the possibility of transmission from Sistan-Baluchestan to other provinces of Iran. This method has potential for genetic analysis and for studying the transmission routes of TB.
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- Samin Zamani
- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Zhang J, Mi L, Wang Y, Liu P, Liang H, Huang Y, Lv B, Yuan L. Genotypes and drug susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates in Shihezi, Xinjiang Province, China. BMC Res Notes 2012; 5:309. [PMID: 22713520 PMCID: PMC3441358 DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2012] [Accepted: 06/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health problem. To investigate the genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and the distribution of Beijing family strains, molecular epidemiology technologies have been used widely. Methods From June 2010 to June 2011, 55 M. tuberculosis isolates from patients with pulmonary TB were studied by Beijing family-specific PCR (detection of the deletion of region of difference 105 [RD105]), and mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units variable number tandem repeat (MIRU-VNTR) analysis. Twenty-four MIRU-VNTR loci defined the genotypes and clustering characteristics of the local strains. All strains were subjected to a drug susceptibility test (DST) by the proportion method on Lowenstein-Jensen (LJ) culture media. Results Fifty-five clinical isolates of MTB were collected. Beijing family strains represented 85.5% of the isolates studied. Using 24 loci MIRU-VNTR typing categorized the strains into eight gene groups, 46 genotypes, and seven clusters. 83.6% (46/55) of the isolates belonged to the largest gene group. Thirty-six isolates (65.5%) were susceptible, nineteen (34.5%) were resistant to at least one drug, seven (12.8%) were Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB), and two (3.6%) were extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). Conclusion The results showed there were obvious polymorphisms of VNTRs of MTB clinical strains. Beijing family strains of MTB were predominant in the Shihezi region of Xinjiang province. There was no correlation between the drug-resistance and Beijing family strains of MTB. It is necessary to strengthen the monitoring, treatment, and management of drug-resistance TB in Shihezi region, Xinjiang.
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- Juan Zhang
- Department of Pathogenic Biology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Shi Hezi University, Shihezi, People's Republic of China
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First insight into the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from patients in Duhok, Iraq. Int J Mycobacteriol 2012; 1:13-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2012.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Transmission of tuberculosis within family-households. J Infect 2012; 64:596-608. [PMID: 22327051 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2011.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2011] [Revised: 12/05/2011] [Accepted: 12/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The introduction of molecular typing methods in the 1990s to study the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) has significantly improved the possibilities of quantifying transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in different human settings. The purpose of this study was to investigate transmission of TB in 35 family-households in Poland. METHODS Two PCR-based genotyping methods: spoligotyping and mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number of tandem repeats (MIRU-VNTR) typing were used. RESULTS Of 78 patients, 49 (63%), could be assigned to intra-household transmission on the basis of identical DNA fingerprints upon a combined typing approach. However, if a single spoligotype spacer or a single MIRU-VNTR locus variation was tolerated in the cluster definition, the intra-household transmission raised to 85% of all patients. For 12 patients in 6 households, the M. tuberculosis isolates were clearly distinct in either spoligotyping or VNTR typing or in both genotyping methods, suggesting that these patients were infected by the sources in the community. CONCLUSIONS This study is the first to provide the results of a molecular epidemiological investigation performed within family-households in Poland. It shows the household setting as an important reservoir of M. tuberculosis transmission, and thus argues in favor of routine and extensive screening of the family contacts of TB patients.
