Abstract
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a severe bacterial pathogen. Due to the genetic flexibility among strains, chronic airways infection can lead to mortality among cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. It is essential to develop patient-specific therapy which will rely on phenotypic and genomic diversity. The primary objective of this study was to assess the genomic variability of P. aeruginosa strains, using two different molecular techniques for tracking the epidemiological transmissions. This study applied a multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) analysis (MLVA) for an efficient genotyping of clinical P. aeruginosa strains isolated from CF patients and compared results with a TRS-PCR typing. The percentage similarity analysis was performed using the categorical multi-state coefficient and UPGMA method. Based on the MLVA and TRS-PCR group assessment, 43 P. aeruginosa strains/variants were detected among the 63 clinical isolates from eight CF patients. The study of P. aeruginosa isolates has revealed that during chronic bacterial infections, CF patients harbor different P. aeruginosa strains or variants within the same host over the years. P. aeruginosa genotypes diversity may result from infection with several strains and result from a microevolution process of an initially acquired strain. The TRS-PCR method proposed in this work can complement the MLVA scheme. It can also be used as a preliminary method for genetic typing of P. aeruginosa isolates in CF patients.
Highlights
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a severe bacterial pathogen
Based on the multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) analysis (MLVA) and TRS-PCR group assessment, 43 P. aeruginosa strains/variants were detected among the 63 clinical isolates from eight cystic fibrosis (CF) patients
We applied a widely used multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) analysis (MLVA) for an efficient genotyping of clinical P. aeruginosa strains isolated from CF patients and, for the first time, we extended the obtained results with data from TRS-PCR profiling
Summary
Due to the genetic flexibility among strains, chronic airways infection can lead to mortality among cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. The primary objective of this study was to assess the genomic variability of P. aeruginosa strains, using two different molecular techniques for tracking the epidemiological transmissions. This study applied a multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) analysis (MLVA) for an efficient genotyping of clinical P. aeruginosa strains isolated from CF patients and compared results with a TRS-PCR typing. Based on the MLVA and TRS-PCR group assessment, 43 P. aeruginosa strains/variants were detected among the 63 clinical isolates from eight CF patients. The TRS-PCR method proposed in this work can complement the MLVA scheme. It can be used as a preliminary method for genetic typing of P. aeruginosa isolates in CF patients. The cause of the disease is mutations in the cftr gene encoding an adenosine 3’,5’-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP)-regulated
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