细菌直接PCR和双引物策略鉴定16S rRNA基因技术的建立

目的探索一种基于16S rRNA基因的快速鉴定细菌方法,为临床诊断治疗及耐药菌的分子遗传分析提供科学依据。方法对卫生部室间质评菌株和临床病人标本分离培养纯菌落,用双蒸水稀释菌落,然后直接以菌液为模板优化反应体系PCR扩增16S rRNA基因片段,再测序扩增片段。将测序结果在细菌Ribosomal数据库中进行同源性比对,根据序列同源性鉴定病原细菌。结果本实验鉴定的卫生部质评菌株结果与卫生部报告结果一致。本实验能够一次性鉴定出临床病人标本分离的菌株。结论本研究优化了一种免纯化细菌核酸直接PCR鉴定细菌16S rRNA基因的方法。本研究建立的基于病原细菌16S rRNA基因鉴定方法可用于细菌的快速诊断。     

16S rDNA快速鉴定血液制品中污染细菌的测序方法的建立

目的 建立基于16S rDNA快速鉴定细菌的PeR测序方法(PCR-SBT).方法 通过一组16S rDNA通用引物扩增得到基因组全长,PCR产物经纯化后直接测序分析.利用BLAST软件从GenBank数据库中搜索相关菌株的16S rDNA全序列,采用Clustal X软件进行多序列比对和同源性分析,确定细菌的种属,并与常规生化鉴定结果比较.利用大肠杆菌基因组一系列稀释度标本进行PeR扩增,检测方法的敏感性.结果 实验利用多对引物建立了16S rDNA全长序列分析方法,13个标准菌株通过PCR-SBT方法获得约1400 bp的全长序列.比对分析13个标准菌株测序结果与预期标准序列完全一致,证实建立的PCR-SBT方法结果可靠.利用建立的PCR-SBT法,对实验室从血小板制品和脐带血中分离得到不同未知菌株进行鉴定,成功确定了这些菌株的种属.以大肠杆菌DNA为模板,方法的最低检测限为反应体系DNA含量0.2 ng.结论 建立的基于16S rDNA的PCR-SBT方法是可行的,可快速准确地检测及鉴定细菌种类,尽早发现细菌污染血制品,对污染血制品输注后的针对性治疗方面具有潜在的应用价值.     

柯萨奇病毒A组天津分离株的分型鉴定及分子特征分析

目的 鉴定天津市手足口病病原体柯萨奇病毒A组2、4、5、6和10型,并分析其VP1区基因及分子流行病学特征.方法 提取45株非EV71非CV-A16肠道病毒分离株核酸,利用RT-PCR法扩增其VP1基因并测序,然后根据VP1区基因核酸序列,进行肠道病毒型别鉴定和同源性分析,构建种系发生树.结果 45株非EV71非CV-A16肠道病毒天津分离株分别为6株柯萨奇病毒A组2型(Coxsackie virus A2,CV-A2),14株CV-A4,3株CV-A5,8株CV-A6和14株CV-A10.柯萨奇病毒各型的株间核酸序列同源性均在80％以上,各型分离株与原型株的同源性均在71.2％ ～ 85.8％之间.天津各型分离株在种系发生树上均聚集于各自相对独立的分支,与国内流行株处在同一分支内,而与国外原型株处于不同的进化分支.结论柯萨奇病毒A组2、4、5、6和10型成为天津市手足口病的流行病原体,各型天津分离株株间核酸序列同源性较高,呈现一定的区域聚集性.     