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Systematic survey of clonal complexity in tuberculosis at a populational level and detailed characterization of the isolates involved. J Clin Microbiol 2011; 49:4131-7. [PMID: 21956991 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.05203-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Clonally complex infections by Mycobacterium tuberculosis are progressively more accepted. Studies of their dimension in epidemiological scenarios where the infective pressure is not high are scarce. Our study systematically searched for clonally complex infections (mixed infections by more than one strain and simultaneous presence of clonal variants) by applying mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit (MIRU)-variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) analysis to M. tuberculosis isolates from two population-based samples of respiratory (703 cases) and respiratory-extrapulmonary (R+E) tuberculosis (TB) cases (71 cases) in a context of moderate TB incidence. Clonally complex infections were found in 11 (1.6%) of the respiratory TB cases and in 10 (14.1%) of those with R+E TB. Among the 21 cases with clonally complex TB, 9 were infected by 2 independent strains and the remaining 12 showed the simultaneous presence of 2 to 3 clonal variants. For the 10 R+E TB cases with clonally complex infections, compartmentalization (different compositions of strains/clonal variants in independent infected sites) was found in 9 of them. All the strains/clonal variants were also genotyped by IS6110-based restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis, which split two MIRU-defined clonal variants, although in general, it showed a lower discriminatory power to identify the clonal heterogeneity revealed by MIRU-VNTR analysis. The comparative analysis of IS6110 insertion sites between coinfecting clonal variants showed differences in the genes coding for a cutinase, a PPE family protein, and two conserved hypothetical proteins. Diagnostic delay, existence of previous TB, risk for overexposure, and clustered/orphan status of the involved strains were analyzed to propose possible explanations for the cases with clonally complex infections. Our study characterizes in detail all the clonally complex infections by M. tuberculosis found in a systematic survey and contributes to the characterization that these phenomena can be found to an extent higher than expected, even in an unselected population-based sample lacking high infective pressure.
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Pang Y, Zhou Y, Wang S, Lu J, Lu B, He G, Wang L, Zhao Y. A novel method based on high resolution melting (HRM) analysis for MIRU–VNTR genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Microbiol Methods 2011; 86:291-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2011] [Revised: 05/16/2011] [Accepted: 05/26/2011] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Nabyonga L, Kateete DP, Katabazi FA, Odong PR, Whalen CC, Dickman KR, Moses JL. Determination of circulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains and transmission patterns among pulmonary TB patients in Kawempe municipality, Uganda, using MIRU-VNTR. BMC Res Notes 2011; 4:280. [PMID: 21835016 PMCID: PMC3162915 DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2011] [Accepted: 08/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units - variable number of tandem repeats (MIRU-VNTR) genotyping is a powerful tool for unraveling clonally complex Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) strains and detection of transmission patterns. Using MIRU-VNTR, MTB genotypes and their transmission patterns among patients with new and active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in Kawempe municipality in Kampala, Uganda was determined. Results MIRU-VNTR genotyping was performed by PCR-amplification of 15 MTB-MIRU loci from 113 cultured specimens from 113 PTB patients (one culture sample per patient). To determine lineages, the genotypes were entered into the MIRU-VNTRplus database [http://www.miru-vntrplus.org/] as numerical codes corresponding to the number of alleles at each locus. Ten different lineages were obtained: Uganda II (40% of specimens), Uganda I (14%), LAM (6%), Delhi/CAS (3%), Haarlem (3%), Beijing (3%), Cameroon (3%), EAI (2%), TUR (2%) and S (1%). Uganda I and Uganda II were the most predominant genotypes. Genotypes for 29 isolates (26%) did not match any strain in the database and were considered unique. There was high diversity of MIRU-VNTR genotypes, with a total of 94 distinct patterns. Thirty four isolates grouped into 15 distinct clusters each with two to four isolates. Eight households had similar MTB strains for both index and contact cases, indicating possible transmission. Conclusion MIRU-VNTR genotyping revealed high MTB strain diversity with low clustering in Kawempe municipality. The technique has a high discriminatory power for genotyping MTB strains in Uganda.
