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Liu WH, Chen FF, Wang CE, Fu HH, Fang XQ, Ye JR, Shi JY. Indole-3-Acetic Acid in Burkholderia pyrrocinia JK-SH007: Enzymatic Identification of the Indole-3-Acetamide Synthesis Pathway. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2559. [PMID: 31749788 PMCID: PMC6848275 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Burkholderia pyrrocinia JK-SH007 is a plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB), that can promote the growth of poplar and other trees, and, production of the plant hormone indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is one of the reasons for this effect. Therefore, the aims of this study were to evaluate the effect of the external environment on the synthesis of IAA by B. pyrrocinia JK-SH007 and to perform a functional analysis of its IAA synthesis pathway. In this study, IAA and its synthetic intermediates indole-3-acetamide (IAM), indole-3-pyruvic acid (IPyA), tryptamine (TAM), and indole-3-acetonitrile (IAN) were detected in B. pyrrocinia JK-SH007 fermentation broth by high-performance liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS), and these indolic compounds were also found in the cell-free extraction of B. pyrrocinia JK-SH007, but the genomic analysis of B. pyrrocinia JK-SH007 indicated that IAA biosynthesis was mainly through the IAM and TAM pathways. The effects of L-tryptophan (L-Trp), temperature and pH on the synthesis of IAA were investigated, and the results showed that L-Trp exerted a significant effect on IAA synthesis and that 37°C and pH 7 were the optimal conditions IAA production by B. pyrrocinia JK-SH007. In addition, the protein expression of tryptophan 2-monooxygenase and indoleacetamide hydrolase, which are the key enzymes of the indole acetamide-mediated IAA synthesis pathway, was analyzed, and their activity was verified by substrate feeding experiments. The results revealed the existence of an IAA synthesis pathway mediated by IAM and indicated that this pathway plays a role in B. pyrrocinia JK-SH007. This study lays the foundation for further exploration of the specific pathway and mechanism of IAA synthesis in B. pyrrocinia JK-SH007.
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- Co-innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
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Burkholderia cepacia complex in cystic fibrosis in a Brazilian reference center. Med Microbiol Immunol 2017; 206:447-461. [DOI: 10.1007/s00430-017-0521-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Fila L, Dřevínek P. Burkholderia cepacia complex in cystic fibrosis in the post-epidemic period: multilocus sequence typing-based approach. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2017; 62:509-514. [PMID: 28364392 DOI: 10.1007/s12223-017-0523-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients in the Czech Republic suffered in the late 1990s from an epidemic with ST32 strain of Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc). Cohort segregation of Bcc and of ST32 positive patients was introduced in 1999 and 2002, respectively. We performed a study to evaluate the molecular epidemiology of Bcc infection after implementation of these infection control measures. Patients attending the Prague CF adult Centre from 2000 to 2015 were included in the present study. Demographic data and microbial statuses were collected from patient records. All Bcc isolates were analyzed using multilocus sequence typing (MLST). The prevalences of epidemic strain ST32 and of other Bcc strains were calculated. Ninety out of 227 CF patients were infected with Bcc during the study period. The prevalence of ST32 cases significantly decreased from 46.5% in 2000-2001 to 10.4% in 2014-2015 (P < 0.001) due to occurrence of only one new case in 2003, as well as to the death of 72% of ST32-infected patients. Conversely, there was a significant increase in prevalence of other Bcc strains, which rose from 0 to 14.9% (P = 0.015) and of transient infections. A micro-epidemic of infection with ST630 strain was observed in 2014 in lung transplant patients hospitalized in intensive care unit. The prevalence of epidemic strain ST32 decreased, whereas that of non-clonal strains of Bcc increased. Routine use of MLST allowed early detection of new and potentially epidemic strains.
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- Libor Fila
- Department of Pneumology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, and Motol University Hospital, V Úvalu 84, 150 06, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, and Motol University Hospital, V Úvalu 84, 150 06, Prague, Czech Republic
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Vonberg RP, Gastmeier P. Isolation of Infectious Cystic Fibrosis Patients: Results of a Systematic Review. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016; 26:401-9. [PMID: 15865277 DOI: 10.1086/502558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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AbstractObjective:Respiratory tract infections significantly contribute to morbidity and mortality among cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Therefore, pathogen transmission needs to be prevented. There are several guidelines for the care of CF patients, but no transparent systematic literature review has been published.Methods:We conducted a systematic literature review (January 1966 to September 2004) dealing with segregation of CF patients colonized withBurkholderia cepaciaspecies,Pandoraeaspecies,Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia,orAlcaligenesspecies. Quality of studies was evaluated by taking patient population size, existence of control-patients, patient randomization, diagnostic approach, and bacteria typing methods into account.Results:One hundred ninety-nine studies were found. Evidence and quality of 102 publications were evaluated. In 99 publications, recommendations concerning segregation measures for infectious CF patients were determined including a total of 11,576 patients. No randomized, controlled trials had been conducted. Fifty of 56 authors strongly recommended isolation of CF patients infected withB. cepaciaorPandoraeaspecies. In 31 of 39 studies, interpatient spread ofPseudomonas aeruginosawas documented or had been brought to an end by isolation of patients. Only five studies had addressed S.maltophiliaorAlcaligenesspecies.Conclusions:Patients colonized withB. cepaciaorPandoraeaspecies are to be separated from noncolonized patients in single rooms. Patients harboring multidrug-resistantPseudomonas aeruginosa, S. maltophilia,orAlcaligenesspecies may not share a room with immunocompromised patients, in intensive care units, or with other CF patients anywhere in the hospital.
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- Ralf-Peter Vonberg
- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
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Vasiljevic ZV, Novovic K, Kojic M, Minic P, Sovtic A, Djukic S, Jovcic B. Burkholderia cepacia complex in Serbian patients with cystic fibrosis: prevalence and molecular epidemiology. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2016; 35:1277-84. [PMID: 27177755 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-016-2662-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 04/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) organisms remain significant pathogens in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). This study was performed to evaluate the prevalence, epidemiological characteristics, and presence of molecular markers associated with virulence and transmissibility of the Bcc strains in the National CF Centre in Belgrade, Serbia. The Bcc isolates collected during the four-year study period (2010-2013) were further examined by 16 s rRNA gene, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of genomic DNA, multilocus sequence typing analysis, and phylogenetic analysis based on concatenated sequence of seven alleles. Fifty out of 184 patients (27.2 %) were colonized with two Bcc species, B. cenocepacia (n = 49) and B. stabilis (n = 1). Thirty-four patients (18.5 %) had chronic colonization. Typing methods revealed a high level of similarity among Bcc isolates, indicating a person-to-person transmission or acquisition from a common source. New sequence types (STs) were identified, and none of the STs with an international distribution were found. One centre-specific ST, B. cenocepacia ST856, was highly dominant and shared by 48/50 (96 %) patients colonized by Bcc. This clone was characterized by PCR positivity for both the B. cepacia epidemic strain marker and cable pilin, and showed close genetic relatedness to the epidemic strain CZ1 (ST32). These results indicate that the impact of Bcc on airway colonization in the Serbian CF population is high and virtually exclusively limited to a single clone of B. cenocepacia. The presence of a highly transmissible clone and probable patient-to-patient spread was observed.
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- Z V Vasiljevic
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Mother and Child Health Care Institute of Serbia "Dr. Vukan Cupic", Radoja Dakica 8, 11070, Belgrade, Serbia.
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- Laboratory for Molecular Microbiology, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Vojvode Stepe 444a, P.O. Box 23, 11010, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Laboratory for Molecular Microbiology, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Vojvode Stepe 444a, P.O. Box 23, 11010, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Pulmonology, Mother and Child Health Care Institute of Serbia "Dr. Vukan Cupic", Radoja Dakica 8, 11070, Belgrade, Serbia
- School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 8, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Pulmonology, Mother and Child Health Care Institute of Serbia "Dr. Vukan Cupic", Radoja Dakica 8, 11070, Belgrade, Serbia
- School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 8, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 1, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Laboratory for Molecular Microbiology, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Vojvode Stepe 444a, P.O. Box 23, 11010, Belgrade, Serbia
- Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 1, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
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Burkholderia cepacia strain LO6 is a betaproteobacterium that was isolated from a cystic fibrosis patient. Here we report the 6.4 Mb draft genome sequence assembled into 2 contigs. This genome sequence will aid the transcriptomic profiling of this bacterium and help us to better understand the mechanisms specific to pulmonary infections.
