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Characterization of Clostridioides difficile Strains from an Outbreak Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry
The epidemiology of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) has changed over the last two decades, due to the emergence of C. difficile strains with clinical relevance and responsible for nosocomial outbreaks with severe outcomes. This study reports an outbreak occurred in a Long-term Care Unit fro...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9320467/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35889196 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10071477 |
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author | Calderaro, Adriana Buttrini, Mirko Farina, Benedetta Montecchini, Sara Martinelli, Monica Arcangeletti, Maria Cristina Chezzi, Carlo De Conto, Flora |
author_facet | Calderaro, Adriana Buttrini, Mirko Farina, Benedetta Montecchini, Sara Martinelli, Monica Arcangeletti, Maria Cristina Chezzi, Carlo De Conto, Flora |
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description | The epidemiology of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) has changed over the last two decades, due to the emergence of C. difficile strains with clinical relevance and responsible for nosocomial outbreaks with severe outcomes. This study reports an outbreak occurred in a Long-term Care Unit from February to March 2022 and tracked by using a Matrix-Assisted Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) typing approach (T-MALDI); subsequently, a characterization of the toxigenic and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of the C. difficile isolates was performed. A total of 143 faecal samples belonging to 112 patients was evaluated and C. difficile DNA was detected in 51 samples (46 patients). Twenty-nine C. difficile isolates were obtained, and three different clusters were revealed by T-MALDI. The most representative cluster accounted 22 strains and was considered to be epidemic, in agreement with PCR-Ribotyping. Such epidemic strains were susceptible to vancomycin (MIC ≤ 0.5 mg/mL) and metronidazole (MIC ≤ 1 mg/mL), but not to moxifloxacin (MIC > 32 mg/mL). Moreover, they produced only the Toxin A and, additionally, the binary toxin. To our knowledge, this is the first reported outbreak referable to a tcdA+/tcdB-/cdt+ genotypic profile. In light of these results, T-MALDI is a valid and rapid approach for discovering and tracking outbreaks. |
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spelling | pubmed-93204672022-07-27 Characterization of Clostridioides difficile Strains from an Outbreak Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry Calderaro, Adriana Buttrini, Mirko Farina, Benedetta Montecchini, Sara Martinelli, Monica Arcangeletti, Maria Cristina Chezzi, Carlo De Conto, Flora Microorganisms Article The epidemiology of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) has changed over the last two decades, due to the emergence of C. difficile strains with clinical relevance and responsible for nosocomial outbreaks with severe outcomes. This study reports an outbreak occurred in a Long-term Care Unit from February to March 2022 and tracked by using a Matrix-Assisted Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) typing approach (T-MALDI); subsequently, a characterization of the toxigenic and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of the C. difficile isolates was performed. A total of 143 faecal samples belonging to 112 patients was evaluated and C. difficile DNA was detected in 51 samples (46 patients). Twenty-nine C. difficile isolates were obtained, and three different clusters were revealed by T-MALDI. The most representative cluster accounted 22 strains and was considered to be epidemic, in agreement with PCR-Ribotyping. Such epidemic strains were susceptible to vancomycin (MIC ≤ 0.5 mg/mL) and metronidazole (MIC ≤ 1 mg/mL), but not to moxifloxacin (MIC > 32 mg/mL). Moreover, they produced only the Toxin A and, additionally, the binary toxin. To our knowledge, this is the first reported outbreak referable to a tcdA+/tcdB-/cdt+ genotypic profile. In light of these results, T-MALDI is a valid and rapid approach for discovering and tracking outbreaks. MDPI 2022-07-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9320467/ /pubmed/35889196 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10071477 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Calderaro, Adriana Buttrini, Mirko Farina, Benedetta Montecchini, Sara Martinelli, Monica Arcangeletti, Maria Cristina Chezzi, Carlo De Conto, Flora Characterization of Clostridioides difficile Strains from an Outbreak Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry |
title | Characterization of Clostridioides difficile Strains from an Outbreak Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry |
title_full | Characterization of Clostridioides difficile Strains from an Outbreak Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry |
title_fullStr | Characterization of Clostridioides difficile Strains from an Outbreak Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry |
title_full_unstemmed | Characterization of Clostridioides difficile Strains from an Outbreak Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry |
title_short | Characterization of Clostridioides difficile Strains from an Outbreak Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry |
title_sort | characterization of clostridioides difficile strains from an outbreak using maldi-tof mass spectrometry |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9320467/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35889196 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10071477 |
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