HAIN基因分型试剂盒鉴定临床非结核杆菌的应用研究

目的 采用HAIN基因分型试剂盒鉴定临床非结核分枝杆菌,评价其优缺点.方法 收集浙江、安徽等地74株临床非结核分枝杆菌,采用HAIN基因分型试剂盒鉴定临床非结核分枝杆菌,并用16S rRNA基因测序方法对其进行比较和评价.结果 74株非结核分枝杆菌HAIN基因分型试剂盒鉴定结果为:31株胞内分枝杆菌,12株脓肿分枝杆菌,8株偶发分枝杆菌,6株堪萨斯分枝杆菌,5株鸟分枝杆菌,3株耻垢分枝杆菌,2株草分枝杆菌,2株瘰疬分枝杆菌,1株戈登分枝杆菌,另外有4株菌株只能鉴定为分枝杆菌属,不能鉴定到种.8株结核分枝杆菌鉴定准确.与16SrRNA基因测序相比较,HAIN基因分型试剂盒除了4株菌株只能鉴定为分枝杆菌属以外,其余70株非结核分枝杆菌均能鉴定到种,鉴定符合率为94.59％;并且它能进一步区分脓肿分枝杆菌和龟分枝杆菌,以及堪萨斯分枝杆菌和胃分枝杆菌.如果单纯鉴定HAIN基因分型试剂盒菌株范围之内的临床最常见非结核分枝杆菌菌株,鉴定符合率为100％.结论 HAIN基因分型试剂盒鉴定临床非结核分枝杆菌时间短、操作简单、结果准确,可在临床推广使用.     

一株脓液分离的海岸嗜半胱氨酸菌的鉴定及毒力基因分析

目的通过对1株从1名被海虾刺伤的患者脓液分离的致病菌株JM-1进行准确鉴定、药敏试验和毒力基因分析, 为海岸嗜半胱氨酸菌(Cysteiniphilum litorale)作为罕见病原体引起临床相关感染的筛检及改善预后提供实验依据。方法对分离株进行生化表型鉴定、基质辅助激光解吸电离飞行时间质谱(MALDI-TOF MS)鉴定、16S rRNA基因测序和系统发育分析, 以及基于全基因组序列的平均核苷酸一致性(average nucleotide identity, ANI)、平均氨基酸一致性(average amino acid identity, AAI)分析和系统发育分析, 以准确确定其分类学地位;以E-test法进行药敏试验, 并依据CLSI M45-A3土拉弗朗西斯菌解释标准进行结果判读;以VFDB毒力因子数据库对全基因组进行毒力基因注释和分析。结果分离株JM-1在哥伦比亚血平板上培养3 d可见灰白色、中等大小、光滑、圆形、凸起的溶血菌落。革兰染色为着色较淡的阴性球杆菌。API NH鉴定结果提示为卡他莫拉菌(生化编码:3010);Vitek2系统NH卡鉴定无鉴定结果(生物编码:02...     

泛耐药肺炎克雷伯菌株的医院内流行特性的研究

目的 了解华山医院泛耐药肺炎克雷伯菌株及其流行的特点.方法 收集2006年8月-2009年12月对CLSI推荐常规检测药物均耐药的肺炎克雷们菌临床分离株,共57株.所有菌株都进行药物敏感试验、超广谱β-内酰胺酶(ESBLs)初筛及表型确证试验、改良Hodge试验、等电聚焦电泳,聚合酶链反应及其产物测序、接合试验、肠杆菌基因间重复共有序列PCR(ERIC-PCR)和多位点序列分型(MLST).结果 所有菌株都携带blaKPC-2、blaCTX-M-14、blaSHV12和blaTEM-1及qnrB和aac(6')-I b-cr基因.57株细菌中ST423型5株,MIST ST11型52株.ST423型散发,而ST11型呈医院内流行.57株细菌都对替加环素耐药,对多黏菌素、米诺环素和多西环素部分敏感.结论 本次泛耐药肺炎克雷们流行主要为ST11型菌株;不同的肺炎克雷伯菌株,播散能力不同;检出泛耐药肺炎克雷伯菌时应增加检测药物的种类.     

泛耐药肺炎克雷伯菌株的医院内流行特性的研究

目的 了解华山医院泛耐药肺炎克雷伯菌株及其流行的特点.方法 收集2006年8月-2009年12月对CLSI推荐常规检测药物均耐药的肺炎克雷们菌临床分离株,共57株.所有菌株都进行药物敏感试验、超广谱β-内酰胺酶(ESBLs)初筛及表型确证试验、改良Hodge试验、等电聚焦电泳,聚合酶链反应及其产物测序、接合试验、肠杆菌基因间重复共有序列PCR(ERIC-PCR)和多位点序列分型(MLST).结果 所有菌株都携带blaKPC-2、blaCTX-M-14、blaSHV12和blaTEM-1及qnrB和aac(6')-I b-cr基因.57株细菌中ST423型5株,MIST ST11型52株.ST423型散发,而ST11型呈医院内流行.57株细菌都对替加环素耐药,对多黏菌素、米诺环素和多西环素部分敏感.结论 本次泛耐药肺炎克雷们流行主要为ST11型菌株;不同的肺炎克雷伯菌株,播散能力不同;检出泛耐药肺炎克雷伯菌时应增加检测药物的种类.     