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Bressler AM, Kaye KS, LiPuma JJ, Alexander BD, Moore CM, Reller LB, Woods CW. Risk Factors forBurkholderia cepaciaComplex Bacteremia Among Intensive Care Unit Patients Without Cystic Fibrosis: A Case-Control Study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015; 28:951-8. [PMID: 17620243 DOI: 10.1086/519177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2006] [Accepted: 03/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Background.TheBurkholderia cepaciacomplex is associated with colonization or disease in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). For patients without CF, this complex is poorly understood apart from its presence in occasional point source outbreaks.Objective.To investigate risk factors forB. cepaciabacteremia in hospitalized, intensive care unit patients without CF.Methods.We identified patients with 1 or more blood cultures positive forB. cepaciabetween May 1, 1996, and March 31, 2002, excluding those with CF. Control patients were matched to case patients by ward, duration of hospitalization, and onset date of bacteremia. Matched analyses were used to identify risk factors forB. cepaciabacteremia.Results.We enrolled 40 patients withB. cepaciabacteremia into the study. No environmental or other point source forB. cepaciacomplex was identified, although horizontal spread was suspected. Implementation of contact precautions was effective in decreasing the incidence ofB. cepaciabacteremia. We selected 119 matched controls. Age, sex, and race were similar between cases and controls. In multivariable analysis, renal failure that required dialysis, recent abdominal surgery, 2 or more bronchoscopic procedures before detection ofB. cepaciabacteremia, tracheostomy, and presence of a central line before detection ofB. cepaciabacteremia were independently associated with development ofB. cepaciabacteremia, whereas presence of a percutaneous feeding tube was associated with a lower risk of disease.Conclusions.B. cepaciacomplex is an important emerging group of nosocomial pathogens in patients with and patients without CF. Nosocomial spread is likely facilitated by cross-transmission, frequent pulmonary procedures, and central venous access. Infection control measures appear useful for limiting the spread of virulent, transmissible clones ofB. cepaciacomplex.
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- Adam M Bressler
- Infectious Disease Specialists of Atlanta and Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Dekalb Medical Center, Atlanta, GA, USA
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SOLTAN DALLAL M, TELEFIAN C, HAJIA M, KALANTAR E, DOLATYAR DEHKHARGHANI A, RAHIMI FORUSHANI A, KHANBABAEI Q, MOBARHAN M, FARZAMI M. Identification and molecular epidemiology of nosocomial outbreaks due to Burkholderia cepacia in cystic fibrosis patients of Masih Daneshvary Hospital, Iran. JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 2014; 55:27-30. [PMID: 25916029 PMCID: PMC4718333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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INTRODUCTION B. cepacia complex have emerged as an important opportunistic pathogen in hospitalized and immunocompromised patients. Small hospital outbreaks are frequent and are usually due to a single contaminated environmental source. In this study we were going to investigate the role of B.cepacia complex in those patients suspected to involve with cystic fibrosis and evaluate responsible types in Masih Daneshvary Hospital. METHODS One hundred specimens were collected from all admitted patients who were suspected to cystic fibrosis to Masih Daneshvary hospital during one year April 2011 till end of March 2012. All were culture and identified standard procedure. All samples were checked by API system (API20NE) and by specific PCR method for genus Bulkhorderia and Bcc as well. Identified strains were finally tested by PFGE system to identifying specific involving pulse-types. RESULT . Isolation and identification methods revealed 5 specimens were B.cepasia, The frequency of the cystic fibrosis detected at this study was lower than other similar study previously reported. All these isolates showed similar pattern by PFGE standard protocol that may have spread from a single source and could not be attributed to cross infections from patient to patients. DISCUSSION Application of PFGE and identification of pulse-type is a potential tool to enhance the investigation of apparent nosocomial outbreaks of B.cepacia. However it needs to be adjusted with environmental findings. Implementation of educational programs and adherence to infection control policies are obviously the main element for complete elimination of an outbreak.
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- M.M. SOLTAN DALLAL
- Food Microbiology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Div. Bacteriology, Dept. Pathobiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Food Microbiology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;, Research Center of Health Reference Laboratories, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran;,Correspondence: Massoud Hajia, Department of Molecular Biology, Research Center of Health, Tehran, Iran - Tel. +98 9121307011 - Fax +982122827121 - E-mail:
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- Food Microbiology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;, Dept. Microbiology, School of Medicin, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
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- Research Center of Health Reference Laboratories, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
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- Dept. Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Dept. Pediatrics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Dept. Pediatrics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Center of Health Reference Laboratories, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
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Li GX, Wu XQ, Ye JR. Biosafety and colonization of Burkholderia multivorans WS-FJ9 and its growth-promoting effects on poplars. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 97:10489-98. [PMID: 24092012 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5276-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2013] [Revised: 09/08/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) is a group of bacteria with conflicting biological characteristics, which make them simultaneously beneficial and harmful to humans. They have been exploited for biocontrol, bioremediation, and plant growth promotion. However, their capacity as opportunistic bacteria that infect humans restricts their biotechnological applications. Therefore, the risks of using these bacteria should be assessed. In this study, Burkholderia multivorans WS-FJ9 originally isolated from pine rhizosphere, which was shown to be efficient in solubilizing phosphate, was evaluated with respect to its biosafety, colonization in poplar rhizosphere, and growth-promoting effects on poplar seedlings. Pathogenicity of B. multivorans WS-FJ9 on plants was determined experimentally using onion and tobacco as model plants. Onion bulb inoculated with B. multivorans WS-FJ9 showed slight hypersensitive responses around the inoculation points, but effects were not detectable based on the inner color and odor of the onion. Tobacco leaves inoculated with B. multivorans WS-FJ9 exhibited slightly water-soaked spots around the inoculation points, which did not expand or develop into lesions even with repeated incubation. Pathogenicity of the strain in alfalfa, which has been suggested as an alternative Bcc model for mice, was not detectable. Results from gene-specific polymerase chain reactions showed that the tested B. multivorans WS-FJ9 strain did not possess the BCESM and cblA virulence genes. Scanning electron microscopy revealed that the colonization of the WS-FJ9 strain reached 1.4 × 10(4) colony forming units (cfu) g(-1) rhizosphere soil on day 77 post-inoculation. The B. multivorans WS-FJ9 strain could colonize the rhizosphere as well as the root tissues and cells of poplars. Greenhouse evaluations in both sterilized and non-sterilized soils indicated that B. multivorans WS-FJ9 significantly promoted growth in height, root collar diameter, and plant biomass of inoculated poplar seedlings compared with controls. Phosphorus contents of roots and stems of treated seedlings were 0.57 and 0.55 mg g(-1) higher than those of the controls, respectively. Phosphorus content was lower in the rhizosphere soils by an average of 1.03 mg g(-1) compared with controls. The results demonstrated that B. multivorans WS-FJ9 is a nonpathogenic strain that could colonize the roots and significantly promote the growth of poplar seedlings.
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- Guan-Xi Li
- College of Forest Resources and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210037, China
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Lambiase A, Del Pezzo M, Cerbone D, Raia V, Rossano F, Catania MR. Rapid identification of Burkholderia cepacia complex species recovered from cystic fibrosis patients using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. J Microbiol Methods 2012. [PMID: 23201483 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The aim of this study was to establish the identification ability of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) for bacteria of Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) and to compare these results with those obtained by a molecular method (PCR-RFLP). A total of 57 isolates was used in the study. Isolates were collected from 31 patients attending the Regional Cystic Fibrosis Unit from January 2001 to December 2005. For phenotypic identification, both automated and manual systems were used. Using mass spectrometry, we identified all 57 isolates, previously identified by molecular method. Of these, 28 isolates were identified as B. cenocepacia, although not differentiated further into lineages. Moreover, other isolates were identified as B. cepacia (12 isolates), B. stabilis (12 isolates), and B. vietnamiensis (5 isolates). Our data indicate a good correlation between the two approaches.
