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Silva-Santana G, Aguiar-Alves F, Lenzi-Almeida KC, Lopes VGS, Silva LE, Hirata Júnior R, Viana VG, Simpson-Lourêdo L, Escaleira ACN, Gerth JC, Almosny NRP, Souza AM, Mattos-Guaraldi AL. Pathological profiles of systemic infections by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in a murine model. J Appl Microbiol 2020; 128:1820-1842. [PMID: 31999872 DOI: 10.1111/jam.14598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 12/03/2019] [Accepted: 01/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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AIMS Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common pathogens in hospital environment and community. Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) production is clinically associated with skin abscesses, soft tissues infections, bacteraemia and sepsis. This study aimed to investigate the effects of the presence of genes lukF/S-PV coding for PVL, in histological and haematological features during systemic infection, using a Swiss mice experimental model. METHODS AND RESULTS Experiments were performed using 25 mice distributed into five experimental groups, intravenously inoculated with 50 µl suspensions at density 1·0 × 107 CFU per ml of strains: methicillin-susceptible (MSSA) and pvl-negative strains isolated from nasal colonization; MSSA pvl-positive strains isolated from nasal colonization; methicillin-resistant (MRSA) and pvl-positive strains isolated from peripheral blood of a patient with severe pulmonary infection; and a MRSA pvl-positive strains isolated from a peripheral blood culture of a patient with bacteraemia. Haematological analysis was performed at 24, 48, 72 and 96 h post-infection. Morphoanatomy and histopathological analyses were performed at 96 h post-infection. For all S. aureus strains tested, the capability of intravenous dissemination and survival into mice tissues was demonstrated. Inflammatory processes at different levels were related to the presence of pvl genes, and included alterations in the format, size and colour of the organs. Staphylococcus aureus pvl-positive strains were detected in greater numbers in the organs of the infected animals. CONCLUSIONS The pvl-positive strains isolated from blood cultures were capable to induce the greatest modifications in both haematological and histopathological profiles, and seemed to aggravate the systemic infections. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY These findings are valuable in characterizing infections caused by S. aureus in humans and murine.
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Affiliation(s)
- G Silva-Santana
- Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.,Health Sciences Center, Institute of Microbiology Paulo de Góes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Laboratory of Diphtheria and Corynebacteria of Clinical Relevance, The Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Diphtheria/National Health Foundation/Ministry of Health, College of Medical Sciences, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.,Environmental Science and Conservation Department, College of Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Macaé, Brazil
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- Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.,Department of Statistics, Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Diphtheria and Corynebacteria of Clinical Relevance, The Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Diphtheria/National Health Foundation/Ministry of Health, College of Medical Sciences, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.,Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology Department, College of Medical Sciences, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Diphtheria and Corynebacteria of Clinical Relevance, The Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Diphtheria/National Health Foundation/Ministry of Health, College of Medical Sciences, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.,Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology Department, College of Medical Sciences, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Diphtheria and Corynebacteria of Clinical Relevance, The Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Diphtheria/National Health Foundation/Ministry of Health, College of Medical Sciences, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.,Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology Department, College of Medical Sciences, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Diphtheria and Corynebacteria of Clinical Relevance, The Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Diphtheria/National Health Foundation/Ministry of Health, College of Medical Sciences, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.,Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology Department, College of Medical Sciences, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Pathology and Veterinary Clinic Departament, College of Veterinary Medicine, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Brazil
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- Pathology and Veterinary Clinic Departament, College of Veterinary Medicine, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Brazil
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- Pathology and Veterinary Clinic Departament, College of Veterinary Medicine, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Brazil
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- Health Sciences Center, Institute of Microbiology Paulo de Góes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Laboratory of Diphtheria and Corynebacteria of Clinical Relevance, The Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Diphtheria/National Health Foundation/Ministry of Health, College of Medical Sciences, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.,Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology Department, College of Medical Sciences, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Domingues RM, Silva e Souza W das G, Moraes SR, Avelar KE, Hirata Júnior R, Fonseca ME, Ferreira MC. Surface vesicles: a possible function in commensal relations of Bacteroides fragilis. Zentralbl Bakteriol 1997; 285:509-17. [PMID: 9144912 DOI: 10.1016/s0934-8840(97)80112-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Surface vesicles (SV) defined by electron microscopy as outer membrane (OM) extrusions were detected in Bacteroides fragilis strains from distinct sources. A partial identity between SV and OM electrophoretic protein profiles, in addition to the microscopic analysis, may suggest the designation of OMSV. Sialidase activity, a virulence determinant, was associated with these sub-cellular structures in all the strains, but in an inverse relation to the vesicle quantity per cell. A commensal strain, previously defined as avirulent in an animal model, presented the lowest vesicle-associated sialidase activity and the greatest SV expression as opposed to what happened with clinical and environmental strains. These results seem to suggest that these surface components have a function in commensal stages of B. fragilis.
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- R M Domingues
- Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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