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Respirol Case Rep ; 11(12): e01235, 2023 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38028563

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N,N'-dimethyl-4,4'bipyridinium dichloride (Paraquat) is a potent herbicide used widely in agriculture. We report the effects of an ingestion of paraquat by a 28 year old male with cystic fibrosis and the diagnostic and management challenges this posed in both the acute and longer term setting. We describe the effects of direct paraquat toxicity on the lung tissue secondary to aspiration and review the long-term sequelae of paraquat, namely osteonecrosis. Our case is the first to describe osteonecrosis of the knee in the context of paraquat toxicity. Survival following ingestion remains poor with a high associated mortality. However, timely treatment with NAC and immunosuppression may impact on survival. In those patients who do survive the acute phase post ingestion, follow-up over years may be required to detect the long-term effects of paraquat on bone health.

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Science ; 372(6541)2021 04 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33926925

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Although almost all mycobacterial species are saprophytic environmental organisms, a few, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, have evolved to cause transmissible human infection. By analyzing the recent emergence and spread of the environmental organism M. abscessus through the global cystic fibrosis population, we have defined key, generalizable steps involved in the pathogenic evolution of mycobacteria. We show that epigenetic modifiers, acquired through horizontal gene transfer, cause saltational increases in the pathogenic potential of specific environmental clones. Allopatric parallel evolution during chronic lung infection then promotes rapid increases in virulence through mutations in a discrete gene network; these mutations enhance growth within macrophages but impair fomite survival. As a consequence, we observe constrained pathogenic evolution while person-to-person transmission remains indirect, but postulate accelerated pathogenic adaptation once direct transmission is possible, as observed for M. tuberculosis Our findings indicate how key interventions, such as early treatment and cross-infection control, might restrict the spread of existing mycobacterial pathogens and prevent new, emergent ones.


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Doenças Transmissíveis Emergentes/microbiologia , Evolução Molecular , Aptidão Genética , Pulmão/microbiologia , Infecções por Mycobacterium não Tuberculosas/microbiologia , Mycobacterium abscessus/genética , Mycobacterium abscessus/patogenicidade , Pneumonia Bacteriana/microbiologia , Doenças Transmissíveis Emergentes/transmissão , Conjuntos de Dados como Assunto , Epigênese Genética , Transferência Genética Horizontal , Genoma Bacteriano , Humanos , Mutação , Infecções por Mycobacterium não Tuberculosas/transmissão , Pneumonia Bacteriana/transmissão , Virulência/genética
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