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- Antonietta Lambiase
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology and Pathology Luigi Califano, Medicine School, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
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Structure of Burkholderia cepacia UDP-glucose dehydrogenase (UGD) BceC and role of Tyr10 in final hydrolysis of UGD thioester intermediate. J Bacteriol 2011; 193:3978-87. [PMID: 21602353 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01076-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Members of the Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) are serious respiratory pathogens in immunocompromised individuals and in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). They are exceptionally resistant to many antimicrobial agents and have the capacity to spread between patients, leading to a decline in lung function and necrotizing pneumonia. BCC members often express a mucoid phenotype associated with the secretion of the exopolysaccharide (EPS) cepacian. There is much evidence supporting the fact that cepacian is a major virulence factor of BCC. UDP-glucose dehydrogenase (UGD) is responsible for the NAD-dependent 2-fold oxidation of UDP-glucose (UDP-Glc) to UDP-glucuronic acid (UDP-GlcA), which is a key step in cepacian biosynthesis. Here, we report the structure of BceC, determined at 1.75-Å resolution. Mutagenic studies were performed on the active sites of UGDs, and together with the crystallographic structures, they elucidate the molecular mechanism of this family of sugar nucleotide-modifying enzymes. Superposition with the structures of human and other bacterial UGDs showed an active site with high structural homology. This family contains a strictly conserved tyrosine residue (Y10 in BceC; shown in italics) within the glycine-rich motif (GXGYXG) of its N-terminal Rossmann-like domain. We constructed several BceC Y10 mutants, revealing only residual dehydrogenase activity and thus highlighting the importance of this conserved residue in the catalytic activity of BceC. Based on the literature of the UGD/GMD nucleotide sugar 6-dehydrogenase family and the kinetic and structural data we obtained for BceC, we determined Y10 as a key catalytic residue in a UGD rate-determining step, the final hydrolysis of the enzymatic thioester intermediate.
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Hauser AR, Jain M, Bar-Meir M, McColley SA. Clinical significance of microbial infection and adaptation in cystic fibrosis. Clin Microbiol Rev 2011; 24:29-70. [PMID: 21233507 PMCID: PMC3021203 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00036-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 284] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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A select group of microorganisms inhabit the airways of individuals with cystic fibrosis. Once established within the pulmonary environment in these patients, many of these microbes adapt by altering aspects of their structure and physiology. Some of these microbes and adaptations are associated with more rapid deterioration in lung function and overall clinical status, whereas others appear to have little effect. Here we review current evidence supporting or refuting a role for the different microbes and their adaptations in contributing to poor clinical outcomes in cystic fibrosis.
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- Alan R Hauser
- Department of Microbiology/Immunology, Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Ave., Searle 6-495, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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The Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) is a group of genetically related environmental bacteria that can cause chronic opportunistic infections in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and other underlying diseases. These infections are difficult to treat due to the inherent resistance of the bacteria to antibiotics. Bacteria can spread between CF patients through social contact and sometimes cause cepacia syndrome, a fatal pneumonia accompanied by septicemia. Burkholderia cenocepacia has been the focus of attention because initially it was the most common Bcc species isolated from patients with CF in North America and Europe. Today, B. cenocepacia, along with Burkholderia multivorans, is the most prevalent Bcc species in patients with CF. Given the progress that has been made in our understanding of B. cenocepacia over the past decade, we thought that it was an appropriate time to review our knowledge of the pathogenesis of B. cenocepacia, paying particular attention to the characterization of virulence determinants and the new tools that have been developed to study them. A common theme emerging from these studies is that B. cenocepacia establishes chronic infections in immunocompromised patients, which depend more on determinants mediating host niche adaptation than those involved directly in host cells and tissue damage.
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- Slade A. Loutet
- Centre for Human Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Human Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Infection of the airways remains the primary cause of morbidity and mortality in persons with cystic fibrosis (CF). This review describes salient features of the epidemiologies of microbial species that are involved in respiratory tract infection in CF. The apparently expanding spectrum of species causing infection in CF and recent changes in the incidences and prevalences of infection due to specific bacterial, fungal, and viral species are described. The challenges inherent in tracking and interpreting rates of infection in this patient population are discussed.
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Dalmastri C, Fiore A, Alisi C, Bevivino A, Tabacchioni S, Giuliano G, Sprocati AR, Segre L, Mahenthiralingam E, Chiarini L, Vandamme P. A rhizospheric Burkholderia cepacia complex population: genotypic and phenotypic diversity of Burkholderia cenocepacia and Burkholderia ambifaria. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2009; 46:179-87. [PMID: 19719571 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-6496(03)00211-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The Burkholderia cepacia'complex' (Bcc) presently comprises nine species and genomovars. In order to acquire a better comprehension of the species and genomovar distribution and of the genetic diversity among environmental Bcc bacteria, a natural population of 60 bacterial isolates recovered from the rhizosphere of maize and belonging to the Bcc has been characterised to assess the exact taxonomic position, the genetic polymorphism and the metabolic profiles of isolates. The identification of the different species and genomovars was accomplished by a combination of techniques including sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of whole-cell proteins and recA-based restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses. The genetic diversity among Bcc isolates was analysed by means of the random amplified polymorphic DNA and amplified fragment length polymorphism techniques; the analysis of molecular variance method was applied to estimate the genetic differences among the various species and genomovars identified within the bacterial population. Metabolic profiles based on carbon source utilisation were obtained by means of the Biolog GN assay and analysed by means of cluster analysis. Forty-four strains were identified as B. ambifaria, 11 as B. cenocepacia recA lineage III-B, four as B. pyrrocinia, and one as B. cepacia genomovar I. Marked genetic differences were observed between B. cenocepacia and B. ambifaria, whereas limited differences were found between B. pyrrocinia and B. ambifaria and between B. pyrrocinia and B. cenocepacia. No significant differences (P>0.05) were observed between the mean genetic distances of isolates belonging to B. cenocepacia, B. ambifaria, and B. pyrrocinia. Phenotypic analyses revealed that all isolates tested were able to utilise more than 75% of substrates. The highest variability in the number of utilised substrates was found among B. cenocepacia isolates, whereas the lowest was found among B. ambifaria isolates. Cluster analysis of metabolic profiles revealed pronounced differences between B. cenocepacia and B. ambifaria; in contrast, B. pyrrocinia could not be clearly separated either from B. cenocepacia or from B. ambifaria.
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- Claudia Dalmastri
- ENEA (Ente Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente) C.R. Casaccia, Unità Biotecnologie e Protezione della Salute e degli Ecosistemi, Via Anguillarese 301, 00060 S. Maria di Galeria, Rome, Italy
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Shehabi AA, Abu-Al-Soud W, Mahafzah A, Khuri-Bulos N, Abu Khader I, Ouis IS, Wadström T. Investigation of Burkholderia cepacia Nosocomial Outbreak with High Fatality in Patients Suffering from Diseases other than Cystic Fibrosis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 36:174-8. [PMID: 15119360 DOI: 10.1080/00365540410027166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Over a 1-y period, 26 inpatients at the Jordan University Hospital in Amman were detected with bacteraemia (23 cases) or respiratory tract colonized with B. cepacia (3 cases). A combination of genetic identification and molecular typing has proved that all cases were caused by a single epidemic strain of B. cepacia genomovar IIIa. Nosocomial infections could be documented in 21/26 (81%) patients, mostly with severe underlying or malignant diseases other than cystic fibrosis, but the source of infection was undetected. The overall mortality related to infection with B. cepacia was 42%. All B. cepacia isolates were resistant to ampicillin, amikacin, carbenicillin and gentamicin; and mostly susceptible to piperacillin, chloramphenicol, cotri-moxazole, tetracycline, ceftazidime, and tazocin (62-88%). This study demonstrates the nosocomial and high fatality of B. cepacia genomovar IIIa in Jordanian patients suffering from diseases other than cystic fibrosis.
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- Asem A Shehabi
- Department of Clinical Laboratories, Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan.
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Strains of Burkholderia cenocepacia genomovar IIIA possessing the cblA gene that are distinct from ET12. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2009; 64:94-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2008] [Revised: 01/07/2009] [Accepted: 01/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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McClean S, Callaghan M. Burkholderia cepacia complex: epithelial cell–pathogen confrontations and potential for therapeutic intervention. J Med Microbiol 2009; 58:1-12. [DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47788-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Burkholderia cepaciacomplex (Bcc) is an important and virulent pathogen in cystic fibrosis patients. The interactions between this pathogen and the host lung epithelium are being widely investigated but remain to be elucidated. The complex is very versatile and its interactions with the lung epithelial cells are many and varied. The first steps in the interaction are penetration of the mucosal blanket and subsequent adherence to the epithelial cell surface. A range of epithelial receptors have been reported to bind to Bcc. The next step in pathogenesis is the invasion of the lung epithelial cell and also translocation across the epithelium to the serosal side. Furthermore, pathogenesis is mediated by a range of virulence factors that elicit their effects on the epithelial cells. This review outlines these interactions and examines the therapeutic implications of understanding the mechanisms of pathogenesis of this difficult, antibiotic-resistant, opportunistic pathogen.
