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{"title":"Clinical significance of Bacteroides fragilis as a potential prognostic factor in colorectal cancer","authors":"Yuriko Matsumiya ,&nbsp;Mitsukuni Suenaga ,&nbsp;Toshiaki Ishikawa ,&nbsp;Toshifumi Kudo ,&nbsp;Tsuyoshi Nakagawa ,&nbsp;Kentaro Okamoto ,&nbsp;Masanori Tokunaga ,&nbsp;Claudia Hurtado ,&nbsp;Yuki Yamada ,&nbsp;Kentaro Oka ,&nbsp;Motomichi Takahashi ,&nbsp;Luis Francisco Lopez Kostner ,&nbsp;Miguel Luis O'Ryan Gallardo ,&nbsp;Hiroyuki Uetake ,&nbsp;Yusuke Kinugasa","doi":"10.1016/j.anaerobe.2023.102784","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anaerobe.2023.102784","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p><span><em>Bacteroides fragilis</em></span> (<em>B. fragilis</em>) is considered to act in an anti-inflammatory manner on the intestinal tract. On the contrary, enterotoxigenic <em>B. fragilis</em> (ETBF), a subtype of <em>B. fragilis</em><span>, produces an enterotoxin (BFT; </span><em>B. fragilis</em><span> toxin), leading to asymptomatic chronic infections and colonic tumor formation. However, the impact of </span><em>B. fragilis</em><span> and ETBF on the clinical outcome of colorectal cancer (CRC) remains unclear. We aim to assess whether their presence affects the outcome in patients with CRC after curative resection.</span></p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We obtained 197 pairs of matched formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples from cancerous and adjacent non-cancerous tissues of patients with pathological stage (pstage) II and III CRC after curative resection. The presence of <em>B. fragilis</em> and ETBF were estimated using real-time polymerase chain reaction, and recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) of the patients were analyzed.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p><span>16 S rRNA for </span><em>B. fragilis</em> and <em>bft</em> DNA were detected in 120 (60.9%) and 12 (6.1%) of the 197 patients, respectively. <em>B. fragilis</em>-positive patients had better RFS than <em>B. fragilis</em>-negative patients, although that was not statistically significant. In subgroup analysis, better outcomes on RFS were observed in the presence of <em>B. fragilis</em> in pstage II and left-sided CRC. The association of <em>B. fragilis</em> positivity on OS was accentuated in the depth of T4 subgroup. No significant differences were observed in RFS and OS between ETBF and non-toxigenic <em>B. fragilis</em>.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Our findings suggest that the presence of <em>B. fragilis</em> is associated with better outcomes in patients with pstage II and III CRC after curative resection.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8050,"journal":{"name":"Anaerobe","volume":"84 ","pages":"Article 102784"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41095630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Granular activated carbon enhances the anaerobic digestion of solid and liquid fractions of swine effluent at different mesophilic temperatures","authors":"Miriam Orrantia ,&nbsp;Edna R. Meza-Escalante ,&nbsp;Vianey A. Burboa-Charis ,&nbsp;Refugio B. García-Reyes ,&nbsp;Marina M. Atilano-Camino ,&nbsp;Denisse Serrano-Palacios ,&nbsp;Luis A. Leyva ,&nbsp;Yair A. Del Angel ,&nbsp;Luis H. Alvarez","doi":"10.1016/j.anaerobe.2023.102782","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anaerobe.2023.102782","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p><span>This study evaluated the effect of particle size and dosage of granular activated carbon (GAC) on methane production from the </span>anaerobic digestion of raw effluent (RE) of swine wastewater, and the solid (SF) and liquid (LF) fractions. The effect of temperature using the selected size and dosage of GAC was also evaluated.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>60 mL of swine wastewater were inoculated with anaerobic granular sludge and GAC at different dosages and particle size. The cultures were incubated at different temperatures at 130 rpm. The kinetic parameters from experimental data were obtained using the Gompertz model.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The cultures with the LF and GAC (75–150 μm, 15 g/L) increased 1.87-fold the methane production compared to the control without GAC. The GAC at 75–150 μm showed lower lag phases and higher R_max<span> than the cultures with GAC at 590–600 μm. The cumulative methane production at 45 °C with the RE + GAC was 7.4-fold higher than the control. Moreover, methane production at 45 °C significantly increased with the cultures LF + GAC (6.0-fold) and SF + GAC (2.0-fold). The highest production of volatile fatty acids and ammonium was obtained at 45 °C regardless of the substrate and the addition of GAC contributed to a higher extent than the cultures lacking GAC. In most cases, the kinetic parameters at 30 °C and 37 °C were also higher with GAC.