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Panzenhagen PHN, Cabral CC, Suffys PN, Franco RM, Rodrigues DP, Conte-Junior CA. Comparative genome analysis and characterization of the Salmonella Typhimurium strain CCRJ_26 isolated from swine carcasses using whole-genome sequencing approach. Lett Appl Microbiol 2018; 66:352-359. [PMID: 29397031 DOI: 10.1111/lam.12859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2017] [Revised: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/20/2018] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Salmonella pathogenicity relies on virulence factors many of which are clustered within the Salmonella pathogenicity islands. Salmonella also harbours mobile genetic elements such as virulence plasmids, prophage-like elements and antimicrobial resistance genes which can contribute to increase its pathogenicity. Here, we have genetically characterized a selected S. Typhimurium strain (CCRJ_26) from our previous study with Multiple Drugs Resistant profile and high-frequency PFGE clonal profile which apparently persists in the pork production centre of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. By whole-genome sequencing, we described the strain's genome virulent content and characterized the repertoire of bacterial plasmids, antibiotic resistance genes and prophage-like elements. Here, we have shown evidence that strain CCRJ_26 genome possible represent a virulence-associated phenotype which may be potentially virulent in human infection. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY Whole-genome sequencing technologies are still costly and remain underexplored for applied microbiology in Brazil. Hence, this genomic description of S. Typhimurium strain CCRJ_26 will provide help in future molecular epidemiological studies. The analysis described here reveals a quick and useful pipeline for bacterial virulence characterization using whole-genome sequencing approach.
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- P H N Panzenhagen
- Food Science Program, Chemistry Institute, University Federal of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Federal Fluminense University (UFF), Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Federal Fluminense University (UFF), Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Severino Sombra University (USS), Vassouras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Federal Fluminense University (UFF), Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- National Reference Laboratory Diagnosis of Enteric Bacteria, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Food Science Program, Chemistry Institute, University Federal of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Federal Fluminense University (UFF), Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,National Institute of Quality Control in Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Pignataro P, Rocha ADS, Nery JAC, Miranda A, Sales AM, Ferrreira H, Valentim V, Suffys PN. Leprosy and AIDS: two cases of increasing inflammatory reactions at the start of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2004; 23:408-11. [PMID: 15112073 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-004-1131-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Reported here are the cases of two HIV-positive patients with skin lesions suggestive of leprosy, based on clinical and pathological analysis, which worsened during the few weeks following initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy. The lesions improved after a few weeks of multidrug therapy for leprosy. Mycobacterium leprae was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction analysis of blood in case 1 and of a biopsy sample in case 2. Neither Mycobacterium avium complex nucleic acid, which is usually associated with immune restoration syndrome, nor mycobacterial cutaneous manifestations were detected in either case.
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- P Pignataro
- Leprosy Laboratory, Department of Tropical Medicine, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Avenida Brasil 4365, Manguinhos, CEP 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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da Silva Rocha A, Werneck Barreto AM, Dias Campos CE, Villas-Bôas da Silva M, Fonseca L, Saad MH, Degrave WM, Suffys PN. Novel allelic variants of Mycobacteria isolated in Brazil as determined by PCR-restriction enzyme analysis of hsp65. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40:4191-6. [PMID: 12409396 PMCID: PMC139659 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.40.11.4191-4196.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Human isolates of Mycobacterium collected in 16 different states of Brazil were submitted to PCR-restriction analysis (PRA) of a 439-bp fragment of the hsp65 gene with HaeIII and BstEII. Fourteen allelic variants not described in clinical isolates so far were observed among 36 (10%) of 356 Brazilian strains, including a new pattern for Mycobacterium scrofulaceum, M. intracellulare, and M. flavescens, two new patterns for M. fortuitum, three new patterns each for M. gordonae and M. terrae, and one new pattern for M. avium complex-like strains. Two unidentified strains each also presented a new pattern, strongly suggesting that Mycobacterium genotypes are distributed biogeographically. The PRA procedure was also performed with 43 reference isolates belonging to 34 species, adding a further six new patterns to the identification algorithm. A database containing the normalized restriction patterns of both enzymes was constructed. Patterns available on the Internet can be introduced into this database, which will make possible the comparison of genotypes from isolates from different parts of the world.
