Gas gangrene of different origin associated with Clostridium perfringens type A in three patients simultaneously hospitalized in a single department of orthopedics and traumatology in Poland

• Autorzy: Brzychczy-Wloch M. , Ochonska D. , Piotrowska A. , Bulanda M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The objective of the study was to perform a comparative analysis of phenotypic and genetic similarity, determination of resistance profiles, detection of toxin-encoding genes and molecular typing of Clostridium perfringens isolates originating from patients with gas gangrene. The study encompassed three patients with a clinical and microbiological diagnosis of gas gangrene who were hospitalized in one of the hospitals of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie province in the same period of time between 8th April 2015 and 20th April 2015. The three C. perfringens isolates studied had identical biochemical profiles. Two isolates had identical resistance patterns, while the third presented a different profile. Using the multiplex PCR method, all isolates showed the presence of cpa gene encoding α-toxin; furthermore, the presence of the cpb2 gene encoding β2-toxin was confirmed in two isolates. Genotyping with the use of pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) indicated that the isolates originating from the three studied patients represent three genetically different restrictive patterns which correspondedto three different clones – clone A, clone B and clone C. As a result of the study, it is possible to conclude that the studied patients simultaneously hospitalized in a single Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology developed three different endogenous infections.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Microbiology
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: 65
• Numer: 4
• Opis fizyczny: p.399-406,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Brzychczy-Wloch M.

• Chair of Microbiology, Department of Bacteriology, Microbial Ecology and Parasitology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

autor

Ochonska D.

• Chair of Microbiology, Department of Infection Epidemiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

autor

Piotrowska A.

• Chair of Microbiology, Department of Infection Epidemiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

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Bulanda M.

• Chair of Microbiology, Department of Infection Epidemiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

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DOI

10.5604/17331331.1227665