</span></p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>GAC contributed to improving the fermentative and methanogenesis stages during the anaerobic digestion of fractions, evidenced by an improvement in the kinetic parameters.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8050,"journal":{"name":"Anaerobe","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 102782"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10288792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Autolysin as a fibronectin receptor on the cell surface of Clostridium perfringens","authors":"Riyo Aono ,&nbsp;Shogo Emi ,&nbsp;Kanako Okabe-Watanabe ,&nbsp;Hirofumi Nariya ,&nbsp;Nozomu Matsunaga ,&nbsp;Yasuo Hitsumoto ,&nbsp;Seiichi Katayama","doi":"10.1016/j.anaerobe.2023.102769","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anaerobe.2023.102769","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p><span><em>Clostridium perfringens</em></span><span> causes food poisoning and gas gangrene, a serious wound-associated infection. </span><em>C. perfringens</em><span> cells adhere to collagen via fibronectin (Fn). We thought that </span><em>C. perfringens</em><span> cells have some kind of Fn receptor. We investigated whether the peptidoglycan<span> hydrolase of </span></span><em>C. perfringens</em>, <em>i.e.,</em><span> autolysin (Acp), is implicated in Fn binding to </span><em>C. perfringens</em> cells.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>This study used recombinant Acp fragments, human Fn and knockout mutants (<em>C. perfringens</em> 13 <em>acp::erm</em> and HN13 <em>ΔfbpC ΔfbpD</em><span><span>). Ligand blotting, Western blotting analysis, and complementation tests were performed. The Fn-binding activity of each mutant was evaluated by </span>ELISA.</span></p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p><span><span>From an Fn-binding assay using recombinant Acp fragments, Fn was found to bind to the catalytic domain of Acp. In </span>mutant cells lacking Acp, Fn binding was significantly decreased, but was restored by the complementation of the </span><em>acp</em> gene. There are three known kinds of Fn-binding proteins in <em>C. perfringens</em>: FbpC, FbpD, and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. We found no difference in Fn-binding activity between the mutant cells lacking both FbpC and FbpD (SAK3 cells) and the wild-type cells, indicating that these Fn-binding proteins are not involved in Fn binding to <em>C. perfringens</em> cells.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>We found that the Acp is an Fn-binding protein that acts as an Fn receptor on the surface of <em>C. perfringens</em> cells.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8050,"journal":{"name":"Anaerobe","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 102769"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10022538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The role of microbiome-based therapeutics for the reduction and prevention of antimicrobial-resistant organism colonization","authors":"Armaghan-e-Rehman Mansoor,&nbsp;Caroline A. O'Neil,&nbsp;Jennie H. Kwon","doi":"10.1016/j.anaerobe.2023.102772","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anaerobe.2023.102772","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>The gut is host to a diverse array of microbiota that constitute a complex ecological system crucial to </span>human physiology<span>. Disruptors to the normal host microbiota, such as antimicrobials, can cause a loss of species diversity in the gut, reducing its ability to resist colonization by invading pathogens<span><span> and potentially leading to colonization with antimicrobial resistant organisms (AROs). ARO negatively impact gut health by disrupting the usual heterogeneity of gut microbiota and have the potential to cause </span>systemic disease<span>. In recent years, fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has been increasingly explored in the management of specific disease states such as </span></span></span></span><span><em>Clostridioides difficile</em></span> infection (CDI). Promising data from management of CDI has led to considerable interest in understanding the role of therapeutics to restore the gut microbiota to a healthy state. This review aims to discuss key studies that highlight the current landscape, and explore existing clinical evidence, for the use of FMT and microbiome-based therapeutics in combating intestinal colonization with ARO. We also explore potential future directions of such therapeutics and discuss unaddressed needs in this field that merit further investigation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8050,"journal":{"name":"Anaerobe","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 102772"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10073026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Common