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- A da Silva Rocha
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Departmentand, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Suffys PN, da Silva Rocha A, de Oliveira M, Campos CE, Barreto AM, Portaels F, Rigouts L, Wouters G, Jannes G, van Reybroeck G, Mijs W, Vanderborght B. Rapid identification of Mycobacteria to the species level using INNO-LiPA Mycobacteria, a reverse hybridization assay. J Clin Microbiol 2001; 39:4477-82. [PMID: 11724865 PMCID: PMC88569 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.39.12.4477-4482.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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INNO-LiPA Mycobacteria (LiPA; Innogenetics, Zwijnaarde, Belgium) is a kit for the simultaneous detection and identification of Mycobacterium species in culture and identifies the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, the M. avium complex (MAC), and the following Mycobacterium species: M. kansasii, M. avium, M. intracellulare, M. scrofulaceum, M. gordonae, M. xenopi, and the M. chelonae-M. abscessus complex. The assay, which targets the 16S-23S rRNA spacer region, was evaluated on 157 mycobacterial strains that had been identified by conventional techniques and PCR-restriction enzyme analysis of the hsp65 gene (PRA). Forty-seven reference strains consisting of 37 different species and 110 human clinical isolates were submitted to the test, and all were hybridized with the Mycobacterium genus probe (MYC) on the LiPA strip (100% sensitivity). Ninety-four isolates hybridized to their corresponding species- or complex-specific probes; only one isolate phenotypically identified as M. gordonae did not react with its specific probe (99.4% accuracy). Thirty-seven MAC strains were phenotypically identified to the complex level and to the species level by LiPA as M. avium (n = 18) or M. intracellulare (n = 7) or as belonging to the M. avium-M. intracellulare-M. scrofulaceum complex (n = 12). Of the last 12 strains, 10 had M. avium PRA patterns and 2 had M. intracellulare PRA patterns. Three isolates that had been identified as a single species by conventional identification were proven to be mixed cultures by the LiPA assay. The whole procedure can be performed in 1 working day, starting with the supernatant of a small amount of bacterial mass that had been treated by freezing and then boiling.
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- P N Suffys
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Santos AR, Balassiano V, Oliveira ML, Pereira MA, Santos PB, Degrave WM, Suffys PN. Detection of Mycobacterium leprae DNA by polymerase chain reaction in the blood of individuals, eight years after completion of anti-leprosy therapy. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2001; 96:1129-33. [PMID: 11784934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023] Open
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Thirty eight patients with indeterminate leprosy (HI), at least 4 to 6 years after discharge from multibacillary (MB) or paucibacillary (PB) schemes of anti leprosy multidrug therapy (MDT), were submitted to traditional diagnostic procedures for leprosy and to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of different clinical samples for detection of Mycobacterium leprae DNA. No significant difference was observed for any of the parameters analyzed between PB or MB schemes of treatment and no indications were found for more efficient outcome of HI using the MB scheme. Remarkably, 18 (54.5%) of the individuals were PCR positive in at least one of the samples: positivity of PCR was highest in blood samples and four individuals were PCR positive in blood and some other sample. Upon comparison of PCR results with clinical and histopathological parameters, no correlation was found between PCR-positivity and eventual relapse. This is the first report on detection of M. leprae DNA in PB patients, more than half a decade after completion of MDT, suggesting that live bacilli are present and circulating much longer than expected, although reinfection of the individuals can not be excluded. Overall, we feel that because of the high sensitivity of the assay, extreme care should be taken about association of PCR results, efficacy of treatment and disease status.
