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Lőrincz K, Meznerics FA, Jobbágy A, Kiss N, Madarász M, Belvon L, Tóth B, Tamási B, Wikonkál NM, Marschalkó M, Bánvölgyi A. STIs during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Hungary: Gonorrhea as a Potential Indicator of Sexual Behavior. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:9627. [PMID: 35954984 PMCID: PMC9368208 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19159627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Revised: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The social distancing measures introduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic may have affected the sexual behavior of the population. We collected data retrospectively from the National STD Center of Hungary. The overall patient influx data of the STD Center and the number of patients diagnosed with syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea infections were assessed in the three-month period of 2020 when the strict governmental lockdown was introduced in Hungary. Data were compared to the pre- and post-lockdown quarters of 2020 and matched to the respective quarters of 2018 and 2019. The number of patients diagnosed with syphilis and chlamydia infections in 2020 during the lockdown decreased compared to 2018 and 2019, while the number of gonorrhea cases increased. The lower number of STI screenings resulted in a significant decrease in asymptomatic syphilis and chlamydia case numbers. However, the growing number of gonorrhea cases in 2020 during lockdown highlights that sexual behavior remained unchanged regardless of restrictions. Therefore, gonorrhea may be considered as an indicator of STI incidences during the pandemic.
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Jiang TT, Han Y, Zhou Y, Cao NX, Shi MQ, Yin YP, Chen XS. Prevalence of anatomically specific infections with Chlamydia trachomatis among men who have sex with men in China: protocol for a nationwide cross-sectional study as part of Disease Burden Surveillance of Infections with Chlamydia (DBSIC). BMJ Open 2022; 12:e059176. [PMID: 35459676 PMCID: PMC9036431 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) causes the most prevalent bacterial sexually transmitted infection in the world, and men who have sex with men (MSM) are considered as a high-risk population for this infection. Data regarding the prevalence of CT infection in China are limited and fragmented. In this study, we aim to determine at the national level the anatomically specific CT prevalence and genotype distribution of CT strains among MSM, recruiting from the venues where MSM commonly seek sexual partners. METHODS AND ANALYSIS The study will be a nationwide cross-sectional survey to estimate the prevalence of chlamydial infections among MSM who meet the inclusion criteria over a period of 6 months (May-October 2022). A total of 2429 participants will be recruited from the venues where MSM most often seek sex partners in 14 cities of the 7 geographical regions in China. A mobile phone app-based anonymous self-administered questionnaire will be used to collect sociodemographic and behavioural data, and specimens of urine, anorectal and pharyngeal swabs will be collected for identifying the infections of CT and Neisseria gonorrhoeae and genotypes of CT. The data will be analysed using the IBM SPSS program V.20 ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The study protocol has been approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Institute of Dermatology and the National Center for STD Control on 9 October 2021 (approval number 2021-KY-037). The study is based on voluntary participation and a written informed consent process. The study results will be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals and reported in conferences. The relevant data will be made available to development of control programmes and used as health education materials to disseminate to the community. The dataset will be deposited in a public repository. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER ChiCTR2100052869.
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- Ting-Ting Jiang
- Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China
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- Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Seth-Smith HMB, Bénard A, Bruisten SM, Versteeg B, Herrmann B, Kok J, Carter I, Peuchant O, Bébéar C, Lewis DA, Puerta T, Keše D, Balla E, Zákoucká H, Rob F, Morré SA, de Barbeyrac B, Galán JC, de Vries HJC, Thomson NR, Goldenberger D, Egli A. Ongoing evolution of Chlamydia trachomatis lymphogranuloma venereum: exploring the genomic diversity of circulating strains. Microb Genom 2021; 7. [PMID: 34184981 PMCID: PMC8461462 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), the invasive infection of the sexually transmissible infection (STI) Chlamydia trachomatis, is caused by strains from the LGV biovar, most commonly represented by ompA-genotypes L2b and L2. We investigated the diversity in LGV samples across an international collection over seven years using typing and genome sequencing. LGV-positive samples (n=321) from eight countries collected between 2011 and 2017 (Spain n=97, Netherlands n=67, Switzerland n=64, Australia n=53, Sweden n=37, Hungary n=31, Czechia n=30, Slovenia n=10) were genotyped for pmpH and ompA variants. All were found to contain the 9 bp insertion in the pmpH gene, previously associated with ompA-genotype L2b. However, analysis of the ompA gene shows ompA-genotype L2b (n=83), ompA-genotype L2 (n=180) and several variants of these (n=52; 12 variant types), as well as other/mixed ompA-genotypes (n=6). To elucidate the genomic diversity, whole genome sequencing (WGS) was performed from selected samples using SureSelect target enrichment, resulting in 42 genomes, covering a diversity of ompA-genotypes and representing most of the countries sampled. A phylogeny of these data clearly shows that these ompA-genotypes derive from an ompA-genotype L2b ancestor, carrying up to eight SNPs per isolate. SNPs within ompA are overrepresented among genomic changes in these samples, each of which results in an amino acid change in the variable domains of OmpA (major outer membrane protein, MOMP). A reversion to ompA-genotype L2 with the L2b genomic backbone is commonly seen. The wide diversity of ompA-genotypes found in these recent LGV samples indicates that this gene is under immunological selection. Our results suggest that the ompA-genotype L2b genomic backbone is the dominant strain circulating and evolving particularly in men who have sex with men (MSM) populations.