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- Lydia Nabyonga
- Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
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A first insight on the population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex as studied by spoligotyping and MIRU-VNTRs in Bogotá, Colombia. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2011; 12:657-63. [PMID: 21784173 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2011] [Revised: 07/07/2011] [Accepted: 07/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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With an incidence of 25.6/100,000 in 2008, tuberculosis (TB) remains an important public health problem in Colombia. In this study, a total of 152 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains isolated in Bogotá, Colombia between years 1995 and 2007 were genotyped by spoligotyping and 12-loci MIRU-VNTRs. The various spoligotyping-based genotypic lineages in our sample were: Latin American & Mediterranean (LAM) n=75, 49.34%; Haarlem, n=38, 25.0%; ill-defined T group, n=21, 13.82%; S family, n=5, 3.29%; X clade, n=2, 1.32%; Beijing, n=1, 0.65%, while strains with unknown signatures (n=10) represented 6.58% of isolates. Using spoligotyping as a first molecular marker and MIRU-VNTRs as second marker, we obtained 102 single patterns and 14 clustered patterns (n=52 strains from 49 patients, 2-8 strains per cluster). The MIRU-VNTRs patterns corresponded to 50 MITs for 109 strains and 43 orphan patterns. The most frequent patterns were MIT190 (n=12), MIT45 (n=10), and MIT25 (n=9). The Hunter & Gaston discriminatory index (HGDI) of both methodologies used together showed a value of 0.992. In our setting, the HGDI of five loci subset (MIRU10, 16, 23, 26 and 40) contributed most to the discriminatory power of 12-loci format used (HGDI=0.977). The lineage distribution of M. tuberculosis showed that more than 3/4 of strains in Bogotá are commonly found in Latin America, Caribbean, and Europe. This observation might reflect the shared post-Columbus history of Colombia and its Latin-American neighbors as well as strains brought in by 20th century immigrants from Europe. We also demonstrate the usefulness of MIRU-VNTR to detect suspected links among patients and polyclonal infections.
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Noguti EN, Leite CQF, Malaspina AC, Santos ACB, Hirata RDC, Hirata MH, Mamizuka EM, Cardoso RF. Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from a low-endemic setting in northwestern state of Paraná in Southern Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2011; 105:779-85. [PMID: 20944992 DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762010000600008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2010] [Accepted: 05/13/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study was to provide information about the genetic diversity and prevalent genotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a low-endemic setting in northwestern state of Paraná in Southern Brazil. We employed spoligotyping and mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units-variable number tandem repeat (MIRU-VNTR) techniques to genotype M. tuberculos isisolates from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). The 93 isolates analyzed by spoligotyping were divided into 36 different patterns, 30 of which were described in the SITVIT database. Latin American and Mediterranean, Haarlem and T families were responsible for 26.9%, 17.2% and 11.8% of TB cases, respectively. From the 84 isolates analyzed by MIRU-VNTR, 58 shared a unique pattern and the remaining 26 belonged to nine clusters. The MIRU loci 40, 23, 10 and 16 were the most discriminatory. A combination of MIRU-VNTR and spoligotyping resulted in 85.7% discriminatory power (Hunter-Gaston index = 0.995). Thus, combining spoligotyping and MIRU-VNTR typing proved to be most useful for epidemiological study in this low-endemic setting in Southern Brazil. The current study demonstrated that there is significant diversity in circulating strains in the city of Maringá and the surrounding regions, with no single genotype of M. tuberculosis predominating.
