Sequencing-based molecular typing of treponema pallidum strains in the Czech Republic: all identified genotypes are related to the sequence of the SS14 strain.
Acta Derm Venereol
; 92(6): 669-74, 2012 Nov.
Article
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| ID: mdl-22434073
ABSTRACT
A set of 415 clinical samples isolated from 294 patients suspected of having syphilis collected in the Czech Republic between 2004 and 2010 was tested for the presence of treponemal DNA. Standard serological tests showed that 197 patients were syphilis-seropositive and 97 patients were syphilis-seronegative. In each sample, PCR tests for polA (TP0105), tmpC (TP0319), TP0136, TP0548 and 23S rRNA genes were performed. Samples taken from 91 patients were PCR-positive. Molecular typing of treponemal DNA was based on the sequencing of TP0136, TP0548 and 23S rRNA genes. Treponemal DNA was typeable in samples taken from 64 PCR-positive patients and 9 different genotypes were found. The proportion of treponemal strains resistant to macrolide antibiotics was 37.3%. In the DNA samples taken from 39 patients, a parallel treponemal typing approved by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was performed. The variants of arp and tpr genes appear to combine independently with sequence variants of TP0136, TP0548 and 23S rRNA genes.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Treponema pallidum
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DNA Bacteriano
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RNA Ribossômico 23S
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Sífilis
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Ribotipagem
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Derm Venereol
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
República Tcheca