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- A R Santos
- Setor de Hanseníase, Departamento de Medicina Tropical, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21045-900, Brasil
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Moraes MO, Duppre NC, Suffys PN, Santos AR, Almeida AS, Nery JA, Sampaio EP, Sarno EN. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha promoter polymorphism TNF2 is associated with a stronger delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction in the skin of borderline tuberculoid leprosy patients. Immunogenetics 2001; 53:45-7. [PMID: 11261930 DOI: 10.1007/s002510000295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- M O Moraes
- Tropical Medicine Department, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Sarno EN, Santos AR, Jardim MR, Suffys PN, Almeida AS, Nery JA, Vieira LM, Sampaio EP. Pathogenesis of nerve damage in leprosy: genetic polymorphism regulates the production of TNF alpha. LEPROSY REV 2000; 71 Suppl:S154-8; discussion S158-60. [PMID: 11201873 DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.20000087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Studies carried out over the last decade have strongly suggested that TNF alpha both overtly participates in the cell-mediated immune response against Mycobacterium leprae, and is overproduced during reaction. In addition, reactions are intimately related to the onset of nerve damage. Finally, TNF alpha has been implicated in the pathogenesis of many human and experimental autoimmune peripheral neuropathies that, as in leprosy, result in demyelination and axonal lesions. Because of recent findings associating human TNF alpha mutant alleles at the -308 position with increased production of TNF alpha in many immunological and infectious diseases, an investigation of the role of TNF2 in predisposing leprosy patients to reaction has been undertaken. Analysis of 300 patients with leprosy--210 multibacillary and 90 paucibacillary--has shown that the percentage of reactional patients was similar among both carriers and non-carriers of the TNF2 allele. However, a separate analysis of 57 carriers of TNF2 found that reactions occurred much more frequently among heterozygous than among homozygous patients. Moreover, the frequency of neuritis was somewhat greater among the heterozygous patients than among the non-carriers. Enhanced serum levels of TNF alpha have been noted in both TNF-1 and TNF-2 mutant patients in the course of leprosy reaction. Our observations to date suggest that other factors not related to the presence of the mutant gene may lead to the TNF alpha hyper-responsiveness observed during reaction.
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- E N Sarno
- Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Loureiro MM, de Moraes BA, Quadra MR, Pinheiro GS, Suffys PN, Asensi MD. Molecular epidemiology of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from newborns in a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2000; 95:777-82. [PMID: 11080760 DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762000000600005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an organism that is frequently transmitted in hospitals and perinatal units. The MRSA is considered a public health problem in neonatology because of its strong potential for dissemination in the wards associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. In this study we describe the bacteriological, epidemiological and molecular characteristics of MRSA isolated from anterior nares and blood cultures of newborns hospitalized in a public maternity hospital in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The frequency of MRSA isolated from nasal swabs of newborns was 47.8% (43/90). The genetic analysis of MRSA strains from anterior nares, showed 8 different pulsed field gel electrophoresis patterns (PFGE). Upon analysis of PFGE patterns of the 12 MRSA strains isolated from blood cultures, 8 different patterns were observed, 9 (75%) strains were genetic related to nasal secretion isolates patterns. In conclusion, our data demonstrate the importance of screening of newborns for the presence of MRSA in Brazilian hospitals and the usefulness of genetic typing of these pathogen during epidemiologic studies. This should lead to a better knowledge on the significancy and spreading of MRSA in the hospitals.
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- M M Loureiro
- Laboratório de Enterobactérias, Departamento de Bacteriologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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Santos AR, Almeida AS, Suffys PN, Moraes MO, Filho VF, Mattos HJ, Nery JA, Cabello PH, Sampaio EP, Sarno EN. Tumor necrosis factor promoter polymorphism (TNF2) seems to protect against development of severe forms of leprosy in a pilot study in Brazilian patients. Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis 2000; 68:325-7. [PMID: 11221098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Suffys PN, Ivens de Araujo ME, Rossetti ML, Zahab A, Barroso EW, Barreto AM, Campos E, van Soolingen D, Kremer K, Heersma H, Degrave WM. Usefulness of IS6110-restriction fragment length polymorphism typing of Brazilian strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and comparison with an international fingerprint database. Res Microbiol 2000; 151:343-51. [PMID: 10919514 DOI: 10.1016/s0923-2508(00)00157-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from 219 different tuberculosis patients, 115 from patients residing in Rio de Janeiro, 79 from Rio Grande do Sul and the remaining from other regions of the country, were analyzed by IS6110-restriction fragment length polymorphism fingerprinting. The IS6110-DNA patterns from these strains were highly polymorphic: 174 different patterns were observed and 25 patterns were shared by 70 isolates (32%). Most strains (93.4%) had multicopy patterns and only 17% of clustered strains had less than six IS6110 copies. Strain clustering was significantly higher for isolates from Rio Grande do Sul (36.7%) in comparison with strains from Rio de Janeiro (22.6%), but only when using high stringency during cluster analysis. Upon screening of an international database containing 3,970 fingerprints of M. tuberculosis strains, 15% of the patterns of Brazilian strains (21% of the strains) were identical to a fingerprint of an isolate from another country and one particular eight-band pattern forming the largest Brazilian cluster was detected in seven additional countries, suggesting that international transmission of tuberculosis from and to Brazil could be occurring frequently. Alternatively,preferential use of certain IS6110 integration sites could also be important in high-copy number strains, having important consequences for the use of databases for epidemiological studies on a large scale.
