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Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2003

Mutations in katG, inhA, and ahpC Genes of Brazilian Isoniazid-Resistant Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Márcia Susana Nunes Silva; Simone Gonçalves Senna; Marta Osório Ribeiro; Andréia Rosane de Moura Valim; Maria Alice da Silva Telles; Afrânio Lineu Kritski; Glenn P. Morlock; Robert C. Cooksey; Arnaldo Zaha; Maria Lucia Rosa Rossetti

ABSTRACT The presence of mutations in specific regions of the katG, inhA, and ahpC genes was analyzed with 69 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isoniazid-resistant isolates from three Brazilian states. Point mutations in codon 315 of the katG gene were observed in 87.1, 60.9, and 60% of the isolates from Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo, respectively. Mutations in the inhA gene were identified only in one isolate from RJ State, and the ahpC promoter region revealed mutations in distinct positions in 12.9, 21.7, and 6.7% of the isolates from RS, RJ and SP, respectively.


BMC Microbiology | 2009

Correlations of mutations in katG, oxyR-ahpC and inhA genes and in vitro susceptibility in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical strains segregated by spoligotype families from tuberculosis prevalent countries in South America.

Elis Regina Dalla Costa; Marta Osório Ribeiro; Márcia Susana Nunes Silva; Liane Silveira Arnold; Diana Rostirolla; Patrícia Izquierdo Cafrune; Roger Espinoza; Moises Palaci; Maria Alice da Silva Telles; Viviana Ritacco; Philip Noel Suffys; Maria Luiza Lopes; Creuza Campelo; Silvana Spindola de Miranda; Kristin Kremer; Pedro Eduardo Almeida da Silva; Leila de Souza Fonseca; John L. Ho; Afranio Lineu Kritski; Maria Lucia Rosa Rossetti

BackgroundMutations associated with resistance to rifampin or streptomycin have been reported for W/Beijing and Latin American Mediterranean (LAM) strain families of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A few studies with limited sample sizes have separately evaluated mutations in katG, ahpC and inhA genes that are associated with isoniazid (INH) resistance. Increasing prevalence of INH resistance, especially in high tuberculosis (TB) prevalent countries is worsening the burden of TB control programs, since similar transmission rates are noted for INH susceptible and resistant M. tuberculosis strains.ResultsWe, therefore, conducted a comprehensive evaluation of INH resistant M. tuberculosis strains (n = 224) from three South American countries with high burden of drug resistant TB to characterize mutations in katG, ahpC and inhA gene loci and correlate with minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) levels and spoligotype strain family. Mutations in katG were observed in 181 (80.8%) of the isolates of which 178 (98.3%) was contributed by the katG S315T mutation. Additional mutations seen included oxyR-ahpC; inhA regulatory region and inhA structural gene. The S315T katG mutation was significantly more likely to be associated with MIC for INH ≥2 μg/mL. The S315T katG mutation was also more frequent in Haarlem family strains than LAM (n = 81) and T strain families.ConclusionOur data suggests that genetic screening for the S315T katG mutation may provide rapid information for anti-TB regimen selection, epidemiological monitoring of INH resistance and, possibly, to track transmission of INH resistant strains.


Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy | 2008

Identification of Mutations Related to Streptomycin Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Possible Involvement of Efflux Mechanism

Fernanda Sá Spies; Pedro Eduardo Almeida da Silva; Marta Osório Ribeiro; Maria Lucia Rosa Rossetti; Arnaldo Zaha

ABSTRACT The MIC for streptomycin in the presence of efflux pump (EP) inhibitors and the sequencing of rpsL, rrs, and gidB genes provided evidence for the possible participation of EP in low-level streptomycin (STR) resistance of some isolates without mutations. Mutation in the gidB gene and an EP could act synergistically to confer low STR resistance.


Future Microbiology | 2010

Epidemic of surgical-site infections by a single clone of rapidly growing mycobacteria in Brazil

Sylvia Cardoso Leão; Cristina Viana-Niero; Cristianne Kayoko Matsumoto; Karla Valéria Batista Lima; Maria Luiza Lopes; Moises Palaci; David Jamil Hadad; Solange Alves Vinhas; Rafael Silva Duarte; Maria Cristina S. Lourenço; André Kipnis; Zilah Cândida das Neves; Betina Mendez Alcântara Gabardo; Marta Osório Ribeiro; Ludmila Baethgen; Denise Brandão de Assis; Geraldine Madalosso; Erica Chimara; Margareth Pretti Dalcolmo

AIM Our aim is to investigate if the clusters of postsurgical mycobacterial infections, reported between 2004 and 2008 in seven geographically distant states in Brazil, were caused by a single mycobacterial strain. MATERIALS & METHODS Available information from 929 surgical patients was obtained from local health authorities. A total of 152 isolates from surgical patients were identified by PCR restriction enzyme analysis of the hsp65 gene (PRA-hsp65) and sequencing of the rpoB gene. Isolates were typed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) using two restriction enzymes, DraI and AseI. A total of 15 isolates not related to surgical cases were analyzed for comparison. RESULTS All isolates were identified as Mycobacterium abscessus ssp. massiliense. Isolates from surgical patients and one sputum isolate grouped in a single PFGE cluster, composed of two closely related patterns, with one band difference. A total of 14 other isolates unrelated to surgical cases showed distinctive PFGE patterns. CONCLUSION A particular strain of M. abscessus ssp. massiliense was associated with a prolonged epidemic of postsurgical infections in seven Brazilian states, suggesting that this strain may be distributed in Brazilian territory and better adapted to cause surgical-site infections.


