猪养殖场的分子特征和潜在的宿主转换相关的Clostridioides difficile ST11
Jiewen Huang1, Tinghua Li2, Yongzhang Zhu3
1Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Health Science and Technology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Department of Animal Health and Food Safety, School of Global Health, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Veterinary microbiology
|May 29, 2024
概括
与猪相关的Clostridioides difficile ST11菌株表现出高抗生素耐药性和与人类菌株的遗传相似性,这表明潜在的传播. 监测这些不断变化的C. difficile菌株对于控制至关重要.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
- 兽医医学 兽医医学 兽医医学
背景情况:
- 困难菌 (C. difficile) 是一种机会性病原体.
- 菌株ST11在养猪场中普遍存在.
- 了解C. difficile的遗传多样性和传播是至关重要的.
研究的目的:
- 分析来自养猪场的C. difficile ST11菌株的分子流行率和遗传多态性.
- 为了将与猪相关的C. difficile菌株与公共数据库中的菌株进行比较.
- 调查动物和人类之间潜在的传播途径.
主要方法:
- 全基因组测序和对24种猪C. difficile ST11菌株的生物信息分析.
- 使用NCBI病原体数据库识别毒性和抗生素耐药性基因.
- 细胞毒性测定用于评估毒素A和B的功能.
主要成果:
- 猪C. difficile ST11菌株对β-乳糖酶,氨基糖化物和四环素具有普遍的耐药性.
- 一个独特的分离物 (菌株27) 显示tcdA删除和高抗生素耐药性.
- 动物和人类C. difficile菌株之间的遗传相似性表明潜在的传播.
- 大多数ST11菌株拥有可调动的等离子体.
结论:
- 与猪相关的C. difficile ST11菌株与数据库菌株相比,具有较少的毒性基因.
- 持续监测C. difficile的演变对于有效的控制策略至关重要.
- 了解宿主转换和遗传变化有助于预防C. difficile感染.
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