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Pitt-Kendall R, Sun S, Hughes S, Merrick R, Donaldson H, Rayment M, Ivanov Z, Day M, Bari A, Rebec M, Callan E, Mohammed H, Sinka K, Cole M, Fifer H. Investigating the cause of increased tetracycline-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in England, 2016-20. J Antimicrob Chemother 2024; 79:1060-1068. [PMID: 38517444 PMCID: PMC11062939 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkae073] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a global public health concern. Tetracycline resistance (TetR) increased from 39.4% to 75.2% between 2016 and 2021 in N. gonorrhoeae isolates collected through national surveillance in England, despite the absence of use of tetracyclines for the treatment of gonorrhoea. OBJECTIVES We investigated whether there was correlation between bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) tests performed and treatment with antimicrobials, with increased TetR in N. gonorrhoeae. METHODS We examined correlations between bacterial STI tests, antimicrobial treatment and TetR in N. gonorrhoeae, using national surveillance data from three large sexual health services (SHS) in London during 2016-20. Doxycycline prescribing data and antibiograms of a non-STI pathogen from distinct patient groups (sexual health, obstetric and paediatric), at a large London hospital, were analysed to identify if doxycycline use in SHS was associated with resistance in a non-STI organism. RESULTS A substantial increase in TetR was observed, particularly in isolates from gay, bisexual and other MSM (GBMSM). Strong positive correlations were observed exclusively in GBMSM between N. gonorrhoeae TetR and both bacterial STI tests (r = 0.97, P = 0.01) and antimicrobial treatment (r = 0.87, P = 0.05). Doxycycline prescribing increased dramatically during the study period in SHS. Prevalence of TetR in Staphylococcus aureus was higher in isolates sourced from SHS attendees than those from other settings. CONCLUSIONS Frequent screening of GBMSM at higher risk of STIs, such as those on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) leading to/and increased use of doxycycline for the treatment of diagnosed infections, may account for the increase in TetR in N. gonorrhoeae.
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- UK Health Security Agency, London, UK
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- Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- Imperial College London, London, UK
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Manning C, O’Neill C, Clarke IN, Rebec M, Cliff PR, Marsh P. High-resolution genotyping of Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV) strains of Chlamydia trachomatis in London using multi-locus VNTR analysis-ompA genotyping (MLVA-ompA). PLoS One 2021; 16:e0254233. [PMID: 34237111 PMCID: PMC8266103 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is caused by Chlamydia trachomatis strains with ompA genotypes L1 to L3. An LGV epidemic associated with the L2b genotype has emerged in the past few decades amongst men who have sex with men (MSM). C. trachomatis genotypes can be discriminated by outer membrane protein A gene (ompA) sequencing, however this method has limited resolution. This study employed a high-resolution genotyping method, namely, multi-locus tandem repeat (VNTR) analysis with ompA sequencing (MLVA-ompA), to assess the distribution of LGV MLVA-ompA genotypes amongst individuals attending genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics in London. Methods Clinical specimens were collected from individuals attending eight London-based GUM clinics. Specimens that tested positive for C. trachomatis by commercial nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) were confirmed as LGV by pmpH real-time PCR. LGV-positive DNA extracts were subsequently genotyped using MLVA-ompA. Results Two hundred and thirty DNA extracts were confirmed as LGV, and 162 (70%) yielded complete MLVA-ompA genotypes. Six LGV MLVA-ompA genotypes were identified: 1.9.2b-L2, 1.9.3b-L2b, 1.9.2b-L2b, 1.9.2b-L2b/D, 1.4a.2b-L2b, and 5.9.2b-L1. The following LGV ompA genotypes were identified (in descending order of abundance): L2, L2b, L2b/D, and L1. Eight ompA sequences with the hybrid L2b/D profile were detected. The hybrid sequence was identical to the ompA of a recombinant L2b/D strain detected in Portugal in 2017. Conclusions The L2 ompA genotype was found to predominate in the London study population. The study detected an unusual hybrid L2b/D ompA profile that was previously reported in Portugal. We recommend further monitoring and surveillance of LGV strains within the UK population.