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- Siobhán McClean
- Centre of Microbial Host Interactions, Institute of Technology Tallaght Dublin, Dublin 24, Ireland
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- Centre of Microbial Host Interactions, Institute of Technology Tallaght Dublin, Dublin 24, Ireland
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Spicuzza L, Sciuto C, Vitaliti G, Di Dio G, Leonardi S, La Rosa M. Emerging pathogens in cystic fibrosis: ten years of follow-up in a cohort of patients. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2008; 28:191-5. [PMID: 18758832 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0605-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2008] [Accepted: 07/24/2008] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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In patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), there is an increasing incidence of some uncommon respiratory pathogens, such as Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc), Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, and Achromobacter xylosoxidans. In order to evaluate the prevalence and the clinical impact of these pathogens, we retrospectively studied a total of 109 patients followed in our center from 1996 to 2006 and reviewed the results of 1,550 sputum samples. The isolation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa slightly decreased over the observed decade, whereas Staphylococcus aureus exhibited an irregular trend. Infection with Bcc reached a peak in 1998 and successively decreased to a stable 4%. S. maltophilia and A. xylosoxidans were the real emerging pathogens, since first isolation occurred in 2004; however, the percentage of infected patients remained low (7% and 3.2%, respectively) through the years. In conclusion, in our center for CF, the reduced prevalence of P. aeruginosa over the last decade has been associated with a concurrent reduction of infections by Bcc and, as compared to other centers in Italy, Europe, and the US, with a low incidence of emerging pathogens such as S. maltophilia and A. xylosoxidans.
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- L Spicuzza
- Dipartimento di Pediatria, UO Broncopneumologia, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123, Catania, Italy.
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Variation of the antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Burkholderia cepacia complex clonal isolates obtained from chronically infected cystic fibrosis patients: a five-year survey in the major Portuguese treatment center. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2008; 27:1101-11. [PMID: 18600352 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0552-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2007] [Accepted: 10/30/2007] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients chronically infected with Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) bacteria requires extensive and aggressive antibiotics therapy, exposing these bacteria to prolonged antibiotics-selective pressure. In the present study, we have compared the susceptibility patterns to 13 antimicrobials of 94 Bcc isolates obtained from 15 Portuguese CF patients in the course of chronic infection during a five-year survey. These isolates were previously genotyped and represent 11 different strains of the species B. cenocepacia (subgroups A and B), B. cepacia, B. multivorans, and B. stabilis. The results are consistent with the notion that CF Bcc isolates are resistant to the most clinically relevant antimicrobials and suggest an uneven distribution of resistance rates among the different species, with B. cenocepacia subgroup A isolates being the most resistant. Phenotypic variants exhibiting differences in the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns were obtained from the sputum samples of clinically deteriorated CF patients during chronic lung infection. The isolation of resistant variants coincided with periods of pulmonary exacerbation and antibiotics therapy.
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Genomovar status, virulence markers and genotyping of Burkholderia cepacia complex strains isolated from Brazilian cystic fibrosis patients. J Cyst Fibros 2008; 7:336-339. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2007.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2007] [Revised: 11/06/2007] [Accepted: 12/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Mahenthiralingam E, Baldwin A, Dowson C. Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteria: opportunistic pathogens with important natural biology. J Appl Microbiol 2008; 104:1539-51. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03706.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 290] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Alexander BD, Petzold EW, Reller LB, Palmer SM, Davis RD, Woods CW, Lipuma JJ. Survival after lung transplantation of cystic fibrosis patients infected with Burkholderia cepacia complex. Am J Transplant 2008; 8:1025-30. [PMID: 18318775 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02186.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Within the Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc), B. cenocepacia portends increased mortality compared with other species. We investigated the impact of Bcc infection on mortality and re-infection following lung transplant (LT). Species designation for isolates from Bcc-infected patients was determined using 16S rDNA and recA gene analyses. Of 75 cystic fibrosis patients undergoing LT from September 1992 to August 2002, 59 had no Bcc and 16 had Bcc (including 7 B. cenocepacia) isolated in the year before LT. Of the latter, 87.5% had Bcc recovered after transplantation, and all retained their pretransplant strains. Survival was 97%, 92%, 76% and 63% for noninfected patients; 89%, 89%, 67% and 56% for patients infected with Bcc species other than B. cenocepacia; and 71%, 29%, 29% and 29% for patients with B. cenocepacia (p = 0.014) at 1 month, 1 year, 3 years and 5 years, respectively. Patients infected with B. cenocepacia before transplant were six times more likely to die within 1 year of transplant than those infected with other Bcc species (p = 0.04) and eight times than noninfected patients (p < 0.00005). Following LT, infection with Bcc species other than B. cenocepacia does not significantly impact 5-year survival whereas infection with B. cenocepacia pretransplant is associated with decreased survival.
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- B D Alexander
- Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
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Drevinek P, Baldwin A, Dowson CG, Mahenthiralingam E. Diversity of the parB and repA genes of the Burkholderia cepacia complex and their utility for rapid identification of Burkholderia cenocepacia. BMC Microbiol 2008; 8:44. [PMID: 18328098 PMCID: PMC2324101 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-8-44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2007] [Accepted: 03/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Burkholderia cenocepacia is the most prominent species of the B. cepacia complex (Bcc), a group of nine closely related and difficult to identify bacteria that cause serious infections in patients with cystic fibrosis. Despite its clinical relevance, identification of B. cenocepacia as a single species is unavailable, as it splits by a widely used recA gene-based PCR identification method into discrete phylogenetic subgroups IIIA, IIIB, IIIC and IIID. With the aim of identifying gene targets suitable for unified detection of B. cenocepacia strains, we examined sequence polymorphisms in the repA and parB genes. These essential genes are involved in the replication and partitioning of bacterial replicons, hence we also had the opportunity for the first time to investigate the evolution of the multireplicon (three chromosome) structure of Bcc genomes. RESULTS Alignment of the repA and parB genes from publicly available Bcc genome sequences enabled the design of primers for their amplification and sequence analysis. Multilocus sequencing typing, a highly discriminatory method for Bcc species and strain discrimination, was used to select strains of unique sequence types (STs) that spanned the known Bcc genetic diversity. Sequence datasets of repA (83 isolates, 67 STs) and parB (120 isolates, 95 STs) genes from the second chromosome were aligned and examined phylogenetically to identify polymorphisms suitable for identification of B. cenocepacia. In contrast to parB, the Bcc repA sequences demonstrated distinct clustering of B. cenocepacia from other species, which enabled the design a species-specific multiplex PCR. The novel single-reaction B. cenocepacia detection method was tested on a panel of 142 different Bcc strains (142 STs) and distinguished recA groups IIIA, IIIB and IIID, from all other Bcc members with 100% sensitivity and 93% specificity. CONCLUSION The repA-based multiplex PCR is a useful aid to the rapid identification of the most clinically relevant B. cenocepacia recA subgroups IIIA, IIIB and IIID. Phylogenetic analysis of repA and parB genes demonstrated that acquisition of the second and third replicons of Bcc genomes occurred prior to their differentiation into discrete species and that the sharing of replicons across species had not occurred.
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- Pavel Drevinek
- Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3TL, UK.
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Correia S, Nascimento C, Pereira L, Cunha MV, Sá-Correia I, Barreto C. Infecção respiratória por bactérias do complexo Burkholderia cepacia: Evolução clínica em doentes com fibrose quística. REVISTA PORTUGUESA DE PNEUMOLOGIA 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s0873-2159(15)30216-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Waine DJ, Whitehouse J, Honeybourne D. Cross-infection in cystic fibrosis: The knowledge and behaviour of adult patients. J Cyst Fibros 2007; 6:262-6. [PMID: 17141578 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2006.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2006] [Revised: 09/20/2006] [Accepted: 10/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The knowledge and behaviour of adult patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) regarding cross-infection are ill understood. METHODS A questionnaire was designed to investigate this at the West Midlands Adult CF Centre. RESULTS 94 patients completed the questionnaire. 54%, 36% and 46% had "no idea" of the lifetime risk of contracting Burkholderia cepacia complex, epidemic strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and MRSA, respectively. 25-33% did not know the consequences of infection with these bacteria. 35% mixed with other people with CF, 6.5% during physiotherapy or nebulizer use. Most respondents did not think quality of life was significantly linked with segregation from other patients with CF. CONCLUSIONS Adults with CF, at least in the West Midlands, have poor knowledge of the risk and consequences of cross-infection. A significant proportion ignored advice not to mix with other patients, although segregation was not thought to impact upon quality of life. This suggests that more education about the risks of cross-infection would be beneficial.