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- Erika Noda Noguti
- Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil
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Alonso Rodríguez N, Martínez Lirola M, Chaves F, lñigo J, Herranz M, Ritacco V, Bouza E, García de Viedma D. Differences in the robustness of clusters involving the Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains most frequently isolated from immigrant cases in Madrid. Clin Microbiol Infect 2010; 16:1544-54. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03161.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Yokoyama E, Hachisu Y, Hashimoto R, Kishida K. Concordance of variable-number tandem repeat (VNTR) and large sequence polymorphism (LSP) analyses of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2010; 10:913-8. [PMID: 20561911 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2010.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2009] [Revised: 05/12/2010] [Accepted: 05/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Variable-number tandem repeat (VNTR) and large sequence polymorphism (LSP) analyses were compared to determine whether VNTR analysis was effective for population genetic analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains. A total of 682 strains, 510 Beijing genotype and 172 non-Beijing genotype strains, were studied. The number of repeats was investigated for 24 VNTR loci: the 15 loci of "optimized miru", the 8 loci of "Beijing option", and 1 locus for "JATA12". Six loci (miru31, Mtub4, QUB4156c, QUB3232, VNTR3820, and VNTR4120) showed significantly different median numbers of repeats in strains belonging to different lineages defined by LSP (P<0.01, Mann-Whitney U test). When a minimum-spanning tree (MST) was reconstructed using these 6 loci, most strains clustered in the expected branches in the MST branches. However, topology of the MST was not congruent with the evolutional hypothesis of M. tuberculosis, indicating that MST analysis using VNTR data should not use for phylogeny of the organism. When the standardized index of association (sI(A)) was calculated using data for the 6 VNTR loci, the value of sI(A) was significantly different from zero (Monte Carlo simulation with 10,000 resamplings) in every lineage, indicating the linkage disequilibrium in different lineage strains of M. tuberculosis. These results were consistent with the hypothesis that clonal evolution of lineages of the organism has occurred. Therefore, the 6 loci identified in this study would be effective for M. tuberculosis population genetic analysis due to their significantly different median numbers of repeat and linkage disequilibrium though VNTR data was not effective for phylogeny of the organism.
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- Eiji Yokoyama
- Division of Bacteriology, Chiba Prefectural Institute of Public Health, 666-2 Nitona, Chuo, Chiba City, Chiba 260-8715, Japan.
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Alonso M, Alonso Rodriguez N, Garzelli C, Martínez Lirola M, Herranz M, Samper S, Ruiz Serrano MJ, Bouza E, García de Viedma D. Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing isolates from the Mediterranean area. BMC Microbiol 2010; 10:151. [PMID: 20500810 PMCID: PMC2894025 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2009] [Accepted: 05/25/2010] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The Beijing lineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is causing concern due to its global distribution and its involvement in severe outbreaks. Studies focused on this lineage are mainly restricted to geographical settings where its prevalence is high, whereas those in other areas are scarce. In this study, we analyze Beijing isolates in the Mediterranean area, where this lineage is not prevalent and is mainly associated with immigrant cases. RESULTS Only 1% (N = 26) of the isolates from two population-based studies in Spain corresponded to Beijing strains, most of which were pan-susceptible and from Peruvian and Ecuadorian patients. Restriction fragment length polymorphism typing with the insertion sequence IS6110 identified three small clusters (2-3 cases). Mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number tandem repeat typing (MIRU-15) offered low discriminatory power, requiring the introduction of five additional loci. A selection of the Beijing isolates identified in the Spanish sample, together with a sample of Beijing strains from Italy, to broaden the analysis context in the Mediterranean area, were assayed in an infection model with THP-1 cells. A wide range of intracellular growth rates was observed with only two isolates showing an increased intracellular replication, in both cases associated with contained production of TNF-alpha. No correlation was observed between virulence and the Beijing phylogenetic group, clustered/orphan status, or resistance. The Beijing strain responsible for extensive spread on Gran Canaria Island was also identified in Madrid, but did not lead to secondary cases and did not show high infectivity in the infection model. CONCLUSIONS The Beijing lineage in our area is a non-homogeneous family, with only certain highly virulent representatives. The specific characterization of Beijing isolates in different settings could help us to accurately identify the virulent representatives before making general assumptions about this lineage.