蜱中玫瑰单胞菌菌株的分离与鉴定

目的 确定从蜱中分离的、使用常规方法不能鉴定的3株粉红色细菌的分类学位置.方法 使用16S rDNA序列分析和同源性检索方法及细菌的形态学、生化特性及脂肪酸分析等鉴定方法.结果 3株细菌为粉红色的革兰阴性需氧小球杆菌,最适生长温度为370℃,在含有5%以上NaC1的培养基中不能生长.该菌能发酵葡萄糖、利用棕檬酸盐,接触酶试验阳性、脲酶试验阳性、紫外(UV)吸收试验阳性.主要脂肪酸成分为C16:0、C17:0、C18:1 ω9c和C19:0 cyc.16S rDNA序列分析和同源性检索发现3株细菌与颈玫瑰单胞菌(Roseomonas cervicalis)同源性最高,达99.1%.结论 这3株细菌在分类学上属于玫瑰单胞菌(Roseomonas),但是和已经报道的种都不相同,可能是一个变种.蜱可能是其潜在的媒介宿主.     

一株副猪链球菌的鉴定及生物学特征分析

目的对从一患者脑脊液中分离的副猪链球菌菌株进行病原学鉴定, 并了解其生物学特征。方法对该菌株使用分离培养、生化鉴定、16S rRNA和管家基因recN基因分析、平均核苷酸一致性分析(ANI)、药敏实验、耐药基因、毒力基因分析等方法进行分析。结果该菌为革兰阳性球菌、在血平板上草绿色溶血, 经16S rRNA、recN基因及全基因组序列分析为副猪链球菌, 对多种抗生素敏感, 并携带有黏附类等多种毒力基因。结论副猪链球菌可导致人类感染, 可通过基因测序方法进行诊断。     

广东省历年流行性脑脊髓膜炎病原体分子特征分析

目的 了解广东省历年流行性脑脊髓膜炎(流脑)病原体的外膜蛋白编码基因porA和porB基因特征,并确定病原体的优势克隆型.方法 对1967-2007年从流脑患者分离的18株脑膜炎奈瑟球菌(Neisseria meningitidis)进行复苏培养和生化鉴定;通过DNA序列测定分析外膜蛋白编码基因porA、porB特征;对菌株进行多位点序列分型(multilocus sequence typing, MLST),采用PHYLIP软件制作进化树,并与脑膜炎余瑟球菌MIST全球数据库(PubMLST)中的菌株比较,确定优势克隆型菌株,探讨广东省历年流脑疫情分离株的看家基因序列多态性.结果 porA可变区(VR)1的型别以20型为主,VR2的型别在2004年前主要为9型,以后呈现多态性;porB可变区Ⅰ、Ⅳ、Ⅴ、Ⅵ主要分别为4、7、11、10型,2004年后可变区Ⅴ、Ⅵ型别增多;除2007年分离的1株W135菌株外,其余菌株的porB基因均无Ⅶ、Ⅷ可变区.在7个看家基因中,abcZ等位基因多态性最低,pgm最高.广东省历年流行性脑脊髓膜炎分离株2004年前的优势克隆为ST-5克隆系,自2004年开始出现高致病性ST-4821克隆系,2007年首次出现高致病性ST-11克降系.结论 广东省历年脑膜炎奈瑟球菌分离株的外膜蛋白编码基冈呈现多态性特征,分离株为多克隆系并存,近期以高致病性克隆系为主.     

Identification by 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing of Arcobacter butzleri bacteraemia in a patient with acute gangrenous appendicitis.