Tuberculosis | 2008

Human Mycobacterium bovis infection in ten Latin American countries.

Isabel N. de Kantor; Marta Ambroggi; Susana Poggi; Nora Morcillo; Maria Alice da Silva Telles; Marta Osório Ribeiro; María Torres; Claudia Llerena Polo; Wellman Ribón; Vicente García; Dolores Kuffo; Luis Asencios; Lucy M. Vásquez Campos; Carlos Rivas; Jacobus H. de Waard

The aim of this work was to obtain the best possible estimate of the relevance of bovine tuberculosis (BTB) in humans in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Sources of information were a questionnaire filled by the participant laboratories, and a search of published literature (1970-2007). Only four of these countries reported bacteriologically confirmed cases of BTB in humans. Most of these were diagnosed in Argentina, where the mean percentage of Mycobacterium bovis cases in relation to those due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (2000-2006) ranged from 0.34% to 1.0%, according to the region. A slowly decreasing trend was observed in non HIV as well as in HIV/AIDS patients in Buenos Aires. In most of these countries, the low coverage of culture methods, especially of those including pyruvate-containing media, appropriate to isolate M. bovis, contributes to an underestimate of the problem. It was confirmed that BTB in humans exists, even though its relevance seems to be low. Milk pasteurization, sanitary controls to dairy products, and meat inspection at slaughterhouses contribute to the protection of human health. However, occupational aerogenous exposure to TB cattle and their carcasses remains a source of infection in the region.


Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2011

Streptomycin resistance and lineage specific polymorphisms in Mycobacterium tuberculosis gidB gene

Fernanda Sá Spies; Andrezza Wolowski Ribeiro; Daniela Fernandes Ramos; Marta Osório Ribeiro; Anandi Martin; Juan Carlos Palomino; Maria Lucia Rosa Rossetti; Pedro Eduardo Almeida da Silva; Arnaldo Zaha

ABSTRACT Mutations related to streptomycin resistance in the rpsL and rrs genes are well known and can explain about 70% of this phenotypic resistance. Recently, the gidB gene was found to be associated with low-level streptomycin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mutations in gidB have been reported with high frequency, and this gene appears to be very polymorphic, with frameshift and point mutations occurring in streptomycin-susceptible and streptomycin-resistant strains. In this study, mutations in gidB appeared in 27% of streptomycin-resistant strains that contained no mutations in the rpsL or rrs genes, and they were associated with low-level streptomycin resistance. However, the association of certain mutations in gidB with streptomycin resistance needs to be further investigated, as we also found mutations in gidB in streptomycin-susceptible strains. This occurred only when the strain was resistant to rifampin and isoniazid. Two specific mutations appeared very frequently in this and other studies of streptomycin-susceptible and -resistant strains; these mutations were not considered related to streptomycin resistance, but as a polymorphism. We stratified the strains according to the different phylogenetic lineages and showed that the gidB 16 polymorphism (16G allele) was exclusively present in the Latin American-Mediterranean (LAM) genotype, while the gidB 92 polymorphism (92C allele) was associated with the Beijing lineage in another population. In the sample studied, the two characterized single-nucleotide polymorphisms could distinguish LAM and Beijing lineages from the other lineages.


Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy | 2005

Characterization of pncA Mutations in Pyrazinamide-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Brazil

Vívian de F.S. Rodrigues; Maria Alice da Silva Telles; Marta Osório Ribeiro; Patrícia Izquierdo Cafrune; Maria Lucia Rosa Rossetti; Arnaldo Zaha

ABSTRACT In this study the nucleotide sequence of the pncA gene from 59 Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates was analyzed. Mutations in the pncA gene were identified in 29 of 40 pyrazinamide-resistant isolates, and no pyrazinamidase activity was detected in 39 of them. Twelve mutations found in this work have not been described previously.


Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz | 2012

Tuberculosis in a southern Brazilian prison

Daniele Kuhleis; Andrezza Wolowski Ribeiro; Elis Regina Dalla Costa; Patrícia Izquierdo Cafrune; Karen Barros Schmid; Lucas Laux da Costa; Marta Osório Ribeiro; Arnaldo Zaha; Maria Lucia Rosa Rossetti

The occurrence of tuberculosis (TB) in prisons has been described as an alarming public health problem in many countries, especially in developing nations. The objective of this study was to conduct a survey among prisoners with TB respiratory symptoms in order to estimate the incidence of the disease, to analyze the drug susceptibility profile and genotype the isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the city of Charqueadas, southern of Brazil. The TB incidence was 55/1,900 inhabitants in the prison; this corresponds to an incidence of 3,789/100,000 inhabitants, with a prevalence of 72/1,900 (4,960/100,000 inhabitants). Drug susceptibility test was performed and, among the analyzed isolates, 85% were susceptible to all drugs tested and 15% were resistant to at least one drug, of which 89% were resistant only to isoniazid (INH) or in combination with another drug. The genotype classification of spoligotyping analysis showed that 40% of the isolates belong to LAM family, 22% to T family, 17.5% to Haarlem family, 12.5% to U family and 3% to X family. The shared international spoligotypes most frequently found were 729 (27%), 50 (9.5%), 42 (8%), 53 (8%) and 863 (8%). In conclusion, it was observed that TB in this specific population had been caused, mostly, by strains that have been transmitted in the last few years, as demonstrated by the large level of genotype clustering. In addition, it was found specific large clusters, which were not often found in the general population from the same period and in the same region.


Tuberculosis | 2013

Biological cost in Mycobacterium tuberculosis with mutations in the rpsL, rrs, rpoB, and katG genes

Fernanda Sá Spies; Andrea von Groll; Andrezza Wolowski Ribeiro; Daniela Fernandes Ramos; Marta Osório Ribeiro; Elis Regina Dalla Costa; Anandi Martin; Juan Carlos Palomino; Maria Lucia Rosa Rossetti; Arnaldo Zaha; Pedro Eduardo Almeida da Silva

When bacteria develop drug-resistant mutations, there is often an associated biological cost; however, some strains can exhibit low- or no-cost mutations. In the present study, a quantitative resazurin reduction assay was used to measure the biological cost of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates that contained different mutations in the rpsL, rrs, rpoB, and katG genes, and showed different resistance profiles. Biological costs were determined by comparing the growth curves of drug-resistant isolates with drug-susceptible strains. Some strains, such as those with rpoB mutations other than S531L and strains with mutations in all of the studied genes, grew more slowly than did drug-susceptible strains. However, some strains grew more quickly than drug-susceptible strains, such as those that had only the rpsL K43R mutation. Strains with the mutation katG S315T presented heterogeneous biological costs. When analyzed individually, strains with the mutations rpsL43/katG315, rpoB531, and rpoB531/katG315 grew faster than drug-susceptible strains. The results suggest that some strains with the most common mutations correlated to a high resistance toward streptomycin, isoniazid and rifampicin can grow as well as or better than susceptible strains.


Jornal Brasileiro De Pneumologia | 2004

Tuberculose associada à AIDS: características demográficas, clínicas e laboratoriais de pacientes atendidos em um serviço de referência do sul do Brasil

Maria Marta Santos Boffo; Ivo Gomes de Mattos; Marta Osório Ribeiro; Isabel Cristina de Oliveira Neto

INTRODUCAO: A sinergia entre a tuberculose e o virus da imunodeficiencia humana e responsavel pelo aumento da morbi-mortalidade dos pacientes com AIDS. OBJETIVO: Delinear o perfil de pacientes com tuberculose e AIDS na cidade de Rio Grande (RS) relacionando dados demograficos, clinicos e laboratoriais. METODO: A amostra foi constituida por todos os casos de tuberculose confirmados pelo isolamento de Mycobacterium tuberculosis ocorridos no Servico de AIDS do Hospital Universitario/FURG entre setembro de 1997 e dezembro de 2000, em 31 pacientes reportados como casos definidos de AIDS. Foram examinados 33 materiais clinicos pulmonares e extrapulmonares atraves da cultura pelo metodo de Ogawa-Kudoh e da baciloscopia pelo Kinyoun. A identificacao de M. tuberculosis foi feita pelos metodos fenotipicos usuais. Para determinacao da resistencia das cepas isoladas foi empregado o metodo das proporcoes. RESULTADOS: A media de idade foi de 33,8 ± 9,9 anos, com uma relacao homem/mulher de 2,87:1. Eram brancos 80,7% dos pacientes. Todos os pacientes apresentavam manifestacoes clinicas gerais e/ou especificas de tuberculose no momento da suspeita diagnostica. Em 20 deles foram constatados fatores de risco: uso de droga endovenosa, alcoolismo, desnutricao, encarceramento. A doenca pulmonar ocorreu em 19 casos, a extrapulmonar em 10 e a associada em 2 deles. Entre aqueles com a forma extrapulmonar, predominou o comprometimento ganglionar. As 33 cepas isoladas foram identificadas como M. tuberculosis, e 28 mostraram sensibilidade a isoniazida e a rifampicina. CONCLUSAO: A tuberculose nos pacientes com AIDS apresentou-se com manifestacoes clinicas variaveis, comprometendo homens e mulheres em condicoes sociais desfavoraveis, em plena fase produtiva de suas vidas.

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Arnaldo Zaha

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

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Patrícia Izquierdo Cafrune

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

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Andrezza Wolowski Ribeiro

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

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Elis Regina Dalla Costa

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

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Rosa Dea Sperhacke

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

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Afrânio Lineu Kritski

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

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