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- Helena M B Seth-Smith
- Clinical Bacteriology & Mycology, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland.,Applied Microbiology Research, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Basel, Switzerland
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- Present address: Healthcare Systems Research Group, VHIR, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Passeig de la Vall d'Hebron 119-129, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.,Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, GGD Public Health Service of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity (AII), Location Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, GGD Public Health Service of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Section of Clinical Bacteriology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.,Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity & Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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- CHU Bordeaux, Department of Bacteriology, French National Reference Center for bacterial STIs, Bordeaux, France
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- CHU Bordeaux, Department of Bacteriology, French National Reference Center for bacterial STIs, Bordeaux, France
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- Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Western Sydney Local Health District, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.,Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity & Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Unidad de ITS/VIH, Centro Sanitario Sandoval, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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- University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Bacterial STI Reference Laboratory, National Public Health Center (former National Center for Epidemiology), Budapest, Hungary
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- National Reference Laboratory for Diagnostics of Syphilis and Chlamydia Infections, National Institute of Public Health, Srobarova 48, 100 42, Prague 10, Czech Republic
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- Department of Dermatovenereology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Hospital Bulovka, Budinova 2, 180 81, Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Institute for Public Health Genomics (IPHG), Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, Research Institute GROW, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- CHU Bordeaux, Department of Bacteriology, French National Reference Center for bacterial STIs, Bordeaux, France
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal. Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain. CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP)
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, GGD Public Health Service of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity (AII), Location Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK.,Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Clinical Bacteriology & Mycology, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland
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- Clinical Bacteriology & Mycology, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland.,Applied Microbiology Research, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Marangoni A, Foschi C, Tartari F, Gaspari V, Re MC. Lymphogranuloma venereum genovariants in men having sex with men in Italy. Sex Transm Infect 2020; 97:441-445. [DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Revised: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 09/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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ObjectivesLymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is an STI caused by Chlamydia trachomatis serovars L1-L3. In Europe, the current epidemic is caused mainly by L2b genovariant, although increasing cases associated with other L2 variants have been reported. Here, we assessed the distribution of rectal LGV genovariants among men having sex with men (MSM) in Italy.MethodsFrom 2016 to 2020, all the anorectal swabs collected from MSM attending the STI Clinic of St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital in Bologna and positive for C. trachomatis were stored. LGV infection was confirmed by a pmpH PCR, and, subsequently, a fragment of the ompA gene was amplified and sequenced. Sequences were aligned to reference strains representing different LGV variants.ResultsLGV cases accounted for one-third of all chlamydial rectal infections with a total prevalence of 4.1% (76/1852). Total number of LGV cases per year remained constant. LGV was mainly found in symptomatic patients (>65%), older than 30 years, with a high burden of other STIs (63.7% HIV-positive, 35.5% with concurrent rectal gonorrhoea, 19.7% with early syphilis). A decreasing trend in HIV-LGV co-infection was noticed over time. Three main LGV genovariants were detected (L2f, 46.1%; L2b, 23.0%; L2-L2b/D-Da, 16.9%), together with other known L2b variants (mainly L2bV2 and L2bV4). Two novel L2b ompA variants with non-synonymous single-nucleotide polymorphisms were found. Over time, the percentage of L2f cases dropped gradually, with a significant increase in L2-L2b/D-Da cases (p=0.04).ConclusionsIn our area, LGV is endemic among MSM with different circulating genovariants. Active surveillance and genotyping programmes are needed to reduce re-establishing of LGV infection.