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- David J Waine
- West Midlands Adult CF Unit, Heart of England Foundation Trust, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, UK.
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Cunha MV, Pinto-de-Oliveira A, Meirinhos-Soares L, Salgado MJ, Melo-Cristino J, Correia S, Barreto C, Sá-Correia I. Exceptionally high representation of Burkholderia cepacia among B. cepacia complex isolates recovered from the major Portuguese cystic fibrosis center. J Clin Microbiol 2007; 45:1628-33. [PMID: 17360834 PMCID: PMC1865859 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00234-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2007] [Revised: 03/02/2007] [Accepted: 03/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Burkholderia cepacia, a species found infrequently in cystic fibrosis (CF), was isolated from 85% of patients infected with bacteria of the B. cepacia complex that visited the major Portuguese CF center, in Lisbon, during 2003 to 2005. A detailed molecular analysis revealed that this was mainly due to two B. cepacia clones. These clones were indistinguishable from two strains isolated from intrinsically contaminated nonsterile saline solutions for nasal application, detected during routine market surveillance by the Portuguese Medicines and Health Products Authority.
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- Mónica V Cunha
- IBB-Institute for Biological and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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Lee YA, Chan CW. Molecular Typing and Presence of Genetic Markers Among Strains of Banana Finger-Tip Rot Pathogen, Burkholderia cenocepacia, in Taiwan. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2007; 97:195-201. [PMID: 18944375 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-97-2-0195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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ABSTRACT Burkholderia cenocepacia (genomovar III of B. cepacia complex), the causal agent of banana finger-tip rot, is a common plant-associated bacterium but also an important opportunistic pathogen of humans. To better understand the nature of B. cenocepacia from banana, the genetic variation among B. cenocepacia isolates from various banana-growing regions in southern Taiwan was examined. Forty-four serial isolates recovered from diseased banana stigmata from three banana-growing regions during the periods ranging from 2002 to 2004 were investigated. All B. cenocepacia isolates picked from quinate-yeast extract tetracycline-polymyxin semiselective medium could cause onion maceration and were polymerase chain reaction (PCR) positive for bcscV, which is a type III secretion gene present in all members of the B. cepacia complex except B. cepacia (formerly genomovar I). Genetic diversity was assessed using recA PCR restriction fragment length polymorphism, recA nucleotide sequence analysis, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis assays. The assays revealed the genetic variability among the isolates and also allowed us to trace the relationship among isolates. The isolates all were assigned to genomovar III and consisted of two groups, A and B, which corresponded to recA lineage IIIA and IIIB. The group B strains were separated into B1 and B2 subgroups and the B1 strains were further divided into distinct lineages. The B1 strains were the most frequently detected and occurred in all regions tested. There was no significant difference between strains from each subgroup in the virulence on banana fingers of cv. Cavendish. PCR assays were further used to determine whether B. cenocepacia from banana contained the cable pilus subunit gene (cblA), IS1356, and B. cepacia epidemic strain marker (BCESM), which are DNA markers associated with epidemic B. cepacia clinic strains. The results indicated that cblA and IS1356 were absent but the BCESM was found in all isolates. The present study revealed that banana is a natural reservoir of genetically diversified B. cenocepacia strains.
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Duff C, Murphy PG, Callaghan M, McClean S. Differences in invasion and translocation of Burkholderia cepacia complex species in polarised lung epithelial cells in vitro. Microb Pathog 2006; 41:183-92. [PMID: 16938423 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2006.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2006] [Revised: 07/24/2006] [Accepted: 07/25/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In order to investigate the mechanisms by which Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) strains cross the epithelial barrier of the lung and cause septicaemia in a subgroup of Cystic Fibrosis (CF) patients, the invasiveness of four Bcc species have been examined in three lung epithelial cells: A549, 16HBE14o- and Calu-3. The latter two cell lines form polarised monolayers when grown on filters. Invasion of both cell lines by B. multivorans strains was reduced when the cells were grown as tight monolayers compared unpolarised cells, suggesting basolateral receptors are required for the process. In contrast, four B. cenocepacia strains showed comparable invasion of both cell lines irrespective of culture model. All four species of Bcc reduced the TER of Calu-3 monolayers. However, while B. cepacia, B. multivorans and B. stabilis strains readily translocated across the epithelial monolayer, B. cenocepacia translocation was slower. Both B. multivorans and B. cenocepacia altered expression of ZO-1 in Calu-3 cells, but not E-cadherin. Overall, the findings that Bcc strains from four species, which differ greatly in their virulence, have the potential to disrupt tight junctions and to translocate across the epithelium, demonstrates this effect is not exclusive to the most virulent species.
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- Caroline Duff
- Department of Applied Science, Institute of Technology, Tallaght, Ireland
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Sajjan US, Yang JH, Hershenson MB, LiPuma JJ. Intracellular trafficking and replication of Burkholderia cenocepacia in human cystic fibrosis airway epithelial cells. Cell Microbiol 2006; 8:1456-66. [PMID: 16922864 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2006.00724.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We investigated the trafficking of Burkholderia cenocepacia, an opportunistic respiratory pathogen of persons with cystic fibrosis (CF), in immortalized CF airway epithelial cells in vitro. Our results indicate that bacteria enter cells in a process involving actin rearrangement. Whereas both live and heat-killed bacteria reside transiently in early endosomes, only live bacteria escape from late endosomes to colocalize in vesicles positive for lysosomal membrane marker LAMP1, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane marker calnexin, and autophagosome marker monodansylcadavarine (MDC). Twenty-four hours after infection, microcolonies of live bacteria were observed in the perinuclear area colocalizing with calnexin. In contrast, after ingestion, dead bacteria colocalized with late endosome marker Rab7, and lysosome markers LAMP1 and cathepsin D, but not with calnexin or MDC. Six to eight hours after ingestion of dead bacteria, degraded bacterial particles were observed in the cytoplasm and in vesicles positive for cathepsin D. These results indicate that live B. cenocepacia gain entry into human CF airway cells by endocytosis, escape from late endosomes to enter autophagosomes that fail to fuse with mature lysosomes, and undergo replication in the ER. This survival and replication strategy may contribute to the capacity of B. cenocepacia to persist in the lungs of infected CF patients.
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- Umadevi S Sajjan
- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Disease, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, 48109, USA
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Vonberg RP, Häußler S, Vandamme P, Steinmetz I. Identification of Burkholderia cepacia complex pathogens by rapid-cycle PCR with fluorescent hybridization probes. J Med Microbiol 2006; 55:721-727. [PMID: 16687590 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46457-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Members of the Burkholderia cepacia complex are important bacterial pathogens in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. The B. cepacia complex currently consists of nine genetic subgroups (genomovars) of different epidemiological relevance and possibly of different pathogenic potential in humans. In this study, a new approach was developed for the rapid identification of B. cepacia genomovar I, Burkholderia multivorans (genomovar II), Burkholderia cenocepacia (lineage III-A and III-B), Burkholderia stabilis (genomovar IV) and Burkholderia vietnamiensis (genomovar V), which cause the large majority of infections in CF patients. The method was based on the detection of differences in the recA gene sequence by using rapid-cycle PCR and genomovar-specific fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) probes. The genomovar status of all 39 B. cepacia complex strains tested (genomovars I–V) was identified by melting-curve analysis. Each FRET probe produced a specific fluorescence signal only with the respective genomovar, and not with other B. cepacia complex strains and Burkholderia spp. The identification system was easy to handle and revealed B. cepacia complex genomovar I–V status from culture isolates within about 1 h.
