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Int. microbiol ; 25(3): 649-659, Ago. 2022. graf
Artigo em Inglês | IBECS | ID: ibc-216222

RESUMO

Surface protein display C (SpdC) protein was described as a novel virulence factor of Staphylococcus aureus that affects biofilm formation and pathogenesis and favors resistance to antimicrobials targeting cell wall. We evaluated the possible correlation between spdC gene expression level and virulence as well as antibiotic resistance phenotypes in S. aureus clinical isolates. The antimicrobial susceptibility of S. aureus clinical isolates (n = 100) was determined by the disk diffusion method. Vancomycin susceptibility was determined by the broth microdilution method. The level of the extracellular proteases and delta-hemolysin was evaluated by measuring the proteolysis and hemolysis zone diameters in skim milk and blood agar plates, respectively. Biofilm formation was assayed using the 96-well microtiter plate method. Most of the isolates (81%) were multidrug-resistant and about half of the isolates (49%) were methicillin-resistant S. aureus. Hemolysin, protease, and biofilm production were detectable in 79%, 71%, and 96% of the isolates. No significant correlation was detectable between the level of spdC gene expression and the activity of tested virulence factors or the antimicrobial resistance phenotype. Therefore, the role of SpdC protein as a virulence regulator in S. aureus needs further evaluation together with the determination of the predominant regulators for each virulence factor.(AU)


Assuntos
Humanos , Virulência , Fatores de Virulência , Peptídeo Hidrolases , Proteínas Hemolisinas , Biofilmes , Anti-Infecciosos , Proteína C , Resistência Microbiana a Medicamentos , Microbiologia
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Rev. iberoam. micol ; 35(1): 17-21, ene.-mar. 2018. tab
Artigo em Inglês | IBECS | ID: ibc-170917

RESUMO

Background. Candida tropicalis is an increasingly important human pathogen which usually affects neutropenic oncology patients with common hematogenous seeding to peripheral organs and high mortality rates. Candida pathogenicity is facilitated by several virulence attributes, including secretion of hydrolytic enzymes; however, little is known regarding the C. tropicalis ability to secrete them and their role in the disease. Aims. To confirm by molecular means the identification of 187 clinical isolates (127 from blood, 52 from urine, and 8 from diverse clinical origins) phenotypically identified as C. tropicalis, and to investigate their in vitro aspartyl proteinase, phospholipase, esterase, hemolysin, DNase and coagulase activities. Methods. The molecular confirmation was performed by ITS sequencing, and the enzymatic determinations were conducted using plate assays with specific substrates, with the exception of coagulase, which was determined by the classical tube test. Results. The majority of the strains exhibited a very strong or strong activity of aspartyl proteinase, phospholipase and esterase. A 4.7% of the bloodstream isolates were hemolysin producers, and all were negative for the coagulase and DNase assays. Conclusions. Very strong activities of aspartyl proteinase, phospholipase and esterase profiles were detected, and a statistical association between phospholipase production and blood and urine isolates was found (AU)


Antecedentes. Candida tropicalis es un patógeno del ser humano cada vez más importante que afecta especialmente a pacientes oncológicos neutropénicos, en los cuales es frecuente la diseminación hematógena del microorganismo a órganos periféricos, lo que conlleva elevadas tasas de mortalidad. La patogenicidad de Candida es facilitada por diversos factores de virulencia, incluyendo la secreción de enzimas hidrolíticas; sin embargo, poco se sabe respecto a la habilidad de C. tropicalis para su secreción, así como el papel que desempeña en la enfermedad. Objetivos. Confirmar por un método molecular la identidad de 187 aislamientos clínicos (127 de sangre, 52 de orina y 8 de orígenes diversos) fenotípicamente identificados como C. tropicalis y estudiar la actividad in vitro de las enzimas proteinasa aspártica, fosfolipasa, esterasa, hemolisina, DNasa y coagulasa. Métodos. La confirmación molecular se llevó a cabo mediante secuenciación del ITS y las determinaciones enzimáticas se llevaron a cabo mediante ensayos en placa con sustratos específicos, a excepción de la coagulasa, que se determinó mediante la clásica prueba en tubo. Resultados. La mayoría de los aislamientos analizados mostraron un perfil de actividad muy fuerte o fuerte de proteinasa aspártica, fosfolipasa y esterasa. El 4,7% de las cepas sanguíneas fue productora de hemolisinas y todas fueron negativas para coagulasa y DNasa. Conclusiones. Se detectaron perfiles con una actividad proteinasa aspártica, fosfolipasa y esterasa muy fuerte entre los aislamientos clínicos analizados, así como también se encontró asociación estadística entre la producción de fosfolipasa y aquellos aislamientos obtenidos de sangre y orina (AU)


Assuntos
Humanos , Candida tropicalis/isolamento & purificação , Candidíase/microbiologia , Ácido Aspártico Proteases/análise , Fosfolipases/análise , Esterases/análise , Proteínas Hemolisinas/análise , Desoxirribonucleases/análise , Coagulase/análise , Biomarcadores/análise , Técnicas In Vitro/métodos
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Acta pediatr. esp ; 63(6): 241-242, jun. 2005.
Artigo em Es | IBECS | ID: ibc-038992

RESUMO

La heteroinmunización en el sistema ABO, a través de sustancias de origen animal o bacteriano, puede provocar la aparición de hemolisinas de importancia clínica en transfusión o embarazo. El objetivo de este trabajo era estudiar la presencia de hemolisinas ABO en niños con ascariasis utilizando una técnica fotométrica simple. Se trabajó con sueros de 23 niños (19 antes del tratamiento antiparasitario y 4 después). Se determinó el grupo sanguíneo ABO por técnicas convencionales. La técnica fotométrica usada para demostrar la presencia de hemolisinas ABO es una modificación del tiempo hemolítico (tH) 50. El tiempo hemolítico medido tiene significado clínico cuando es inferior a 300 segundos. El 57,89% de los sueros de los niños sin tratamiento presentó hemolisinas ABO, con tiempos hemolíticos comprendidos entre 100 y 210 segundos. Ninguno de los sueros de los niños tratados presentó hemolisinas ABO. Los resultados sugieren que la infección parasitaria puede ser el estímulo externo para la aparición de hemolisinas ABO. La técnica fotométrica usada es simple, rápida y accesible al laboratorio de rutina


Heteroimmunization in the ABO system by animal or bacterial products can provoke the development of hemolysins of clinical importance in transfusions or pregnancy. We proposed to study the presence of ABO hemolysins in children with ascariasis using a simple photometric technique. Serum samples were collected from 23 children (19 prior to and 4 after treatment with antiparasitic agents). The ABO blood group was determined by conventional techniques. The photometric technique employed to demonstrate the presence of ABO hemolysins is a modification of tH 50. A hemolysis time of less than 300 seconds was considered to be clinically significant. We detected ABO hemolysins in 57.89% of the sera of untreated children, with hemolysis times ranging between 100 and 210 seconds. None of the sera from the treated children presented ABO hemolysins. The results suggest that parasitic infection may be the external stimulus that provokes the appearance of ABO hemolysins. The photometric technique employed is simple and rapid, and is available to any routine laboratory


Assuntos
Masculino , Feminino , Criança , Humanos , Sistema ABO de Grupos Sanguíneos/análise , Sistema ABO de Grupos Sanguíneos , Fotometria/métodos , Ascaríase/diagnóstico , Proteínas Hemolisinas/análise , Proteínas Hemolisinas , Hemólise , Hemólise/imunologia , Fotometria/classificação , Fotometria/instrumentação , Fotometria/tendências
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