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- P N Suffys
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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da Silva Rocha A, da Costa Leite C, Torres HM, de Miranda AB, Pires Lopes MQ, Degrave WM, Suffys PN. Use of PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the hsp65 gene for rapid identification of mycobacteria in Brazil. J Microbiol Methods 1999; 37:223-9. [PMID: 10480266 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7012(99)00062-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Polymerase chain reaction amplification of part of the gene coding for the heat shock protein hsp65 followed by restriction enzyme analysis (PRA) is a recently described tool for rapid identification of mycobacteria. In this study, the speed and simplicity of PRA for identification of isolates of mycobacteria from patients with clinical symptoms of tuberculosis was evaluated and compared with identification results obtained by commercially available methods. Established PRA patterns were observed for nineteen isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, eleven belonging to the complex M. avium-intracellulare, four of M. kansasii, one of M. fortuitum, one of M. abscessus, three of M. gordonae and one of the recently described species M. lentiflavum, as identified by commercially available methods. Two isolates of M. fortuitum and one of M. gordonae had unique and so far undescribed PRA patterns, suggesting geographically-related intra-species variation within the hsp65 sequence. We propose the inclusion of these new patterns in the PRA identification algorithm and have defined more accurately the molecular weight values of the restriction fragments. This is the first report on the isolation of M. lentiflavum in Brazil suggesting that identification by means of PRA could be useful for detection of mycobacterial species that are usually unnoticed. Where the use of several commercial techniques in combination was necessary for correct identification, PRA demonstrated to be a simple technique with good cost-benefit for characterization of all mycobacterial isolates in this study.
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- A da Silva Rocha
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Santos AR, Degrave WM, Suffys PN. Use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in leprosy research. Indian J Lepr 1999; 71:101-10. [PMID: 10439331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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- A R Santos
- Dept. of Tropical Medicine, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Ivens-de-Araujo ME, Fandinho FC, Werneck-Barreto AM, Gonçalves-Veloso V, Grinstejn B, Lourenço MK, Werneck-Barroso E, Degrave WM, Suffys PN. DNA fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from patients with and without AIDS in Rio de Janeiro. Braz J Med Biol Res 1998; 31:369-72. [PMID: 9698784 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x1998000300006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis derived from patients with AIDS from a single hospital in Rio de Janeiro were typed using a standardized RFLP technique detecting IS6110 polymorphism. Nineteen isolates were obtained from 15 different patients. Eleven distinct IS6110 patterns were found, with 4 banding patterns shared by 2 patients. The clustering value of 53% was much higher in comparison with clustering of M. tuberculosis strains from TB patients without clinical signs for HIV infection from randomly selected health centers. We present these results as preliminary data on M. tuberculosis strain polymorphism in Brazil and on the higher risk for recent transmission amongst patients with AIDS.
