基因组流行病学揭示了在也门的Vibrio cholerae血统之间传播的多药耐药等离子体
Florent Lassalle1, Salah Al-Shalali2, Mukhtar Al-Hakimi2
1Parasites and Microbes Programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK. florent.lassalle@sanger.ac.uk.
Nature microbiology
|September 28, 2023
概括
这就是为什么也门也门也门也门.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 自2016年以来,也门面临着全球最大的霍乱疫情.
- 2018年,Vibrio cholerae中出现了多种药物耐药性 (MDR).
- 在也门,霍乱的治疗涉及宏胺.
研究的目的:
- 为了描述在也门循环的Vibrio cholerae基因型.
- 调查多药耐药性的出现和传播.
- 了解驱动霍乱菌株抗菌素耐药性的遗传因素.
主要方法:
- 在也门 (2018-2019) 收集的260个Vibrio cholerae分离物的分析.
- 霍乱病毒血清组O1 (第七次大流行埃尔托尔血统) 和非-7PET血统的基因组特征.
- 检测多药耐药性等离子体,包括IncC等离子体和SXT元素.
主要成果:
- 84%的分离物是V. cholerae血清组O1,7PET系,子系T13.
- 16%的分离物属于不同的非-7PET系.
- T13亚克隆与携带MDR伪化合物转体的Incc等离子体的出现和主导地位与宏化物治疗相吻合.
- 在非7PET系中检测到MDR等离子体,这表明基因交换.
结论:
- 在7PET背景中,IncC等离子体和SXT元素同时存在,影响霍乱控制.
- 基因组流行病学监测对于限制霍乱中MDR传播至关重要.
- 了解基因交换对于管理V. cholerae的抗菌素耐药性至关重要.
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