laboratory tests and their correlation with the clinical presentation and prognosis of lemierre syndrome","authors":"Riccardo M. Fumagalli ,&nbsp;Elvira Gloor ,&nbsp;Philippe A. Kaufmann ,&nbsp;Maurus Frehner ,&nbsp;Davide Voci ,&nbsp;Stavros V. Konstantinides ,&nbsp;Nils Kucher ,&nbsp;Tommaso F. Nicoletti ,&nbsp;Alessandro Pecci ,&nbsp;Luca Valerio ,&nbsp;Stefano Barco","doi":"10.1016/j.anaerobe.2023.102773","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anaerobe.2023.102773","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Lemierre syndrome is a thromboembolic complication following an acute bacterial infection of the head/neck area, often due to anaerobes. Data on the prognostic role of laboratory parameters is lacking.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We analyzed individual-patient level data from a multinational cohort of patients with Lemierre-syndrome. Patients had an infection in the head/neck area, and contiguous vein thrombosis or septic embolism, irrespective of the causal pathogen. We studied the patterns of white blood cell count, platelet count, and <em>C</em>-reactive protein concentration investigating their association with baseline characteristics and in-hospital clinical outcomes (septic embolism, major bleeding, all-cause death).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>A total of 447 (63%) patients had complete data for analysis. White blood cells were elevated across all subgroups (median 17 × 10³/μL; Q1-Q3:12-21). Median platelet count was 61 × 10³/μL (Q1-Q3:30-108) with decreasing levels with increasing age. Males, patients with renal failure or cardiopulmonary impairment, and those with typical Lemierre syndrome (tonsillitis, septic thromboembolism, positivity for <em>Fusobacterium</em> spp.) had the lowest platelet count. Median <em>C</em>-reactive protein was 122 (Q1-Q3:27-248) mg/L with higher values in patients who also had more severe thrombocytopenia. The overall risk of complications was similar across subgroups of patients stratified according to white blood cell and C-reactive protein levels. Patients in the lowest third of platelet count (&lt;42 × 10³/μL) had the highest rate of complications (26%), as opposed to those in the highest third (11%), notably septic embolic events.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Common laboratory tests correlate with the clinical presentation of Lemierre syndrome. However, extreme values did not appear to be prognostically relevant for in-hospital complications and potentially able to improve clinical management.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8050,"journal":{"name":"Anaerobe","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 102773"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10027412","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Upregulation of the cfiA carbapenemase gene in a Bacteroides fragilis strain by the novel integrative and conjugative element Tn7563","authors":"Tore Taksdal Stubhaug ,&nbsp;Nermin Zecic ,&nbsp;Dagfinn Skaare","doi":"10.1016/j.anaerobe.2023.102785","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anaerobe.2023.102785","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We describe Tn<em>7563</em>, a 31,844-bp integrative and conjugative element (ICE) carrying promoters upregulating the <em>cfiA</em> carbapenemase gene in <em>Bacteroides fragilis</em> strain Tbg-22. Excision and circularization of Tn<em>7563</em> was demonstrated by PCR. Previously, only insertion sequences (IS) have been shown to carry mobile promoters for <em>cfiA</em>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8050,"journal":{"name":"Anaerobe","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 102785"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41119656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bacteremia due to Clostridium innocuum: Analysis of four cases and literature review","authors":"Fernando Cobo,&nbsp;Virginia Pérez-Carrasco,&nbsp;María Tarriño-León,&nbsp;María Aguilera-Franco,&nbsp;José A. García-Salcedo,&nbsp;José María Navarro-Marí","doi":"10.1016/j.anaerobe.2023.102771","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anaerobe.2023.102771","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><em>Clostridium innocuum</em></span><span><span><span> is a Gram-positive anaerobic spore-forming bacillus that has been identified as part of the normal </span>intestinal microbiota. This bacterium has been rarely associated with human infections, and only few severe infections have been reported until now. In this work, we report on four patients with </span>bacteremia due to </span><em>C. innocuum</em><span>, which were well identified by MALDI-TOF MS. Moreover, a review of the previous published cases of bacteremia due to this anaerobic bacterium has been performed.