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- M E Ivens-de-Araujo
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, RJ, Brasil
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About one third of the world population is infected with tubercle bacilli, causing eight million new cases of tuberculosis (TB) and three million deaths each year. After years of lack of interest in the disease, World Health Organization recently declared TB a global emergency and it is clear that there is need for more efficient national TB programs and newly defined research priorities. A more complete epidemiology of tuberculosis will lead to a better identification of index cases and to a more efficient treatment of the disease. Recently, new molecular tools became available for the identification of strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis), allowing a better recognition of transmission routes of defined strains. Both a standardized restriction-fragment-length-polymorphism-based methodology for epidemiological studies on a large scale and deoxyribonucleic acids (DNA) amplification-based methods that allow rapid detection of outbreaks with multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains, often characterized by high mortality rates, have been developed. This review comments on the existing methods of DNA-based recognition of M. tuberculosis strains and their peculiarities. It also summarizes literature data on the application of molecular fingerprinting for detection of outbreaks of M. tuberculosis, for identification of index cases, for study of interaction between TB and infection with the human immuno-deficiency virus, for analysis of the behavior of MDR strains, for a better understanding of risk factors for transmission of TB within communities and for population-based studies of TB transmission within and between countries.
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- P N Suffys
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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One of the main limitations for successful epidemiological control of leprosy is the lack of a method for its diagnosis in subclinical cases. Because of the long incubation period of the disease, liberation and spread of Mycobacterium leprae during subclinical stages-principally in cases of untreated multibacillary forms of leprosy-constitute the main source of infection. This report describes the use of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the detection of M. leprae in different types of tissue samples (blood, lymph, nasal secretion and hair) from an individual who was suspected of having leprosy. Although no conclusive diagnosis could be made by traditional diagnostic methods, the individual was found to be infected with M. leprae after amplification of the bacterial DNA.
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- A R Santos
- Department of Tropical Medicine, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Santos AR, Goes Filho JT, Nery JA, Duppre NC, Gallo ME, Suffys PN, Degrave WM. Evaluation of PCR mediated DNA amplification in non-invasive biological specimens for subclinical detection of Mycobacterium leprae. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 1995; 11:113-20. [PMID: 7640671 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.1995.tb00097.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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DNA from Mycobacterium leprae, present in non-invasive clinical samples from leprosy patients, such as nasal secretion and hair bulbs, was submitted to amplification by the polymerase chain reaction using a M. leprae-specific repetitive sequence as a target. After optimization of sample processing and of the PCR conditions, we were able to detect DNA from M. leprae in both types of clinical samples, even from paucibacillary leprosy patients. The use of hair bulbs and nasal secretion as clinical samples for screening of household contacts and for the evaluation of a risk population, or for the follow-up of patients under chemotherapy, and monitoring of bacterial load is discussed.
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- A R Santos
- Department of Tropical Medicine, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Santos DO, Suffys PN, Moreira AL, Bonifacio K, Salgado JL, Esquenazi D, Bertho AL, Sarno EN. Evaluation of chemiluminescence, procoagulant activity and antigen presentation by monocytes from lepromatous leprosy patients with or without reactional episodes. LEPROSY REV 1994; 65:88-99. [PMID: 7968194 DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19940008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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In this study, we evaluated the activity of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), isolated from treated and untreated lepromatous leprosy patients, from lepromatous leprosy patients during and after reactional episodes (erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) and reversal reaction (RR)), and from normal healthy individuals. We determined reactive oxygen intermediate (ROI) production, procoagulant activity (PCA) and HLA-DR antigen expression of monocytes, besides lymphoproliferation, both in the presence and absence of various stimulatory agents. Phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) stimulated ROI production by monocytes from all the groups studied, with patients during reactional episodes (ENL and RR) showing a significantly higher response (p < 0.009 and p < 0.00001). Irradiated Mycobacterium leprae, although having little effect when added alone, strongly suppressed PMA-stimulated ROI production. Muramyl dipeptide (MDP) had no influence on either basal or on PMA-induced ROI production. Basal monocyte PCA, as well as M. leprae or concanavalin A (ConA)-induced monocyte PCA was comparable in monocytes from all the groups studied. ConA was able to induce mitogenic activity in mononuclear cells isolated from all the groups studied. M. leprae, although stimulatory for normal individuals, did not induce lymphoproliferation in lepromatous leprosy patients, except for cells from patients during RR, which responded equally to M. leprae and to ConA. The absence of M. leprae-induced lymphoproliferation in lepromatous leprosy patients is not caused by the lack of basal HLA-DR expression, as PBMC from all individuals studied showed the same level of this antigen. Our results suggest an increase of spontaneous or PMA-induced monocyte activity, as detected by ROI production, during the reactional episode; addition of M. leprae suppressed this response. The increase in monocyte activity could be correlated with the increase of lymphoproliferation response to M. leprae during RR, but not during ENL. The importance of a possible immune suppressive action of M. leprae is discussed.