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- Ralf-Peter Vonberg
- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Medical School Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, German Research Center for Biotechnology, Braunschweig, Germany
- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Medical School Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Laboratorium voor Mikrobiologie, Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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- Friedrich Loeffler Institute of Medical Microbiology, Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald, Germany
- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Medical School Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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Pirone L, Chiarini L, Dalmastri C, Bevivino A, Tabacchioni S. Detection of cultured and uncultured Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteria naturally occurring in the maize rhizosphere. Environ Microbiol 2006; 7:1734-42. [PMID: 16232288 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00897.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The species composition of a Burkholderia cepacia complex population naturally occurring in the maize rhizosphere was investigated by using both culture-dependent and culture-independent methods. B. cepacia complex isolates were recovered from maize root slurry on the two selective media Pseudomonas cepacia azelaic acid tryptamine (PCAT) and trypan blue tetracycline (TB-T) and subjected to identification by a combination of restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis and species-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests of the recA gene. DNA extracted directly from root slurry was examined by means of nested PCR to amplify recA gene with species-specific B. cepacia complex primers and to obtain a library of PCR amplified recA genes. Using the culture-dependent method the species Burkholderia cepacia, Burkholderia cenocepacia, Burkholderia ambifaria and Burkholderia pyrrocinia were identified, whereas using the culture-independent method also the species Burkholderia vietnamiensis was detected. The latter method also allowed us to highlight a higher diversity within the B. cenocepacia species. In fact, by using the culture-independent method the species B. cenocepacia recA lineages IIIA and IIID besides B. cenocepacia recA lineage IIIB were detected. Moreover, higher heterogeneity of recA RFLP patterns was observed among clones assigned to the species B. cenocepacia than among B. cenocepacia isolates from selective media.
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- Luisa Pirone
- ENEA (Ente Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente) C.R. Casaccia, UTS Biotecnologie - Protezione della Salute e degli Ecosistemi, Sezione Genetica e Genomica, Via Anguillarese 301, 00060 S. Maria di Galeria, Rome, Italy
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Campana S, Taccetti G, Ravenni N, Favari F, Cariani L, Sciacca A, Savoia D, Collura A, Fiscarelli E, De Intinis G, Busetti M, Cipolloni A, d'Aprile A, Provenzano E, Collebrusco I, Frontini P, Stassi G, Trancassini M, Tovagliari D, Lavitola A, Doherty CJ, Coenye T, Govan JRW, Vandamme P. Transmission of Burkholderia cepacia complex: evidence for new epidemic clones infecting cystic fibrosis patients in Italy. J Clin Microbiol 2005; 43:5136-42. [PMID: 16207975 PMCID: PMC1248445 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.43.10.5136-5142.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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To analyze national prevalence, genomovar distribution, and epidemiology of the Burkholderia cepacia complex in Italy, 225 putative B. cepacia complex isolates were obtained from 225 cystic fibrosis (CF) patients attending 18 CF centers. The genomovar status of these isolates was determined by a polyphasic approach, which included whole-cell protein electrophoresis and recA restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. Two approaches were used to genotype B. cepacia complex isolates: BOX-PCR fingerprinting and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of genomic macrorestriction fragments. A total of 208 (92%) of 225 isolates belonged to the B. cepacia complex, with Burkholderia cenocepacia as the most prevalent species (61.1%). Clones delineated by PFGE were predominantly linked to a single center; in contrast, BOX-PCR clones were composed of isolates collected either from the same center or from different CF centers and comprised multiple PFGE clusters. Three BOX-PCR clones appeared of special interest. One clone was composed of 17 B. cenocepacia isolates belonging to recA RFLP type H. These isolates were collected from six centers and represented three PFGE clusters. The presence of insertion sequence IS 1363 in all isolates and the comparison with PHDC reference isolates identified this clone as PHDC, an epidemic clone prominent in North American CF patients. The second clone included 22 isolates from eight centers and belonged to recA RFLP type AT. The genomovar status of strains with the latter RFLP type is not known. Most of these isolates belonged to four different PFGE clusters. Finally, a third clone comprised nine B. pyrrocinia isolates belonging to recA RFLP type Se 13. They represented three PFGE clusters and were collected in three CF centers.
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- S Campana
- Department of Pediatrics, Cystic Fibrosis Center, University of Florence, 50132 Florence, Italy.
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Baldwin A, Mahenthiralingam E, Thickett KM, Honeybourne D, Maiden MCJ, Govan JR, Speert DP, Lipuma JJ, Vandamme P, Dowson CG. Multilocus sequence typing scheme that provides both species and strain differentiation for the Burkholderia cepacia complex. J Clin Microbiol 2005; 43:4665-73. [PMID: 16145124 PMCID: PMC1234123 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.43.9.4665-4673.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A single multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme was developed for precise characterization of the opportunistic pathogens of Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC), a group composed of at least nine closely related species. Seven conserved housekeeping genes were selected after a comparison of five Burkholderia species, and a collection of strains was subjected to nucleotide sequence analysis using a nested PCR amplification approach for each gene. MLST differentiated all nine current BCC species and identified 114 sequence types within a collection of 119 strains. No differentiation was found between strains recovered from environmental or clinical sources. The improved resolution in strain identification offered by MLST was able to identify previously characterized epidemic strain lineages and also demonstrated the presence of four novel potential species groups within the complex. There was also evidence for recombination having an important role in the recent evolution of individual BCC species. This highly transferable, validated, MLST scheme provides a new means to assist in species identification as well as unambiguous strain discrimination of the BCC by a single approach. It is also the first MLST scheme designed at the outset to incorporate multiple species and should facilitate global epidemiological investigations of the BCC.
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- Adam Baldwin
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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Reik R, Spilker T, Lipuma JJ. Distribution of Burkholderia cepacia complex species among isolates recovered from persons with or without cystic fibrosis. J Clin Microbiol 2005; 43:2926-8. [PMID: 15956421 PMCID: PMC1151955 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.43.6.2926-2928.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We analyzed Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates recovered from 1,218 cystic fibrosis (CF) patients and 90 patients without CF. Although all B. cepacia complex species were found, some were rarely identified. The distribution of species differed between the CF and non-CF populations and appears to be changing over time among CF patients.
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- Rebecca Reik
- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School, 1150 W. Medical Center Dr., 8323 MSRB III, Box 0646, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0646, USA
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Petrucca A, Cipriani P, Sessa R, Teggi A, Pustorino R, Santapaola D, Nicoletti M. Burkholderia cenocepacia vaginal infection in patient with smoldering myeloma and chronic hepatitis C. Emerg Infect Dis 2005; 10:1957-9. [PMID: 15550207 PMCID: PMC3328987 DOI: 10.3201/eid1011.040127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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We report a case of a vaginal infection caused by a strain of Burkholderia cenocepacia. The strain was isolated from vaginal swab specimens from a 68-year-old woman with smoldering myeloma and chronic hepatitis C virus infection who was hospitalized for abdominal abscess. Treatment with piperacillin/tazobactam eliminated B. cenocepacia infection and vaginal symptoms.
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- Andrea Petrucca
- II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia dell'Università "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy
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- II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia dell'Università "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy
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- I Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia dell'Università "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy
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- II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia dell'Università "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy
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- II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia dell'Università "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy
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Hens DK, Ghosh AN, Kumar R. A new small temperate DNA phage BcP15 isolated from Burkholderia cepacia DR11. Arch Virol 2005; 150:2421-8. [PMID: 16052281 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-005-0601-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2005] [Accepted: 06/08/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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A Burkholderia cepacia DR11 strain was isolated during the survey of microorganisms from coastal water of deltaic Sunderbans. This strain always released temperate phage BcP15 into culture supernatant. UV irradiation of the strain also induced phage induction. The phage titer was 2.3 x 10(8). New temperate phage BcP15 has unusual structure. It has a hexagonal head, 65 nm in diameter and a tail 200 nm long, attached with single thick wavy tail fiber (424-705 nm). Phage DNA is double stranded 11.9 kb long. Southern hybridization result indicated that the phage DNA was in lysogenic state into the B. cepacia DR11 genome. SDS-PAGE of phage protein showed two major bands of molecular weight 20 kDa and 40 kDa.