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- Chloe Manning
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Division of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Division of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Division of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Department of Microbiology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Infection Sciences, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Public Health England, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom
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Cameron SJS, Perdones-Montero A, Van Meulebroek L, Burke A, Alexander-Hardiman K, Simon D, Schaffer R, Balog J, Karancsi T, Rickards T, Rebec M, Stead S, Vanhaecke L, Takáts Z. Sample Preparation Free Mass Spectrometry Using Laser-Assisted Rapid Evaporative Ionization Mass Spectrometry: Applications to Microbiology, Metabolic Biofluid Phenotyping, and Food Authenticity. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2021; 32:1393-1401. [PMID: 33980015 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Mass spectrometry has established itself as a powerful tool in the chemical, biological, medical, environmental, and agricultural fields. However, experimental approaches and potential application areas have been limited by a traditional reliance on sample preparation, extraction, and chromatographic separation. Ambient ionization mass spectrometry methods have addressed this challenge but are still somewhat restricted in requirements for sample manipulation to make it suitable for analysis. These limitations are particularly restrictive in view of the move toward high-throughput and automated analytical workflows. To address this, we present what we consider to be the first automated sample-preparation-free mass spectrometry platform utilizing a carbon dioxide (CO2) laser for sample thermal desorption linked to the rapid evaporative ionization mass spectrometry (LA-REIMS) methodology. We show that the pulsatile operation of the CO2 laser is the primary factor in achieving high signal-to-noise ratios. We further show that the LA-REIMS automated platform is suited to the analysis of three diverse biological materials within different application areas. First, clinical microbiology isolates were classified to species level with an accuracy of 97.2%, the highest accuracy reported in current literature. Second, fecal samples from a type 2 diabetes mellitus cohort were analyzed with LA-REIMS, which allowed tentative identification of biomarkers which are potentially associated with disease pathogenesis and a disease classification accuracy of 94%. Finally, we showed the ability of the LA-REIMS system to detect instances of adulteration of cooking oil and determine the geographical area of production of three protected olive oil products with 100% classification accuracy.
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- Simon J S Cameron
- Department of Metabolism, Digestion, and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5DL, U.K
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- Department of Metabolism, Digestion, and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- Laboratory of Chemical Analysis, Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Ghent University, Ghent B-9820, Belgium
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- Department of Metabolism, Digestion, and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- Department of Metabolism, Digestion, and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- Department of Metabolism, Digestion, and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
- Waters Research Center, Budapest 1031, Hungary
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- Waters Research Center, Budapest 1031, Hungary
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- Department of Microbiology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London W6 8RD, U.K
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- Department of Microbiology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London W6 8RD, U.K
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- Waters Corporation, Wilmslow SK9 4AX, U.K
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- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5DL, U.K
- Laboratory of Chemical Analysis, Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Ghent University, Ghent B-9820, Belgium
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- Department of Metabolism, Digestion, and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5DL, U.K
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Herbert R, Hatcher J, Jauneikaite E, Gharbi M, d'Arc S, Obaray N, Rickards T, Rebec M, Blandy O, Hope R, Thomas A, Bamford K, Jepson A, Sriskandan S. Two-year analysis of Clostridium difficile ribotypes associated with increased severity. J Hosp Infect 2019; 103:388-394. [PMID: 31220480 PMCID: PMC6926500 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2019.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Background Certain Clostridium difficile ribotypes have been associated with complex disease phenotypes including recurrence and increased severity, especially the well-described hypervirulent RT027. This study aimed to determine the pattern of ribotypes causing infection and the association, if any, with severity. Methods All faecal samples submitted to a large diagnostic laboratory for C. difficile testing between 2011 and 2013 were subject to routine testing and culture. All C. difficile isolates were ribotyped, and associated clinical and demographic patient data were retrieved and linked to ribotyping data. Results In total, 86 distinct ribotypes were identified from 705 isolates of C. difficile. RT002 and RT015 were the most prevalent (22.5%, N=159). Only five isolates (0.7%) were hypervirulent RT027. Ninety of 450 (20%) patients with clinical information available died within 30 days of C. difficile isolation. RT220, one of the 10 most common ribotypes, was associated with elevated median C-reactive protein and significantly increased 30-day all-cause mortality compared with RT002 and RT015, and with all other ribotypes found in the study. Conclusions A wide range of C. difficile ribotypes were responsible for C. difficile infection presentations. Although C. difficile-associated mortality has reduced in recent years, expansion of lineages associated with increased severity could herald increases in future mortality. Enhanced surveillance for emerging lineages such as RT220 that are associated with more severe disease is required, with genomic approaches to dissect pathogenicity.
