MANU NATH CAPOOR, externista, Filip RŮŽIČKA, Jonathan E. SCHMITZ, Garth A. JAMES, Táňa MACHÁČKOVÁ, Radim JANČÁLEK, Martin SMRČKA, Radim LIPINA, externista FAHAD AHMED, Todd F. ALAMIN, Neel ANAND, John C. BAIRD, Nitin BHATIA, Sibel DEMIR-DEVIREN, Robert K. EASTLACK, Steve FISHER, Steven R. GARFIN, Jaspaul S. GOGIA, Ziya L. GOKASLAN, Calvin C. KUO, Yu-Po LEE, Konstantinos MAVROMMATIS, Elleni PONECHAL MICHU, Hana NOSKOVÁ, Assaf RAZ, Jiří ŠÁNA, A. Nick SHAMIE, Philip S. STEWART, Jerry L. STONEMETZ, Jeffrey C. WANG, Timothy F. WITHAM, Michael F. COSCIA, Christof BIRKENMAIER, Vincent A. FISCHETTI and Ondřej SLABÝ. Propionibacterium acnes biofilm is present in intervertebral discs of patients undergoing microdiscectomy. Plos one. San Francisco: Public Library of Science, 2017, vol. 12, No 4, p. nestránkováno, 17 pp. ISSN 1932-6203. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174518.
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Original name Propionibacterium acnes biofilm is present in intervertebral discs of patients undergoing microdiscectomy
Authors MANU NATH CAPOOR, externista (840 United States of America), Filip RŮŽIČKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jonathan E. SCHMITZ (840 United States of America), Garth A. JAMES (840 United States of America), Táňa MACHÁČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Radim JANČÁLEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Martin SMRČKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Radim LIPINA (203 Czech Republic), externista FAHAD AHMED (840 United States of America), Todd F. ALAMIN (840 United States of America), Neel ANAND (840 United States of America), John C. BAIRD (840 United States of America), Nitin BHATIA (840 United States of America), Sibel DEMIR-DEVIREN (840 United States of America), Robert K. EASTLACK (840 United States of America), Steve FISHER (840 United States of America), Steven R. GARFIN (840 United States of America), Jaspaul S. GOGIA (840 United States of America), Ziya L. GOKASLAN (840 United States of America), Calvin C. KUO (840 United States of America), Yu-Po LEE (840 United States of America), Konstantinos MAVROMMATIS (840 United States of America), Elleni PONECHAL MICHU (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Hana NOSKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Assaf RAZ (840 United States of America), Jiří ŠÁNA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), A. Nick SHAMIE (840 United States of America), Philip S. STEWART (840 United States of America), Jerry L. STONEMETZ (840 United States of America), Jeffrey C. WANG (840 United States of America), Timothy F. WITHAM (840 United States of America), Michael F. COSCIA (840 United States of America), Christof BIRKENMAIER (840 United States of America), Vincent A. FISCHETTI (840 United States of America) and Ondřej SLABÝ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Plos one, San Francisco, Public Library of Science, 2017, 1932-6203.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 30102 Immunology
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 2.766
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14740/17:00096860
Organization unit Central European Institute of Technology
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174518
UT WoS 000399351000019
Keywords in English LOW-BACK-PAIN; SAPHO SYNDROME; MODIC CHANGES; LUMBAR SPINE; SARCOIDOSIS; INFECTIONS; ASSOCIATION; CONTAMINATION; INVOLVEMENT; DIAGNOSIS
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Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Pavla Foltynová, Ph.D., učo 106624. Changed: 17/5/2018 13:58.
Abstract
Background In previous studies, Propionibacterium acnes was cultured from intervertebral disc tissue of similar to 25% of patients undergoing microdiscectomy, suggesting a possible link between chronic bacterial infection and disc degeneration. However, given the prominence of P. acnes as a skin commensal, such analyses often struggled to exclude the alternate possibility that these organisms represent perioperative microbiologic contamination. This investigation seeks to validate P. acnes prevalence in resected disc cultures, while providing microscopic evidence of P. acnes biofilm in the intervertebral discs. Methods Specimens from 368 patients undergoing microdiscectomy for disc herniation were divided into several fragments, one being homogenized, subjected to quantitative anaerobic culture, and assessed for bacterial growth, and a second fragment frozen for additional analyses. Colonies were identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and P. acnes phylotyping was conducted by multiplex PCR. For a sub-set of specimens, bacteria localization within the disc was assessed by microscopy using confocal laser scanning and FISH. Results Bacteria were cultured from 162 discs (44%), including 119 cases (32.3%) with P. acnes. In 89 cases, P. acnes was cultured exclusively; in 30 cases, it was isolated in combination with other bacteria (primarily coagulase-negative Staphylococcus spp.) Among positive specimens, the median P. acnes bacterial burden was 350 CFU/g (12 - similar to 20,000 CFU/g). Thirtyeight P. acnes isolates were subjected to molecular sub-typing, identifying 4 of 6 defined phylogroups: IA1, IB, IC, and II. Eight culture-positive specimens were evaluated by fluorescence microscopy and revealed P. acnes in situ. Notably, these bacteria demonstrated a biofilm distribution within the disc matrix. P. acnes bacteria were more prevalent in males than females (39% vs. 23%, p = 0.0013). Conclusions This study confirms that P. acnes is prevalent in herniated disc tissue. Moreover, it provides the first visual evidence of P. acnes biofilms within such specimens, consistent with infection rather than microbiologic contamination.
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