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- D K Hens
- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India
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Otağ F, Ersöz G, Salcioğlu M, Bal C, Schneider I, Bauernfeind A. Nosocomial bloodstream infections with Burkholderia stabilis. J Hosp Infect 2005; 59:46-52. [PMID: 15571853 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.06.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2004] [Accepted: 06/11/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Burkholderia stabilis was grown from blood cultures of seven patients presenting with signs and symptoms of septicaemia in the intensive care unit at Mersin University Hospital, Mersin, Turkey between July and October 2002. Four patients had one B. stabilis-positive blood culture, two patients had two, and one patient had four. Isolates from six of seven patients had the same resistotype and random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis type. Despite treatment with ciprofloxacin and imipenem, to which the strains were susceptible, all patients died one to eight days after isolation of B. stabilis from their blood. B. stabilis should be regarded as an opportunistic pathogen that may cause nosocomial bloodstream infections.
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- F Otağ
- Faculty of Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin, Tip Fakultesi, Mikrobiyoloji ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji AD, 33079 Mersin, Turkey.
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Brisse S, Cordevant C, Vandamme P, Bidet P, Loukil C, Chabanon G, Lange M, Bingen E. Species distribution and ribotype diversity of Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates from French patients with cystic fibrosis. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42:4824-7. [PMID: 15472352 PMCID: PMC522310 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.42.10.4824-4827.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A total of 153 Burkholderia cepacia strains obtained from 153 French patients with cystic fibrosis were identified as Burkholderia multivorans (51.6%) or Burkholderia cenocepacia (45.1%). Eighty-two genotypes were identified using PvuII and EcoRI ribotyping. B. multivorans genotype A (found in 32 French patients) and two other genotypes were also identified among isolates from Austrian, German, Italian, and Canadian patients.
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- Sylvain Brisse
- Unité Biodiversité des Bactéries Pathogènes Emergents (U389 INSERM), Institut Pasteur Paris, France
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Manno G, Dalmastri C, Tabacchioni S, Vandamme P, Lorini R, Minicucci L, Romano L, Giannattasio A, Chiarini L, Bevivino A. Epidemiology and clinical course of Burkholderia cepacia complex infections, particularly those caused by different Burkholderia cenocepacia strains, among patients attending an Italian Cystic Fibrosis Center. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42:1491-7. [PMID: 15070994 PMCID: PMC387599 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.42.4.1491-1497.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In this study, the epidemiology of Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) recovered from the sputum of 75 patients attending the Genoa Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Center at the Gaslini Children's Hospital (Genoa, Italy) was investigated, and the clinical course of the CF patients infected with the different species and genomovars of Bcc was evaluated. All isolates were analyzed for genomovar status by recA gene polymorphism and subsequently random amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprinting. Burkholderia cenocepacia is the predominant species recovered from the CF patients infected with Bcc at the Genoa CF Center. Of the other eight species comprising the Bcc, only a few isolates belonging to B. cepacia genomovar I, Burkholderia stabilis, and Burkholderia pyrrocinia were found. Of the four recA lineages of B. cenocepacia, most patients were infected by epidemic strains belonging to lineages IIIA and IIID, whereas only a few patients harbored IIIB strains. Patient-to-patient spread of Bcc among CF patients was mostly associated with B. cenocepacia, in particular with strains belonging to recA lineages IIIA and IIID. The mortality of CF patients infected with Bcc at the Genoa CF Center was significantly higher than mortality among CF patients not infected with Bcc. All of the deaths were associated with the presence of B. cenocepacia, except the case of a patient infected with B. cepacia genomovar I. Within B. cenocepacia, infection with epidemic strains belonging to lineages IIIA and IIID was associated with higher rates of mortality than was infection with lineage IIIB strains. No significant differences in lung function, body weight, and mortality rate were observed between patients infected with epidemic strains belonging to either B. cenocepacia IIIA or B. cenocepacia IIID.
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- Graziana Manno
- Infectious Diseases Research and Diagnosis Laboratory, Italy
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McDowell A, Mahenthiralingam E, Dunbar KEA, Moore JE, Crowe M, Elborn JS. Epidemiology of Burkholderia cepacia complex species recovered from cystic fibrosis patients: issues related to patient segregation. J Med Microbiol 2004; 53:663-668. [PMID: 15184539 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45557-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Studies of the prevalence of Burkholderia cepacia complex species amongst cystic fibrosis (CF) patients in different geographical regions, and the association between cross-infection and putative transmissibility markers, will further our understanding of these organisms and help to address infection-control issues. In this study, B. cepacia complex isolates from CF patients in different regions of Europe were analysed. Isolates were examined for B. cepacia complex species and putative transmissibility markers [cable pilin subunit gene (cblA) and the B. cepacia epidemic strain marker (BCESM)]. Sporadic and cross-infective strains were identified by random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD). In total, 79 % of patients were infected with Burkholderia cenocepacia (genomovar III), 18 % with Burkholderia multivorans (genomovar II) and less than 5 % of patients with B. cepacia (genomovar I), Burkholderia stabilis (genomovar IV) or Burkholderia vietnamiensis (genomovar V). The cblA and BCESM transmissibility markers were only detected in strains of B. cenocepacia. The BCESM was a more sensitive marker for transmissible B. cenocepacia strains than cblA, although sporadic B. cenocepacia strains containing the BCESM, but lacking cblA, were also observed. Furthermore, clusters of cross-infection with transmissibility marker-negative strains of B. multivorans were identified. In conclusion, B. cenocepacia was the greatest cause of cross-infection, and the most widely distributed B. cepacia complex species, within these CF populations. However, cross-infection was not exclusive to B. cenocepacia and cblA and the BCESM were not absolute markers for transmissible B. cenocepacia, or other B. cepacia complex strains. It is therefore suggested that CF centres cohort patients based on the presence or absence of B. cepacia complex infection and not on the basis of transmissibility marker-positive B. cenocepacia as previously suggested.
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- Andrew McDowell
- Department of Bacteriology, Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory1 and Northern Ireland Regional Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre3, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast BT9 7AB, UK 2Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF1 3US, UK
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- Department of Bacteriology, Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory1 and Northern Ireland Regional Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre3, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast BT9 7AB, UK 2Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF1 3US, UK
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- Department of Bacteriology, Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory1 and Northern Ireland Regional Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre3, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast BT9 7AB, UK 2Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF1 3US, UK
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- Department of Bacteriology, Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory1 and Northern Ireland Regional Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre3, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast BT9 7AB, UK 2Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF1 3US, UK
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- Department of Bacteriology, Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory1 and Northern Ireland Regional Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre3, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast BT9 7AB, UK 2Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF1 3US, UK
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- Department of Bacteriology, Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory1 and Northern Ireland Regional Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre3, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast BT9 7AB, UK 2Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF1 3US, UK
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Woods CW, Bressler AM, LiPuma JJ, Alexander BD, Clements DA, Weber DJ, Moore CM, Reller LB, Kaye KS. Virulence Associated with Outbreak-Related Strains of Burkholderia cepacia Complex among a Cohort of Patients with Bacteremia. Clin Infect Dis 2004; 38:1243-50. [PMID: 15127335 DOI: 10.1086/383313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2003] [Accepted: 12/17/2003] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The Burkholderia cepacia complex includes 9 genomovars. The relative virulence of each is unknown. Host and pathogen features associated with mortality were evaluated among patients with B. cepacia complex bacteremia. Cases were ascertained through review of blood culture results for the period of May 1996 through May 2002. Isolates were identified to species level with 16S rDNA and recA-based species-specific polymerase chain reaction analyses and recA restriction fragment-length polymorphism. Strain typing was performed with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Fifty-three patients with B. cepacia complex bacteremia were identified; only 9 (17%) had cystic fibrosis. Twenty-five patients (47%) died within 14 days of bacteremia. After controlling for comorbid conditions and therapeutic interventions, 2 outbreak-related strains of Burkholderia cenocepacia (genomovar III) were associated with 14-day mortality (odds ratio, 5.5; 95% confidence interval, 1.20-25.02). B. cenocepacia is an emerging nosocomial pathogen. Certain strains are associated with an enhanced capacity for interpatient spread and poor outcome.