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":8050,"journal":{"name":"Anaerobe","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 102771"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9986294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pseudodesulfovibrio thermohalotolerans sp. nov., a novel obligately anaerobic, halotolerant, thermotolerant, and sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a western offshore hydrocarbon reservoir in India","authors":"Saurabh L. Gaikwad ,&nbsp;Soham D. Pore ,&nbsp;Prashant K. Dhakephalkar ,&nbsp;Sumit Singh Dagar ,&nbsp;Rajeev Soni ,&nbsp;Maninder Pal Kaur ,&nbsp;Harshita Negi Rawat","doi":"10.1016/j.anaerobe.2023.102780","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anaerobe.2023.102780","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>Characterization and documentation of strain MCM B-1480^T, a novel sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from produced water of India's western offshore hydrocarbon reservoir.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>Strain MCM B-1480^T was unequivocally identified using a polyphasic approach routinely followed in bacterial systematics. The morphological and biochemical characterization of strain MCM B-1480^T<span> was carried out using standard microbiological techniques.</span></p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>MCM B-1480^T was a Gram-stain-negative, motile, non-spore-forming, curved-rod-shaped bacterium. MCM B-1480^T could grow at temperatures between 20 and 60 °C (optimum 37 °C), pH 6–8 (optimum 7), and required 1–6% NaCl (optimum 3%) for growth. Strain MCM B-1480^T<span><span> was reducing sulfate to produce hydrogen sulfide during growth. This strain used lactate and </span>pyruvate<span> as prominent electron donors, whereas sulfate, sulfite<span>, thiosulfate, and nitrate served as electron acceptors. MCM B-1480</span></span></span>^T<span><span> shared maximum 16S rRNA gene </span>sequence homology of 98.65% with the members of the genus </span><em>Pseudodesulfovibrio</em>. The G + C content of the 3.87 Mb MCM B-1480^T<span> genome was 60.39%. Digital DDH (27.7%) and average nucleotide identity (ANI 84%) with the closest phylogenetic affiliate (less than 70% and 95%, respectively) reaffirmed its distinctiveness. The major cellular fatty acids components, namely iso-C</span>_15:0, anteiso-C_15:0, C_16:0, and anteiso-C_17:0, differentiated strain MCM B-1480^T from other species of <em>Pseudodesulfovibrio</em>. Genome annotation revealed the presence of genes encoding dissimilatory sulfate reduction and nitrate reduction in strain MCM B-1480^T.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p><span>The polyphasic studies, including SSU rRNA<span> gene sequencing, average nucleotide identity, Digital DNA-DNA hybridization, cell wall fatty acids analysis, etc., identified strain MCM B-1480</span></span>^T as a novel taxon and <em>Pseudodesulfovibrio thermohalotolerans</em> sp. nov. was proposed (= JCM 39269^T = MCC 4711^T).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8050,"journal":{"name":"Anaerobe","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 102780"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10200494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of Akkermansia muciniphila and its extracellular vesicles in the regulation of serotonergic gene expression in a small intestine of mice","authors":"Rezvan Yaghoubfar ,&nbsp;Ehsan Zare BanadKoki ,&nbsp;Fatemeh Ashrafian ,&nbsp;Arefeh Shahryari ,&nbsp;Arian Kariman ,&nbsp;Mehdi Davari ,&nbsp;Abolfazl Fateh ,&nbsp;Shohreh Khatami ,&nbsp;Seyed Davar Siadat","doi":"10.1016/j.anaerobe.2023.102786","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anaerobe.2023.102786","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p><span><span><span>A better understanding of host-microbe interactions as a cross-talk between the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and the gut microbiota can help treat and prevent </span>GI disorders by improving the maintenance of GI </span>homeostasis. The gut microbiota can affect signaling molecules, such as serotonin, which regulates </span>endocrine systems<span> through the GI tract. Moreover, studying the effects of gut microbiota in the small intestine on the human GI tract health is pivotal.</span></p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p><span>Male C57BL/6J mice (n = 30, 10 mice per group) were orally gavaged with 200 μL of PBS (control group); mice in group II were orally gavaged with 109 colony-forming units (CFU)/200 μL of viable A. muciniphila, suspended in PBS (A. muciniphila group); and mice in group III were orally gavaged with 10 μg of protein/200 μL of EVs (A. muciniphila-EV group) once daily for four weeks. The gene expression of serotonin system-related genes (</span><span><em>Slc6a4, </em><em>Tph1</em><em>, Mao, Htr3, Htr4,</em></span> and <em>Htr7</em>) was examined by quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) method.