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- Servicio de Microbiología Clínica y Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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Lopez-Alvarez R, Badillo-Lopez C, Cerna-Cortes JF, Castillo-Ramirez I, Rivera-Gutierrez S, Helguera-Repetto AC, Aguilar D, Hernandez-Pando R, Samper S, Gonzalez-y-Merchand JA. First insights into the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from HIV-infected Mexican patients and mutations causing multidrug resistance. BMC Microbiol 2010; 10:82. [PMID: 20236539 PMCID: PMC2848023 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2009] [Accepted: 03/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The prevalence of infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTb) and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) species in HIV-infected patients in Mexico is unknown. The aims of this study were to determine the frequency of MTb and NTM species in HIV-infected patients from Mexico City, to evaluate the genotypic diversity of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains, to determine their drug resistance profiles by colorimetric microplate Alamar Blue assay (MABA), and finally, to detect mutations present in katG, rpoB and inhA genes, resulting in isoniazid (INH) and rifampin (RIF) resistance. RESULTS Of the 67 mycobacterial strains isolated, 48 were identified as MTb, 9 as M. bovis, 9 as M. avium and 1 as M. intracellulare. IS6110-RFLP of 48 MTb strains showed 27 profiles. Spoligotyping of the 48 MTb strains yielded 21 patterns, and 9 M. bovis strains produced 7 patterns. Eleven new spoligotypes patterns were found. A total of 40 patterns were produced from the 48 MTb strains when MIRU-VNTR was performed. Nineteen (39.6%) MTb strains were resistant to one or more drugs. One (2.1%) multidrug-resistant (MDR) strain was identified. A novel mutation was identified in a RIF-resistant strain, GAG --> TCG (Glu --> Ser) at codon 469 of rpoB gene. CONCLUSIONS This is the first molecular analysis of mycobacteria isolated from HIV-infected patients in Mexico, which describe the prevalence of different mycobacterial species in this population. A high genetic diversity of MTb strains was identified. New spoligotypes and MIRU-VNTR patterns as well as a novel mutation associated to RIF-resistance were found. This information will facilitate the tracking of different mycobacterial species in HIV-infected individuals, and monitoring the spread of these microorganisms, leading to more appropriate measures for tuberculosis control.
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Allix-Béguec C, Hubans C, Ferreira S. Novas ferramentas de fácil utilização para genotipagem padronizada e com qualidade controlada de estirpes do complexo Mycobacterium tuberculosis. REVISTA PORTUGUESA DE PNEUMOLOGIA 2010; 16SA:S89-93. [DOI: 10.1016/s0873-2159(15)30098-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Thong-On A, Smittipat N, Juthayothin T, Yanai H, Yamada N, Yorsangsukkamol J, Chaiprasert A, Rienthong D, Billamas P, Palittapongarnpim P. Variable-number tandem repeats typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates with low copy numbers of IS6110 in Thailand. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2010; 90:9-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2009.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2009] [Revised: 10/22/2009] [Accepted: 10/22/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Yun KW, Song EJ, Choi GE, Hwang IK, Lee EY, Chang CL. Strain typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Korea by mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units-variable number of tandem repeats. Korean J Lab Med 2009; 29:314-9. [PMID: 19726893 DOI: 10.3343/kjlm.2009.29.4.314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the most clinically significant infectious agents. Especially during mass outbreaks, accurate identification and monitoring are required. The proportion of Beijing family members is very high among infecting strains, and spoligotyping is not suitable for strain typing. Therefore, we studied the homogeneity of isolates using the mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units-variable number of tandem repeats (MIRU-VNTR) method and identified its utility for carrying out molecular epidemiologic analysis. METHODS Eighty-one clinical M. tuberculosis isolates that had previously been analyzed by spoligotyping were used in this study. We used the 12 standard MIRU loci and further four exact tandem repeat (ETR) loci (ETR-A, -B, -C, and -F). Four strains each of randomly selected Beijing and Beijing-like families were subjected to IS6110- restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. RESULTS All 81 samples showed amplification products of all VNTR loci, and all of them showed differences in at least one locus. The calculation of the Hunter-Gaston diversity index (HGDI) for MIRU-VNTR gave the value of 0.965. Discriminatory index in the six loci (MIRU-10, -16, -26, -31, -39, and ETR-F) were found to be highly discriminated (HGDI >0.6). Beijing and Beijing-like family isolates were discriminated into different MIRU-VNTR types. CONCLUSIONS MIRU-VNTR analysis by using well-selected loci can be useful in discriminating the clinical M. tuberculosis isolates in areas where the Beijing family is predominant.
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- Kyung Won Yun
- Department of Internal Medicine, Busan St. Mary's Hospital, Busan, Korea
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