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Juyal D, Rawre J, Dhawan B. Under diagnosis of the lymphogranuloma venereum serovars in the Indian population. Indian J Med Microbiol 2019; 37:595-597. [PMID: 32436888 DOI: 10.4103/ijmm.ijmm_19_475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Deepak Juyal
- Department of Microbiology, Government Doon Medical College, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Cole MJ, Field N, Pitt R, Amato-Gauci AJ, Begovac J, French PD, Keše D, Klavs I, Zidovec Lepej S, Pöcher K, Stary A, Schalk H, Spiteri G, Hughes G. Substantial underdiagnosis of lymphogranuloma venereum in men who have sex with men in Europe: preliminary findings from a multicentre surveillance pilot. Sex Transm Infect 2019; 96:137-142. [PMID: 31235527 PMCID: PMC7035679 DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2019-053972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Revised: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Objectives Understanding the public health impact of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) in Europe is hampered by inadequate diagnostics and surveillance systems in many European countries. We developed and piloted LGV surveillance in three European countries without existing systems and performed a preliminary investigation of LGV epidemiology, where little evidence currently exists. Methods We recruited STI or dermatovenereology clinics and associated laboratories serving men who have sex with men (MSM) in Austria, Croatia and Slovenia, using the UK for comparison. We undertook centralised LGV testing of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT)-positive rectal swabs collected between October 2016 and May 2017 from MSM attending these clinics. Stored specimens from Austria (2015–2016) and Croatia (2014) were also tested. Clinical and sociodemographic data were collected using a standardised proforma. The ompA gene of LGV-positive specimens was sequenced. Results In total, 500 specimens from CT-positive MSM were tested, and LGV positivity was 25.6% (128/500; 95% CI 22.0% to 29.6%) overall, and 47.6% (79/166; 40.1% to 55.2%) in Austria, 20.0% (3/15; 7.1% to 45.2%) in Croatia, 16.7% (1/6; 3.0% to 56.4%) in Slovenia and 14.4% (45/313; 10.9% to 18.7 %) in the UK. Proformas were completed for cases in Croatia, Slovenia and in the UK; proformas could not be completed for Austrian cases, but limited data were available from line listings. Where recorded, 83.9% (78/93) of LGV-CT cases were HIV-positive compared with 65.4% (149/228) of non-LGV-CT cases; MSM with LGV-CT were more likely to have proctitis (Austria, 91.8% vs 40.5%, p<0.001; Croatia, 100% vs 25%, p=0.04; UK, 52.4% vs 11.7%, p<0.001) than those with non-LGV-CT. Six different ompA sequences were identified, including three new variants; the L2 ompA sequence predominated (58.6%, 51/87). Conclusions LGV is substantially underdiagnosed in MSM across Europe. Unified efforts are needed to overcome barriers to testing, establish effective surveillance, and optimise diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
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- National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, UK.,Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, London, UK
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- National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, UK
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- Office of the Chief Scientist, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden
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- University Hospital for Infectious Diseases 'Dr Fran Mihaljevic', Zagreb, Croatia
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- Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institut za varovanje zdravja Republike Slovenije, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Outpatients' Centre for Diagnosis of Infectious Venero-Dermatological Diseases, Vienna, Austria
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- Outpatients' Centre for Diagnosis of Infectious Venero-Dermatological Diseases, Vienna, Austria
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- Surveillance and Response Support Unit, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden
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- National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, UK
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Patiño LH, Camargo M, Muñoz M, Ríos-Chaparro DI, Patarroyo MA, Ramírez JD. Unveiling the Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) Schemes and Core Genome Phylogenies for Genotyping Chlamydia trachomatis. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1854. [PMID: 30186244 PMCID: PMC6113918 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) has become a useful tool for studying the genetic diversity of important public health pathogens, such as Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct). Four MLST schemes have been proposed for Ct (data available from Chlamydiales MLST databases). However, the lack of a sole standardized scheme represents the greatest limitation regarding typing this species. This study was thus aimed at evaluating the usefulness of the four MLST schemes available for Ct, describing each molecular marker's pattern and its contribution toward a description of intra-specific genetic diversity and population structure. The markers for each scheme, showed a variable power of dicrimination, exhibiting in some cases over estimation in the determination of Sequence Types (STs). However, individual analysis of each locus's typing efficiency and discrimination power led to identifying 8 markers as having a suitable pattern for intra-specific typing. analyzing the 8 candidate markers gave a combination of 3 of these loci as an optimal scheme for identifying a large amount of STs, maximizing discrimination power whilst maintaining suitable typing efficiency. One scheme was compared against core genome phylogenies, finding a higher typing resolution through the last approach. These results confirm once again that although complete genome data, in particular from core genome MLST (cgMLST) allow a high resolution clustering for Ct isolates. There are combinations of molecular markers that could generate equivalent results, with the advantage of representing an easy implementation strategy and lower costs leading to contribute to the monitoring and molecular epidemiology of Ct.