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- D O Santos
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Federal Fluminense University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Santos AR, De Miranda AB, Sarno EN, Suffys PN, Degrave WM. Use of PCR-mediated amplification of Mycobacterium leprae DNA in different types of clinical samples for the diagnosis of leprosy. J Med Microbiol 1993; 39:298-304. [PMID: 8411091 DOI: 10.1099/00222615-39-4-298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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DNA of Mycobacterium leprae, obtained by a highly efficient nucleic acid extraction procedure, was used for standardisation of the amplification of an M. leprae-specific repetitive sequence by use of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). With pure DNA, M. leprae-specific amplification was obtained with as low as 100 ag (1 ag = 10(-18) g) of target DNA, a quantity equal to about one-tenth of the bacterial genome. Optimal processing of different types of clinical samples such as biopsy material, blood and lymph fluid, from multibacillary leprosy patients, was studied. Simple freezing-boiling cycles in the presence of Triton X100, with some additional sample-specific modifications such as pre-treatment with NaOH to eliminate PCR inhibitors, was found to be sufficient to yield amplification of bacterial DNA in samples from paucibacillary patients. Clinical samples from 27 untreated leprosy patients, covering the various clinical forms of the disease, and with a bacterial index ranging from 5+ to 0, were collected and processed for PCR analysis. After hybridisation of the amplified material with a specific sequence, 25 of 27 patients analysed gave positive results for M. leprae in at least one of the samples. The potential of PCR for the diagnosis of leprosy is discussed.
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- A R Santos
- Department of Tropical Medicine-Leprosy Sector, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Santos DO, Suffys PN, Bonifácio K, Marques MA, Sarno EN. In vitro tumor necrosis factor production by mononuclear cells from lepromatous leprosy patients and from patients with erythema nodosum leprosum. Clin Immunol Immunopathol 1993; 67:199-203. [PMID: 8500267 DOI: 10.1006/clin.1993.1065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The production of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) by Mycobacterium leprae-stimulated phagocyte cells, isolated from lepromatous leprosy patients (LL) and normal individuals, was evaluated, using the highly TNF-sensitive mouse fibrosarcoma cell line WEHI164cl13. Mononuclear cells, isolated from all individuals studied, showed a low level of spontaneous TNF production, except for patients undergoing erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL), in which we found significantly higher levels of TNF. Addition of M. leprae to the phagocyte cell culture enhanced TNF production in all groups studied, except in the group with untreated leprosy patients. Strongest M. leprae-induced TNF release was found in mononuclear cell cultures derived from ENL patients. Patients in the postreactional state showed significantly higher TNF levels than healthy controls. These findings support the idea that TNF plays a key role in the complex symptomatology of ENL.
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- D O Santos
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Federal Fluminense University, Niteroi, RJ, Brazil
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de Miranda AB, Llerena Júnior J, Dallalana LT, Moura-Neto RS, Suffys PN, Degrave WM. Use of PCR for the determination of the frequency of the delta F508 mutation in Brazilian cystic fibrosis patients. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 1993; 88:309-12. [PMID: 8107592 DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761993000200022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The delta F508 mutation in the cystic fibrosis (CF) gene was studied in a population of 18 Brazilian CF patients and their 17 families by use of PCR and differential hybridization with oligonucleotides. In a total of 34 chromosomes considered, 12 (35%) carried the F508 deletion, a frequency much lower than that reported in most other populations. As a consequence, CF in Brazil would be predominantly caused by mutations different from the F508 deletion.
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- A B de Miranda
- Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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