2022
High frequency of Nichols-like strains and increased levels of macrolide resistance in Treponema pallidum in clinical samples from Buenos Aires, Argentina
MORANDO, Nicolas, Eliška VRBOVÁ, Asunta MELGAR, Roberto Daniel RABINOVICH, David ŠMAJS et. al.Základní údaje
Originální název
High frequency of Nichols-like strains and increased levels of macrolide resistance in Treponema pallidum in clinical samples from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Autoři
MORANDO, Nicolas, Eliška VRBOVÁ (203 Česká republika, domácí), Asunta MELGAR, Roberto Daniel RABINOVICH, David ŠMAJS (203 Česká republika, domácí) a Maria A PANDO (garant)
Vydání
Nature Scientific Reports, Berlin, NATURE RESEARCH, 2022, 2045-2322
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Článek v odborném periodiku
Obor
10606 Microbiology
Stát vydavatele
Německo
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Odkazy
Impakt faktor
Impact factor: 4.600
Kód RIV
RIV/00216224:14110/22:00128324
Organizační jednotka
Lékařská fakulta
UT WoS
000862059200008
Klíčová slova anglicky
Nichols-like strains; Treponema pallidum; macrolide resistance
Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 27. 1. 2023 12:28, Mgr. Tereza Miškechová
Anotace
V originále
Globally, 94% of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum (TPA) clinical strains belong to the SS14-like group and 6% to the Nichols-like group, with a prevalence of macrolide resistance of 90%. Our goal was to determine whether local TPA strain distribution and macrolide resistance frequency have changed significantly since our last report, which revealed that Buenos Aires had a high frequency of Nichols-like strains (27%) and low levels of macrolide resistance (14%). Swab samples from patients with suspected syphilis were collected during 2015-2019 and loci TP0136, TP0548, TP0705 were sequenced in order to perform multilocus sequence typing. Strains were classified as Nichols-like or SS14-like. The presence of macrolide resistance-associated mutations was determined by examination of the 23S rDNA gene sequence. Of 46 typeable samples, 37% were classified as Nichols-like and 63% as SS14-like. Macrolide resistance prevalence was 45.7%. Seven allelic profiles were found, five were SS14-like and two were Nichols-like. The frequency of Nichols-like strains increased between studies (26.8% vs. 37%, p = 0.36). A dramatic increase was found in the frequency of macrolide resistant strains between studies (14.3% vs. 45.7%, p = 0.005). Our results are in agreement with international trends and underscore the need to pursue further TPA molecular typing studies in South America.