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- Luz H. Patiño
- Grupo de Investigaciones Microbiológicas-UR (GIMUR), Programa de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemáticas, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia
- Ph.D. Programme in Biomedical and Biological Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Ph.D. Programme in Biomedical and Biological Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia
- Molecular Biology and Immunology Department, Fundación Instituto de Inmunología de Colombia (FIDIC), Bogotá, Colombia
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- Grupo de Investigaciones Microbiológicas-UR (GIMUR), Programa de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemáticas, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Grupo de Investigaciones Microbiológicas-UR (GIMUR), Programa de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemáticas, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Molecular Biology and Immunology Department, Fundación Instituto de Inmunología de Colombia (FIDIC), Bogotá, Colombia
- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Grupo de Investigaciones Microbiológicas-UR (GIMUR), Programa de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemáticas, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia
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Seth-Smith HM, Galán JC, Goldenberger D, Lewis DA, Peuchant O, Bébéar C, de Barbeyrac B, Bénard A, Carter I, Kok J, Bruisten SM, Versteeg B, Morré SA, Thomson NR, Egli A, de Vries HJ. Concern regarding the alleged spread of hypervirulent lymphogranuloma venereum Chlamydia trachomatis strain in Europe. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 22:30511. [PMID: 28449734 PMCID: PMC5476980 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2017.22.15.30511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Helena Mb Seth-Smith
- Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Applied Microbiology Research, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal. CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP). Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain
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- Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Western Sydney Local Health District, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.,Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity & Sydney Medical School-Westmead, Sydney, Australia
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- University of Bordeaux, INRA, USC ES 3671, French National Reference Centre for chlamydiae, Bordeaux, France
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- University of Bordeaux, INRA, USC ES 3671, French National Reference Centre for chlamydiae, Bordeaux, France
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- University of Bordeaux, INRA, USC ES 3671, French National Reference Centre for chlamydiae, Bordeaux, France
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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- Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity & Sydney Medical School-Westmead, Sydney, Australia.,Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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- STI Outpatient Clinic, Department of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Service Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Amsterdam Infection and Immunity Institute (AI&II), Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- STI Outpatient Clinic, Department of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Service Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Institute for Public Health Genomics (IPHG), Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, Research Institute GROW, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Cambridge, United Kingdom.,London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Applied Microbiology Research, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- STI Outpatient Clinic, Department of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Service Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Amsterdam Infection and Immunity Institute (AI&II), Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Dermatology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Fabre-Baudouin A, Roux AL, Marin C, Lachatre M, De Laroche M, Ponsoye M, Hanslik T, Trad S. [Diagnostic issues of lymphogranuloma venereum: A case series of 5 patients]. Rev Med Interne 2017; 38:794-799. [PMID: 29128125 DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2017.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Accepted: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Lymphogranuloma venereum (LG) is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by Chlamydia trachomatis L serovar. METHODS These five consecutive cases aim to highlight the risk of LG misdiagnosis, in case of initial presentation with isolated inguinal adenitis. RESULTS Five men (mean age: 30±7 years) were seen in an internal medicine department, for inguinal adenopathy. One patient had clinical signs of urethritis. None presented an associated rectitis. Three patients had a history of STI, and two had a discovery of related HIV disease. Urinary polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was positive for the symptomatic patient and negative for the others. Lymph node PCR was positive in all patients within a L2b serotype (searched in 4 out of 5 cases). CONCLUSION LG should be evoked in any patient with inguinal adenomegaly, particularly in case of STI history or risk factors. Negativity of urinary PCR should lead to further investigations, essentially a lymph node cytopuncture to evidence C. trachomatis.
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- A Fabre-Baudouin
- Service de médecine interne, hôpital Ambroise-Paré, AP-HP, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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- Laboratoire de microbiologie, hôpital Ambroise-Paré, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France; UMR1173, Inserm, UFR des sciences de la santé Simone-Veil, université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin, 78180 Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France
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- Laboratoire d'anatomopathologie, hôpital Ambroise-Paré, AP-HP, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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- Service de médecine interne, hôpital Ambroise-Paré, AP-HP, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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- Service de médecine interne, hôpital Ambroise-Paré, AP-HP, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France; Laboratoire d'anatomopathologie, hôpital Ambroise-Paré, AP-HP, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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- Service de médecine interne, hôpital Ambroise-Paré, AP-HP, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France; Laboratoire d'anatomopathologie, hôpital Ambroise-Paré, AP-HP, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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- Service de médecine interne, hôpital Ambroise-Paré, AP-HP, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France; Université Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), 78180 Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France
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- Service de médecine interne, hôpital Ambroise-Paré, AP-HP, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
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Petrovay F, Balla E, Erdősi T. Authors’reply: Concern regarding the alleged spread of hypervirulent lymphogranuloma venereum Chlamydia trachomatis strain in Europe. Euro Surveill 2017; 22:30512. [PMID: 28449737 PMCID: PMC5476978 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2017.22.15.30512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2017] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Fruzsina Petrovay
- Department of Bacteriology II., National Centre for Epidemiology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Bacteriology II., National Centre for Epidemiology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Phage and Molecular Typing, National Centre for Epidemiology, Budapest, Hungary
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