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Based on the results, <em>A. muciniphila</em> significantly affected the mRNA expression of genes related to the serotonin system (<em>Tph1</em>, <em>Mao</em>, <em>Htr3B</em>, and <em>Htr7</em><span>) in the duodenum and (</span><em>Htr3B</em>, <em>Htr4</em> and <em>Htr7</em>) in the ileum of mice (P &lt; 0.05). Moreover, <em>A. muciniphila</em>-derived EVs affected the expression of major genes related to the serotonin system (<em>Tph1</em>, <em>slc6a4a</em>, <em>Mao</em>, <em>Htr3B</em>, <em>Htr4</em>, and <em>Htr7</em>) in the duodenum and ileum of mice (P &lt; 0.05).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The present findings may pave the way for further investigation of the effects of strain-specific probiotics on the serotonergic system, which is currently in its infancy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8050,"journal":{"name":"Anaerobe","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 102786"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41105560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prevalence of Clostridioides difficile in dogs (Canis familiaris) with gastrointestinal disorders in Rio de Janeiro","authors":"Suzana Leite ,&nbsp;Carlos Cotias ,&nbsp;Kelly C. Rainha ,&nbsp;Mayara Gil Santos ,&nbsp;Bruno Penna ,&nbsp;Renata F. F.Moraes ,&nbsp;Céline Harmanus ,&nbsp;Wiep Klaas Smits ,&nbsp;Eliane de Oliveira Ferreira","doi":"10.1016/j.anaerobe.2023.102765","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anaerobe.2023.102765","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><em>Clostridioides difficile</em></span> infections (CDI) have a high morbidity and mortality rate and have always been considered a nosocomial disease. Nonetheless, the number of cases of community-acquired CDI is increasing, and new evidence suggests additional <em>C. difficile</em> reservoirs exist. Pathogenic <em>C. difficile</em><span> strains have been found in livestock, domestic animals, and meat, so a zoonotic transmission has been proposed.</span></p></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><p>The goal of this study was to isolate <em>C. difficile</em><span> strains in dogs at a veterinary clinic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and characterize clinical and pathological findings associated with lower gastrointestinal tract disorders.</span></p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Fifty stool samples and biopsy fragments from dogs were obtained and cultured in the CDBA selective medium. All suggestive <em>C. difficile</em><span><span><span><span> colonies were confirmed by MALDI-TOF MS and PCR (tpi gene). Vancomycin, </span>metronidazole<span>, moxifloxacin, </span></span>erythromycin, and </span>rifampicin<span> were tested for antibiotic susceptibility. Biofilm, motility assays, and a PCR for the toxins (</span></span><em>tcd</em>A, <em>tcd</em>B, and <em>cdt</em><span>B), as well as ribotyping, were also performed.</span></p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p><span>Blood samples and colonic biopsy fragments were examined in </span><em>C. difficile</em> positive dogs. Ten animals (20%) tested positive for <em>C. difficile</em> by using stool samples, but not from biopsy fragments. Most <em>C. difficile</em><span> strains were toxigenic: six were A+B+ belonging to RT106; two were A+B+ belonging to RT014/020; and two were A-B- belonging to RT010. All strains were biofilm producers. In the motility test, 40% of strains were as motile as the positive control, CD630 (RT012). In the disc diffusion test, two strains (RT010) were resistant to erythromycin and metronidazole; and another to metronidazole (RT014/020). In terms of </span><em>C. difficile</em> clinicopathological correlations, no statistically significant morphological changes, such as pseudomembranous and \"volcano\" lesions, were observed. Regarding hematological data, dogs positive for <em>C. difficile</em><span> had leucopenia<span><span> (p = 0.02) and lymphopenia (p = 0.03). There was a significant correlation between </span>senility and the presence of </span></span><em>C. difficile</em> in the dogs studied (p = 0,02).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Although <em>C. difficile</em> has not been linked to canine diarrheal disorders, it appears to be more common in dogs with intestinal dysfunctions. The isolation of ribotypes frequently involved in human <span>CDI</span> outbreaks around the world supports the theory of <em>C. difficile</em> zoonotic transmission.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8050,"journal":{"name":"Anaerobe","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 102765"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10022554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}