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Epidemiological association of Campylobacter jejuni groups with pathogenicity-associated genetic markers
BACKGROUND: Campylobacter jejuni, the most leading cause for bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide, shows a high genetic diversity among its isolates. Recently, we demonstrated the existence of six C. jejuni-groups by combining MLST with six genetic markers. These groups were further characterized by...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3487957/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22873291 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-12-171 |
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author | Zautner, Andreas E Ohk, Carolin Tareen, Abdul Malik Lugert, Raimond Groß, Uwe |
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description | BACKGROUND: Campylobacter jejuni, the most leading cause for bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide, shows a high genetic diversity among its isolates. Recently, we demonstrated the existence of six C. jejuni-groups by combining MLST with six genetic markers. These groups were further characterized by the detection of cj1321-cj1326, fucP, cj0178, cj0755/cfrA, ceuE, pldA, cstII, and cstIII in order (I.) to show further associations between these different genetic markers and MLST CCs. Moreover, different studies were able to associate several of these markers: a sialylated lipoologosaccharide (cstII/III(+)), the gamma-glytamyl-transpeptidase (ggt(+)), and the absence of a certain allele of the enterochelin-uptake-binding-protein (ceuE(11168)(-)) with severe campylobacteriosis, bloody diarrhea and unpleasant outcome. Additionally more than half of human Campylobacter-isolates were assigned to a non-livestock clade associated with the absence of cj1321-cj1326. These isolates were considered as mere colonizers. From the combination of marker genes, the ratio of human isolates in a specific group, and clinical data (II.) it should be demonstrated to which of the previous defined groups these Campylobacter-subpopulations, associated with higher virulence, correspond. RESULTS: Besides the marker gene pldA, all new estimated genetic markers show significant differences in their distribution among the various MLST-based groups. Especially the genes for cj1321-cj1326, fucP, cj0178, cj0755/cfrA are widely associated with each other and split the study population into two major and seven intermediate groups substantiating the previous group-definition, whereas cstII and cstIII indicate at least three groups following an independent distribution pattern. CONCLUSIONS: Based on these data a group of C. jejuni-isolates characterized by the presence of ansB, dmsA, ggt, and the absence of cj1365c, cj1585c, cj1321-cj1326, fucP, cj0178, cj0755/cfrA, and cstII/III was associated with a higher prevalence in human campylobacteriosis, bloody diarrhea as well as hospitalization and bears obviously a higher virulence for humans. In contrast to that better livestock-adapted groups characterized by the ability to utilize L-fucose and the presence of all of the five identified putative C. jejuni iron-uptake systems as well as cj1321-cj1326, cj1365c, cj1585c, and cstII and/or cstIII (sialylated lipoologosaccharide) is more prevalent in animal hosts and was secondary associated with less severe campylobacteriosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-34879572012-11-03 Epidemiological association of Campylobacter jejuni groups with pathogenicity-associated genetic markers Zautner, Andreas E Ohk, Carolin Tareen, Abdul Malik Lugert, Raimond Groß, Uwe BMC Microbiol Research Article BACKGROUND: Campylobacter jejuni, the most leading cause for bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide, shows a high genetic diversity among its isolates. Recently, we demonstrated the existence of six C. jejuni-groups by combining MLST with six genetic markers. These groups were further characterized by the detection of cj1321-cj1326, fucP, cj0178, cj0755/cfrA, ceuE, pldA, cstII, and cstIII in order (I.) to show further associations between these different genetic markers and MLST CCs. Moreover, different studies were able to associate several of these markers: a sialylated lipoologosaccharide (cstII/III(+)), the gamma-glytamyl-transpeptidase (ggt(+)), and the absence of a certain allele of the enterochelin-uptake-binding-protein (ceuE(11168)(-)) with severe campylobacteriosis, bloody diarrhea and unpleasant outcome. Additionally more than half of human Campylobacter-isolates were assigned to a non-livestock clade associated with the absence of cj1321-cj1326. These isolates were considered as mere colonizers. From the combination of marker genes, the ratio of human isolates in a specific group, and clinical data (II.) it should be demonstrated to which of the previous defined groups these Campylobacter-subpopulations, associated with higher virulence, correspond. RESULTS: Besides the marker gene pldA, all new estimated genetic markers show significant differences in their distribution among the various MLST-based groups. Especially the genes for cj1321-cj1326, fucP, cj0178, cj0755/cfrA are widely associated with each other and split the study population into two major and seven intermediate groups substantiating the previous group-definition, whereas cstII and cstIII indicate at least three groups following an independent distribution pattern. CONCLUSIONS: Based on these data a group of C. jejuni-isolates characterized by the presence of ansB, dmsA, ggt, and the absence of cj1365c, cj1585c, cj1321-cj1326, fucP, cj0178, cj0755/cfrA, and cstII/III was associated with a higher prevalence in human campylobacteriosis, bloody diarrhea as well as hospitalization and bears obviously a higher virulence for humans. In contrast to that better livestock-adapted groups characterized by the ability to utilize L-fucose and the presence of all of the five identified putative C. jejuni iron-uptake systems as well as cj1321-cj1326, cj1365c, cj1585c, and cstII and/or cstIII (sialylated lipoologosaccharide) is more prevalent in animal hosts and was secondary associated with less severe campylobacteriosis. BioMed Central 2012-08-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3487957/ /pubmed/22873291 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-12-171 Text en Copyright ©2012 Zautner et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Zautner, Andreas E Ohk, Carolin Tareen, Abdul Malik Lugert, Raimond Groß, Uwe Epidemiological association of Campylobacter jejuni groups with pathogenicity-associated genetic markers |
title | Epidemiological association of Campylobacter jejuni groups with pathogenicity-associated genetic markers |
title_full | Epidemiological association of Campylobacter jejuni groups with pathogenicity-associated genetic markers |
title_fullStr | Epidemiological association of Campylobacter jejuni groups with pathogenicity-associated genetic markers |
title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiological association of Campylobacter jejuni groups with pathogenicity-associated genetic markers |
title_short | Epidemiological association of Campylobacter jejuni groups with pathogenicity-associated genetic markers |
title_sort | epidemiological association of campylobacter jejuni groups with pathogenicity-associated genetic markers |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3487957/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22873291 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-12-171 |
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