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- R Herbert
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London, UK; National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, UK
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- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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Bodai Z, Cameron S, Bolt F, Simon D, Schaffer R, Karancsi T, Balog J, Rickards T, Burke A, Hardiman K, Abda J, Rebec M, Takats Z. Effect of Electrode Geometry on the Classification Performance of Rapid Evaporative Ionization Mass Spectrometric (REIMS) Bacterial Identification. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2018; 29:26-33. [PMID: 29038998 PMCID: PMC5785610 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-017-1818-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2017] [Revised: 08/31/2017] [Accepted: 09/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The recently developed automated, high-throughput monopolar REIMS platform is suited for the identification of clinically important microorganisms. Although already comparable to the previously reported bipolar forceps method, optimization of the geometry of monopolar electrodes, at the heart of the system, holds the most scope for further improvements to be made. For this, sharp tip and round shaped electrodes were optimized to maximize species-level classification accuracy. Following optimization of the distance between the sample contact point and tube inlet with the sharp tip electrodes, the overall cross-validation accuracy improved from 77% to 93% in negative and from 33% to 63% in positive ion detection modes, compared with the original 4 mm distance electrode. As an alternative geometry, round tube shaped electrodes were developed. Geometry optimization of these included hole size, number, and position, which were also required to prevent plate pick-up due to vacuum formation. Additional features, namely a metal "X"-shaped insert and a pin in the middle were included to increase the contact surface with a microbial biomass to maximize aerosol production. Following optimization, cross-validation scores showed improvement in classification accuracy from 77% to 93% in negative and from 33% to 91% in positive ion detection modes. Supervised models were also built, and after the leave 20% out cross-validation, the overall classification accuracy was 98.5% in negative and 99% in positive ion detection modes. This suggests that the new generation of monopolar REIMS electrodes could provide substantially improved species level identification accuracies in both polarity detection modes. Graphical abstract.
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- Zsolt Bodai
- Division of Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
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- Division of Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Division of Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Waters Research Center, 7 Zahony Street, Budapest, 1031, Hungary
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- Waters Research Center, 7 Zahony Street, Budapest, 1031, Hungary
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- Waters Research Center, 7 Zahony Street, Budapest, 1031, Hungary
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- Waters Research Center, 7 Zahony Street, Budapest, 1031, Hungary
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- Division of Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
- Department of Microbiology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, London, W6 8RF, UK
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- Division of Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Division of Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Division of Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Microbiology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, London, W6 8RF, UK
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- Division of Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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Galea D, Inglese P, Cammack L, Strittmatter N, Rebec M, Mirnezami R, Laponogov I, Kinross J, Nicholson J, Takats Z, Veselkov KA. Translational utility of a hierarchical classification strategy in biomolecular data analytics. Sci Rep 2017; 7:14981. [PMID: 29101330 PMCID: PMC5670129 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14092-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Hierarchical classification (HC) stratifies and classifies data from broad classes into more specific classes. Unlike commonly used data classification strategies, this enables the probabilistic prediction of unknown classes at different levels, minimizing the burden of incomplete databases. Despite these advantages, its translational application in biomedical sciences has been limited. We describe and demonstrate the implementation of a HC approach for "omics-driven" classification of 15 bacterial species at various taxonomic levels achieving 90-100% accuracy, and 9 cancer types into morphological types and 35 subtypes with 99% and 76% accuracy, respectively. Unknown bacterial species were probabilistically assigned with 100% accuracy to their respective genus or family using mass spectra (n = 284). Cancer types were predicted by mRNA data (n = 1960) for most subtypes with 95-100% accuracy. This has high relevance in clinical practice where complete datasets are difficult to compile with the continuous evolution of diseases and emergence of new strains, yet prediction of unknown classes, such as bacterial species, at upper hierarchy levels may be sufficient to initiate antimicrobial therapy. The algorithms presented here can be directly translated into clinical-use with any quantitative data, and have broad application potential, from unlabeled sample identification, to hierarchical feature selection, and discovery of new taxonomic variants.
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- Dieter Galea
- Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
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Tipple C, Rayment M, Mandalia S, Walton L, O'Neill S, Murray J, O'Riordan A, Rebec M, Harrington L, Jones R, Wilkinson D. An evaluation study of the Becton-Dickinson ProbeTec Qx (BDQx) Trichomonas vaginalis trichomoniasis molecular diagnostic test in two large, urban STD services. Sex Transm Infect 2017; 94:334-336. [PMID: 28108699 DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2016-052902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 09/25/2016] [Revised: 12/23/2016] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The BASHH guidelines recommend molecular tests to aid diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) infection; however many clinics continue to use relatively insensitive techniques (pH, wet-prep microscopy (WPM) and culture). Our objectives were to establish a laboratory pathway for TV testing with the Becton-Dickinson Qx (BDQx) molecular assay, to determine TV prevalence and to identify variables associated with TV detection. METHODS A prospective study of 901 women attending two urban sexual health services for STI testing was conducted. Women were offered TV BDQx testing in addition to standard of care. Data collected were demographics, symptoms, results of near-patient tests and BDQx results for TV, Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC). Women with any positive TV result were treated and followed up for test of cure (TOC). RESULTS 901 women had a TV BDQx test. 472 (53%) were white, 143 (16%) black and 499 (55%) were symptomatic. Infections detected by BDQx were: 11 TV (1.2%), three GC (0.3%) and 44 CT (4.9%). Of the 11 BDQx-detected TV infections, 8 (73%) were in patients of black ethnicity. Of these, four of seven cases (57%) were WPM-positive. All patients received treatment and nine of nine (100%) were BDQx-negative at TOC. In univariate analysis, only black ethnicity was associated with likelihood of a positive TV BDQx result (relative risk (RR) 10.2 (95% CI 2.15 to 48.4)). CONCLUSIONS The use of the BDQ enhanced detection of TV in asymptomatic and symptomatic populations. Cost-effective implementation of the test will rely on further work to reliably detect demographic and clinical variables that predict positivity.