AIMS: To identify a strain of Gram negative facultative anaerobic curved bacillus, concomitantly isolated with Escherichia coli and Streptococcus milleri, from the blood culture of a 69 year old woman with acute gangrenous appendicitis. The literature on arcobacter bacteraemia and arcobacter infections associated with appendicitis was reviewed. METHODS: The isolate was phenotypically investigated by standard biochemical methods using conventional biochemical tests. Genotypically, the 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene of the bacterium was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequenced. The sequence of the PCR product was compared with known 16S rRNA gene sequences in the GenBank by multiple sequence alignment. Literature review was performed by MEDLINE search (1966-2000). RESULTS: The bacterium grew on blood agar, chocolate agar, and MacConkey agar to sizes of 1 mm in diameter after 24 hours of incubation at 37 degrees C in 5% CO2. It grew at 15 degrees C, 25 degrees C, and 37 degrees C; it also grew in a microaerophilic environment, and was cytochrome oxidase positive and motile, typically a member of the genus arcobacter. Furthermore, phenotypic testing showed that the biochemical profile of the isolate did not fit into the pattern of any of the known arcobacter species. 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed one to two base differences between the isolate and A butzleri, but 35 to 39 base differences between the isolate and A cryaerophilus, indicating that the isolate was a strain of A butzleri. Only three cases of arcobacter bacteraemia with detailed clinical characteristics were found in the English literature. The sources of the arcobacter species in the three cases were largely unknown, although the gastrointestinal tract is probably the portal of entry of the A butzleri isolated from the present case because the two concomitant isolates (E coli and S milleri) in the blood culture were common flora of the gastrointestinal tract. In addition, A butzleri has previously been isolated from the abdominal contents or peritoneal fluid of three patients with acute appendicitis. CONCLUSIONS: 16S rRNA gene sequencing was useful in the identification of the strain of A butzleri isolated from the blood culture of a patient with acute gangrenous appendicitis. Arcobacter bacteraemia is rare. Further studies using selective medium for the delineation of the association between A butzleri and acute appendicitis are warranted.     

Extended Characterization of Corynebacterium pyruviciproducens Based on Clinical Strains from Canada and Switzerland

The species Corynebacterium pyruviciproducens was described in 2010 based on the features of a single strain. In this report, we describe the chemotaxonomic and phenotypic characteristics of 11 C. pyruviciproducens clinical strains isolated in Switzerland and Canada in comparison to the strain 06-17730^T. Heterogeneities within the type strain were found in the 16S rRNA gene and in biochemical markers. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) identification of this species could not be achieved since currently this bacterial species is not included in the corresponding database. Reliable identification is obtained only with sequence-based identification tools. Results of antimicrobial susceptibility testing of this species with an extended panel of antimicrobials are presented here for the first time.     

Identification by 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing of an Enterobacteriaceae species from a bone marrow transplant recipient.

AIMS: To ascertain the clinical relevance of a strain of Enterobacteriaceae isolated from the stool of a bone marrow transplant recipient with diarrhoea. The isolate could not be identified to the genus level by conventional phenotypic methods and required 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequencing for full identification. METHODS: The isolate was investigated phenotypically by standard biochemical methods using conventional biochemical tests and two commercially available systems, the Vitek (GNI+) and API (20E) systems. Genotypically, the 16S bacterial rRNA gene was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequenced. The sequence of the PCR product was compared with known 16S rRNA gene sequences in the GenBank database by multiple sequence alignment. RESULTS: Conventional biochemical tests did not reveal a pattern resembling any known member of the Enterobacteriaceae family. The isolate was identified as Salmonella arizonae (73%) and Escherichia coli (76%) by the Vitek (GNI+) and API (20E) systems, respectively. 16S rRNA sequencing showed that there was only one base difference between the isolate and E coli K-12, but 48 and 47 base differences between the isolate and S typhimurium (NCTC 8391) and S typhi (St111), respectively, showing that it was an E coli strain. The patient did not require any specific treatment and the diarrhoea subsided spontaneously. CONCLUSIONS: 16S rRNA gene sequencing was useful in ascertaining the clinical relevance of the strain of Enterobacteriaceae isolated from the stool of the bone marrow transplant recipient with diarrhoea.     

