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J Med Microbiol ; 61(Pt 11): 1556-1562, 2012 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22899780

ABSTRACT

Rapid identification of the causative bacteria of sepsis in patients can contribute to the selection of appropriate antibiotics and improvement of patients' prognosis. Genotypic identification is an emerging technology that may provide an alternative method to, or complement, established phenotypic identification procedures. We evaluated a rapid protocol for bacterial identification based on PCR and pyrosequencing of the V1 and V3 regions of the 16S rRNA gene using DNA extracted directly from positive blood culture samples. One hundred and two positive blood culture bottles from 68 patients were randomly selected and the bacteria were identified by phenotyping and pyrosequencing. The results of pyrosequencing identification displayed 84.3 and 64.7 % concordance with the results of phenotypic identification at the genus and species levels, respectively. In the monomicrobial samples, the concordance between the results of pyrosequencing and phenotypic identification at the genus level was 87.0 %. Pyrosequencing identified one isolate in 60 % of polymicrobial samples, which were confirmed by culture analysis. Of the samples identified by pyrosequencing, 55.7 % showed consistent results in V1 and V3 targeted sequencing; other samples were identified based on the results of V1 (12.5 %) or V3 (31.8 %) sequencing alone. One isolate was erroneously identified by pyrosequencing due to high sequence similarity with another isolate. Pyrosequencing identified one isolate that was not detected by phenotypic identification. The process of pyrosequencing identification can be completed within ~4 h. The information provided by DNA-pyrosequencing for the identification of micro-organisms in positive blood culture bottles is accurate and could prove to be a rapid and useful tool in standard laboratory practice.


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Bacteria/isolation & purification , Bacterial Infections/microbiology , DNA, Bacterial/chemistry , RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics , Bacteria/classification , Bacteria/genetics , Bacterial Infections/diagnosis , Bacteriological Techniques , Base Sequence , Candida albicans/genetics , Candida albicans/isolation & purification , Candidiasis/diagnosis , Candidiasis/microbiology , DNA, Fungal/chemistry , DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry , Diphosphates/isolation & purification , Diphosphates/metabolism , Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial/physiology , Humans , Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods , RNA, Bacterial/genetics , Sepsis/microbiology , Sequence Analysis, DNA/methods , Species Specificity
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Tohoku J Exp Med ; 220(2): 165-70, 2010 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20139668

ABSTRACT

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) causes a wide range of infections in health care settings and community environments. In particular, community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) is important for clinicians because many fatal cases in healthy populations have been reported. Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) is a mobile genetic element and carries the central determinant for broad-spectrum beta-lactam resistance encoded by the mecA gene. The emergence of MRSA is due to the acquisition and insertion of the SCCmec element into the chromosome. CA-MRSA is characterized as SCCmec type IV. Thus, we aimed to establish a novel multiplex real-time PCR method to distinguish SCCmec type, which enables us to evaluate the pathogenicity of MRSA. A total of 778 MRSA were isolated at Nagasaki University Hospital from 2000 to 2007. All isolates were subjected to minimal inhibitory concentration testing and PCR for SCCmec typing and detecting genes of toxins: tst (toxic shock syndrome toxin 1), sec (encoded enterotoxin type c), etb (exfoliative toxin type b), and lukS/F-PV (Panton-Valentine leukocidin). PCR was performed to amplify a total of 10 genes in the same run. The 667 MRSA clones detected from pus in 778 clones were classified as SCCmec type II (77.7%), type IV (19.2%), and type I (3.0%). 87.5% of SCCmec type II clone had tst and sec genes. No isolate was lukS/F-PV positive. The present study indicates the high rate of lukS/F-PV-negative SCCmec type IV in Nagasaki. Our PCR method is convenient for typing MRSA and detecting toxins in Japan.


Subject(s)
Bacterial Proteins/genetics , Bacterial Toxins/genetics , Community-Acquired Infections/diagnosis , Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/genetics , Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods , Staphylococcal Infections/diagnosis , Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Bacterial Typing Techniques/methods , Carbon-Oxygen Ligases/genetics , Community-Acquired Infections/microbiology , DNA Primers/genetics , Enterotoxins/genetics , Exfoliatins/genetics , Humans , Japan , Leukocidins/genetics , Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/classification , Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/pathogenicity , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Micrococcal Nuclease/genetics , Penicillin-Binding Proteins , Sputum/microbiology , Staphylococcal Infections/microbiology , Superantigens/genetics , Suppuration/microbiology , Virulence Factors/genetics
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Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ; 61(2): 222-6, 2008 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18343622

ABSTRACT

In this study, we established the rapid quantitative detection of metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in clinical isolates and samples using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) targeting gyrB (identification of P. aeruginosa) and blaIMP. The relative sensitivities and specificities of this real-time PCR assay were as follows: 100.0% and 100.0% for clinical isolates, and 100.0% and 98.4% for clinical specimens, respectively. The relative sensitivities and specificities of blaIMP-PCR were 100.0% in both clinical isolates and clinical specimens. The present PCR assay was easily and quickly performed, and it accurately detected P. aeruginosa and metallo-beta-lactamase.


Subject(s)
Cross Infection/microbiology , Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods , Pseudomonas Infections/diagnosis , Pseudomonas Infections/microbiology , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/drug effects , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/genetics , beta-Lactamases/genetics , Cross Infection/drug therapy , DNA Gyrase/genetics , Humans , Pseudomonas Infections/drug therapy , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/isolation & purification , Sensitivity and Specificity , beta-Lactams/therapeutic use
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Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ; 58(1): 53-8, 2007 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17368797

ABSTRACT

Laboratory detection of Pseudomonas spp., particularly Pseudomonas aeruginosa, is an important assay in the nosocomial control. The study was designed firstly to establish a new assay-applied LightCycler polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology with melting curve analysis (MCA). A total of 224 Gram-negative isolates were used to verify the assay system. The PCR with MCA method using the P. aeruginosa-specific gyrase B gene primers was rapid and accurate; the total run is approximately 3 h, and the sensitivity and specificity relative to the Vitek (bioMerieux, Hazelwood, MO) results were 98.1% and 100%, respectively. Vitek identification system was not able to identify the isolates from the new Pseudomonas otitidis spp. opposite to the real-time PCR. This assay was validated to be accurate with an overall sensitivity and specificity of 98.7% and 98.9%, respectively. Conclusively, this rapid and accurate PCR assay with MCA will help to manage and control infections with P. aeruginosa.


Subject(s)
DNA Gyrase/genetics , Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods , Pseudomonas Infections/diagnosis , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/classification , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/isolation & purification , Transition Temperature , Bacterial Typing Techniques , Base Sequence , DNA Primers , DNA, Bacterial/analysis , Humans , Molecular Sequence Data , Pseudomonas Infections/microbiology , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/genetics , Sensitivity and Specificity , Time Factors
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