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- Christopher W Woods
- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
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Meghdas I, Loïez C, Baïda N, Dabboussi F, Hamze M, Husson MO, Izard D. Épidémiologie des infections provoquées par les bactéries du « complexe Burkholderia cepacia » au cours de la mucoviscidose. Arch Pediatr 2004; 11:360-6. [PMID: 15139322 DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2003.12.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Within a few years bacteriological knowledge on Burkholderia cepacia species has progressed considerably. Within bacterial classification (taxonomy), B. cepacia gathers eight species and one species on standby of nomenclature (genomovar VI); the whole of these species constitutes the "B. cepacia complex" or B. cepacia "sensu lato" and the denomination B. cepacia "sensu stricto" is attributed to the genomovar I. These new data call into question the knowledge on the clinic and the epidemiology of B. cepacia "sensu lato" infection in the course of cystic fibrosis. Among these newly described species, B. cenocepacia (formerly genomovar III) and B. multivorans (formerly genomovar II) are the most frequent species and together they represent more than 90% of infections associated to "B. cepacia complex" in the course of cystic fibrosis. B. cenocepacia is often associated to the "cepacia syndrome" which is characterized as a fatal necrotizing pneumonia with bacteremia. The progress of molecular epidemiology allowed the description of bacterial clones of which some are highly transmissible from person-to-person. Their distribution varies according to the species and the geography. The identification of these new species appears particularly difficult and, by the fact, the data on taxonomy and molecular epidemiology can be provided only by highly specialized reference centers.
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- I Meghdas
- Laboratoire de bactériologie-hygiène, hôpital Calmette, Lille, France
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Petrucca A, Cipriani P, Valenti P, Santapaola D, Cimmino C, Scoarughi GL, Santino I, Stefani S, Sessa R, Nicoletti M. Molecular characterization of Burkholderia cepacia isolates from cystic fibrosis (CF) patients in an Italian CF center. Res Microbiol 2003; 154:491-8. [PMID: 14499935 DOI: 10.1016/s0923-2508(03)00145-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bacteria of the Burkholderia cepacia complex consist of a number of closely related genomic species (genomovars) potentially pathogenic for cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, collectively referred to as the B. cepacia complex. The genomovar status and epidemiological relatedness of B. cepacia complex strains recovered from CF patients, attending a CF Center at the University Hospital "Policlinico Umberto I" of Rome, were investigated using 16S rRNA PCR-RFLP, recA PCR-RFLP, genomovar-specific PCR, and RAPD. Forty-seven isolates identified as B. cepacia by commercial systems were repeatedly recovered from 19 CF patients. The taxonomy approach used in this study showed that 17 of the 19 patients were colonized by B. cepacia complex strains. Genomovar III (11 strains) was the most prevalent genomovar. Two strains of genomovar I, one B. stabilis (genomovar IV), one B. multivorans (genomovar II), and 4 strains of B. anthina (genomovar VIII) were also identified. This is the first report of multiple patient colonization by B. anthina in a CF center. The epidemiological and genetic relatedness as well as the presence of molecular markers associated with virulence and transmissibility of the B. cepacia complex strains were determined and probable patient-to-patient spread was observed.
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- Andrea Petrucca
- Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea, Laboratorio di Microbiologia Clinica, Via di Grottarossa 1035, 00189 Rome, Italy
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Biddick R, Spilker T, Martin A, LiPuma JJ. Evidence of transmission ofBurkholderia cepacia,Burkholderia multivoransandBurkholderia dolosaamong persons with cystic fibrosis. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2003; 228:57-62. [PMID: 14612237 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1097(03)00724-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Previous studies have identified specific Burkholderia cepacia complex strains that are common to multiple persons with cystic fibrosis (CF). Such so-called epidemic strains have an apparent enhanced capacity for inter-patient spread and reside primarily in Burkholderia cenocepacia (formerly B. cepacia complex genomovar III). We sought to identify strains from B. cepacia complex species other than B. cenocepacia that are similarly shared by multiple CF patients. We performed genotype analysis of 360 recent sputum culture isolates from 360 persons residing in 29 cities by using repetitive extragenic palendromic polymerase chain reaction (rep-PCR) and pulsed field gel electrophoresis. The results indicate that sharing of a common Burkholderia multivorans strain occurs relatively infrequently; however, several small clusters of patients infected with the same strain were identified. A cluster of seven patients infected with the same B. cepacia (genomovar I) strain was found. We also identified a large group of 28 patients receiving care in the same treatment center and infected with the same Burkholderia dolosa strain. These observations suggest that B. cepacia complex strains in species other than B. cenocepacia may be spread among CF patients.
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- Rhiannon Biddick
- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Bernhardt SA, Spilker T, Coffey T, LiPuma JJ. Burkholderia cepacia complex in cystic fibrosis: frequency of strain replacement during chronic infection. Clin Infect Dis 2003; 37:780-5. [PMID: 12955638 DOI: 10.1086/377541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2003] [Accepted: 05/09/2003] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Persons with cystic fibrosis (CF) are susceptible to chronic pulmonary infection due to certain Burkholderia species, but it is not clear whether this typically involves persistent infection with the same strain or sequential infection with distinct strains. We analyzed 1095 Burkholderia isolates recovered from serial sputum cultures from 379 patients with CF receiving care in 112 CF treatment centers in the United States. Genotyping was performed by random amplified polymorphic DNA typing or pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Overall, a change in infecting strain was found in 24 (6.9%) of 347 patients infected with Burkholderia cepacia complex and in 3 (9%) of 32 patients infected with Burkholderia gladioli. Several patients were likely coinfected, at least transiently, with >1 B. cepacia complex strain. The potential for strain replacement during chronic infection may confound studies of the relationship between strain and clinical outcome and must be considered in designing effective infection-control practices.
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- Scott A Bernhardt
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0646, USA
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Detsika MG, Corkill JE, Magalhães M, Glendinning KJ, Hart CA, Winstanley C. Molecular typing of, and distribution of genetic markers among, Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates from Brazil. J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41:4148-53. [PMID: 12958239 PMCID: PMC193793 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.41.9.4148-4153.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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PCR tests were used to assign genomovar status to 39 non-cystic fibrosis (non-CF) and 11 CF Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates from patients in hospitals in Recife, Brazil. Non-CF isolates were assigned to genomovar IIIA (71.8%), genomovar I (15.4%), B. vietnamiensis (7.7%), and B. multivorans (5.1%). CF isolates were assigned to genomovar IIIA (18.2%), B. vietnamiensis (18.2%), and genomovar I (9.1%). Six CF isolates sharing recA PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) patterns could not be assigned to a genomovar. 16S rDNA sequence obtained from these isolates indicated a closest relationship to B. anthina, but the recA sequence was equally divergent from several genomovars. PCR screening indicated the presence of cblA in only two isolates, whereas the B. cepacia epidemic strain marker was found in 22 of 28 genomovar IIIA isolates. A type III secretion gene was detected in all but genomovar I isolates. RAPD and PCR-RFLP assays, targeting both recA and fliC, indicated a large amount of genetic variability among the isolates, with many novel patterns being observed. Nine genomovar IIIA isolates from different non-CF patients and clinical sources had identical genotypes, indicating the presence of a common clone.
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- Maria G Detsika
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Genitourinary Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GA, United Kingdom
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- A De Soyza
- Transplantation and Immunobiology Group, Freeman Hospital, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.
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Coenye T, Vandamme P. Diversity and significance of Burkholderia species occupying diverse ecological niches. Environ Microbiol 2003; 5:719-29. [PMID: 12919407 DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00471.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 543] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Members of the genus Burkholderia are versatile organisms that occupy a surprisingly wide range of ecological niches. These bacteria are exploited for biocontrol, bioremediation and plant growth promotion purposes, but safety issues regarding human infections, especially in cystic fibrosis patients, have not been solved. This minireview gives an overview of the taxonomic and ecological diversity of the genus with particular emphasis on strains belonging to the Burkholderia cepacia complex and addresses the important question whether 'good' and 'bad' strains are actually the same.
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- Tom Coenye
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Ghent University, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.
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Since the CF gene identification in 1989 and despite the improvement of our knowledge in the physiopathology of the disease, bronchopulmonary infection determines the vital prognosis. Following Staphylococcus aureus infection, patients are colonized or colonized by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, greatly involved in the pulmonary deterioration. Other bacteria may be involved Burkholderia cepacia, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Alcaligenes sp. Intensive antibiotic treatment of primocolonisation helps to prevent or delay chronic colonisation. Chronic colonization needs a rational long term antibiotic strategy to prevent the occurrence of multiresistant germs; antibiotic cures are performed every 3 or 4 months before pulmonary exacerbation symptoms.
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- P Mariani-Kurkdjian
- Service de microbiologie, hôpital Robert-Debré, AP-HP, 48, boulevard Sérurier, 75019 Paris, France
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