Species-specific identification of campylobacters by partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing

Species-specific identification of campylobacters is problematic, primarily due to the absence of suitable biochemical assays and the existence of atypical strains. 16S rRNA gene (16S rDNA)-based identification of bacteria offers a possible alternative when phenotypic tests fail. Therefore, we evaluated the reliability of 16S rDNA sequencing for the species-specific identification of campylobacters. Sequence analyses were performed by using almost 94% of the complete 16S rRNA genes of 135 phenotypically characterized Campylobacter strains, including all known taxa of this genus. It was shown that 16S rDNA analysis enables specific identification of most Campylobacter species. The exception was a lack of discrimination among the taxa Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli and atypical C. lari strains, which shared identical or nearly identical 16S rDNA sequences. Subsequently, it was investigated whether partial 16S rDNA sequences are sufficient to determine species identity. Sequence alignments led to the identification of four 16S rDNA regions with high degrees of interspecies variation but with highly conserved sequence patterns within the respective species. A simple protocol based on the analysis of these sequence patterns was developed, which enabled the unambiguous identification of the majority of Campylobacter species. We recommend 16S rDNA sequence analysis as an effective, rapid procedure for the specific identification of campylobacters.     

Evaluation of 16S rRNA sequencing and reevaluation of a short biochemical scheme for identification of clinically significant Bacteroides species

Sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene represents a highly accurate and versatile method for bacterial classification and identification, even when the species in question is notoriously difficult to identify by phenotypic means. In this study, we evaluated the utility of 16S rRNA gene sequencing as a means of identifying clinically important Bacteroides species. We sequenced 231 clinical isolates that had been identified by a short biochemical scheme. Based on the sequence analysis, 192 clinical isolates were assigned to an established species, with the other 39 clinical strains revealing five unique sequences that may represent five novel species. This is in contrast to identification obtained from a short biochemical scheme, by which only 73.5% (172 of 231) of isolates were correctly identified to species level. Based on the solid identification obtained from 16S rRNA gene sequencing, the short biochemical scheme was modified and improved to provide clinical laboratories with an inexpensive and simple alternative for the identification of isolates of clinically significant Bacteroides species.     

Pseudobacteraemia in a patient with neutropenic fever caused by a novel paenibacillus species: Paenibacillus hongkongensis sp. nov.

AIMS: To characterise a strain of Gram negative aerobic straight or slightly curved rods (HKU3) isolated from the blood culture of a 9 year old Chinese boy with neutropenic fever and pseudobacteraemia. METHODS: The isolate was phenotypically investigated by standard biochemical methods using conventional biochemical tests, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. Genotypically, the 16S rRNA gene of the bacterium was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequenced. The sequence of the PCR product was compared with known 16S rRNA gene sequences in the Genbank by multiple sequence alignment. The G + C content was determined by thermal denaturation. A phylogenetic tree was constructed by the PileUp method. RESULTS: The cells of the bacterial strain were aerobic, sporulating, Gram negative straight or slight curved rods. The bacterium grew on horse blood agar as non-haemolytic, grey colonies of 1 mm in diameter after 24 hours of incubation at 37 degrees C in ambient air. No enhancement of growth was seen in 5% CO(2). It grew at 50 degrees C as pinpoint colonies after 72 hours of incubation, but did not grow at 65 degrees C or on MacConkey agar. It was non-motile. It produced catalase (weakly positive) and cytochrome oxidase. It reduced nitrate, produced beta galactosidase, hydrolysed esculin, and utilised sodium acetate. A scanning electron micrograph of the bacterium showed straight or slightly curved rods. A transmission electron micrograph of the cell wall of the bacterium revealed multiple electron dense layers, including the outer membrane, middle murein layer, and inner cytoplasmic membrane, compatible with its Gram smear appearance. 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed that there were 7.7%, 8.0%, 8.2%, and 8.6% differences between the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the bacterium and those of Paenibacillus macerans, Paenibacillus borealis, Bacillus ehimensis, and Paenibacillus amylolyticus, respectively. The mean (SD) G + C content of the bacterium was 47.6 (2.1) mol%. Phylogenetically, it belongs to the genus paenibacillus (previously called group 3 bacillus). CONCLUSIONS: A bacterium that exhibited phenotypic and genotypic characteristics that are very different from closely related members of paenibacillus was the cause of pseudobacteraemia in a patient with neutropenic fever. A new species, Paenibacillus hongkongensis sp. nov. is proposed, for which HKU3 is the type strain.     