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- Craig Tipple
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.,GlaxoSmithKline Ltd, UK
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- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Bolt F, Cameron SJS, Karancsi T, Simon D, Schaffer R, Rickards T, Hardiman K, Burke A, Bodai Z, Perdones-Montero A, Rebec M, Balog J, Takats Z. Automated High-Throughput Identification and Characterization of Clinically Important Bacteria and Fungi using Rapid Evaporative Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2016; 88:9419-9426. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b01016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Frances Bolt
- Section
of Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Section
of Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Waters Research
Centre, 7 Zahony Street, Budapest, 1031, Hungary
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- Waters Research
Centre, 7 Zahony Street, Budapest, 1031, Hungary
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- Waters Research
Centre, 7 Zahony Street, Budapest, 1031, Hungary
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- Department
of Microbiology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross
Hospital, London W6 8RF, United Kingdom
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- Section
of Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Section
of Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Section
of Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Section
of Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Microbiology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross
Hospital, London W6 8RF, United Kingdom
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- Waters Research
Centre, 7 Zahony Street, Budapest, 1031, Hungary
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- Section
of Computational and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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Tipple C, Rayment M, Rebec M, Murray J, Jones R, Wilkinson D. P197 Evaluation of the clinical utility of the Becton Dickinson ProbeTec Qx (BDQ) Trichomonas vaginalismolecular detection test in two large, urban GU medicine services. Br J Vener Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2016-052718.245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Strittmatter N, Rebec M, Jones EA, Golf O, Abdolrasouli A, Balog J, Behrends V, Veselkov KA, Takats Z. Characterization and Identification of Clinically Relevant Microorganisms Using Rapid Evaporative Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2014; 86:6555-62. [DOI: 10.1021/ac501075f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Nicole Strittmatter
- Section of Computational
and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Microbiology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, London W6 8RF, United Kingdom
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- Section of Computational
and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Section of Computational
and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Microbiology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, London W6 8RF, United Kingdom
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- Section of Computational
and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Section of Computational
and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Section of Computational
and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Section of Computational
and Systems Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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Ross CL, Anwar M, Wickremasinghe M, Cooke G, Rebec M, Fahy E, Jepson A, Kon OM. P25 Sensitivity of the Xpert ®MTB/RIF assay in bronchoalveolar lavage samples in a North West London Hospital: a useful adjunct to current diagnostic modalities. Thorax 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204457.175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Strittmatter N, Jones EA, Veselkov KA, Rebec M, Bundy JG, Takats Z. Analysis of intact bacteria using rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry. Chem Commun (Camb) 2013; 49:6188-90. [PMID: 23736664 DOI: 10.1039/c3cc42015a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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An identification system for microorganisms based on recently developed rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry (REIMS) is presented. Nine bacterial species cultured on various growth media were correctly identified to family-, genus-, and species-level based on their different mass spectral fingerprints using a cross-validated maximum margin criterion model.
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- Nicole Strittmatter
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Summary Lymphogranuloma venereum in the United Kingdom was detected in 2004, following the introduction of enhanced surveillance. This report describes a previously undiagnosed case, detected retrospectively in a sample obtained in 2003 from a male patient with high-risk behaviour, indicating that this previously rare disease in Europe, was present in the UK in 2003.
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- Sexually Transmitted Bacteria Reference Laboratory, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London, UK
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- Sexually Transmitted Bacteria Reference Laboratory, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London, UK
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Landis JB, Rebec M, Pardue HL. Kinetic study of the cyanogen bromide--pyridine reaction applied to thiocyanate determinations in serum. Anal Chem 1977; 49:785-8. [PMID: 855919 DOI: 10.1021/ac50014a029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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