Thermus rehai sp. nov., isolated from Rehai of Tengchong,Yunnan Province,China

A yellow-pigmented strain of the genus Thermus, with optimum growth temperatures about 65 approximately 70 degrees C, was isolated from the hot springs in Rehai of Tengchong, Yunnan Province, China. Morphological, physiological and biochemical characteristics, pigment analysis of RH99-GF7504 strain and its phylogenetic analysis of 16S rDNA showed that this organism represented a new species of the genus Thermus. This strain had maximum temperatures for growth below 80 degrees C. The new isolate from Rehai of Tengchong could be distinguished from other strains of the genus Thermus by its special structure and by its inability to hydrolyze gelatin and starch. On the basis of phylogenetic analysis, morphological, physiological and biochemical characteristics, the name Thermus rehai sp nov is proposed for the species, represented by strain RH99-GF7504 (CCTCC-AB200292).     

Molecular Identification of a Nocardiopsis dassonvillei Blood Isolate

Nocardiopsis dassonvillei is an environmental aerobic actinomycete seldom isolated in cutaneous and pulmonary infections. We herein report the first N. dassonvillei blood isolate in a patient hospitalized for cholangitis. Although morphological characteristics and biochemical tests allowed a presumptive identification of this isolate, cell wall fatty acid chromatographic analysis confirmed identification at the genus level, and 16S rRNA gene sequencing achieved definite identification. This study illustrates the usefulness of 16S rRNA gene sequencing as a routine method for the identification of actinomycetes.     

Cell wall thickening is a common feature of vancomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

We have previously shown that a thickened cell wall is responsible for the vancomycin resistance of vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) (equivalent to vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus and glycopeptide-intermediate S. aureus) strain Mu50 (L. Cui, H. Murakami, K. Kuwahara-Arai, H. Hanaki, and K. Hiramatsu, Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 44:2276-2285, 2000). However, the mechanism of vancomycin resistance in other VRSA strains remained unclear. In this study, 16 clinical VRSA strains from seven countries were subjected to serial daily passage in drug-free medium. After 10 to 84 days of passage in the nonselective medium, passage-derived strains with decreased MICs of vancomycin (MIC, <4 mg/liter) were obtained. However, all of the passage-derived strains except one (15 of 16) still possessed subpopulations that were resistant to vancomycin as judged by population analysis, and vancomycin-resistant mutant strains were selected from the passage-derived strains by one-step vancomycin selection with a frequency of 4.25 x 10(-6) to 1.64 x 10(-3). The data indicated that vancomycin-resistant cells are frequently generated from the passage-derived strains even after vancomycin selective pressure is lifted. Cell wall thicknesses and MICs of glycopeptides (vancomycin and teicoplanin) and beta-lactams (imipenem and oxacillin) were determined for a total of 48 strains, including 15 sets of three strains: the clinical VRSA strain, the passage-derived strain, and the vancomycin-resistant mutant strain obtained from the passage-derived strain. No simple correlation between glycopeptide and beta-lactam MICs was seen, while significant correlations between MICs of vancomycin and teicoplanin (r = 0.679; P < 0.001) and between MICs of imipenem and oxacillin (r = 0.787; P < 0.001) were recognized. Moreover, all of the VRSA strains had significantly thickened cell walls, which became thinner with the loss of vancomycin resistance during drug-free passages and again became thick in the resistant mutant strains. The data showed that cell wall thickness had high correlation with the MICs of the two glycopeptides (correlation coefficients, 0.908 for vancomycin and 0.655 for teicoplanin) but not with those of the beta-lactam antibiotics tested. These results together with coupled changes of cell wall thickness and vancomycin MICs in 16 isogenic sets of strains indicate that thickening of the cell wall is a common phenotype of clinical VRSA strains and may be a phenotypic determinant for vancomycin resistance in S. aureus.