| Autor: |
Bielaszewska M; Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology, National Institute of Public Health, 100 00 Prague, Czech Republic., Daniel O; Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology, National Institute of Public Health, 100 00 Prague, Czech Republic.; Second Medical Faculty, Charles University, 150 06 Prague, Czech Republic., Nyč O; Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Motol, 150 06 Prague, Czech Republic., Mellmann A; Institute for Hygiene, University Hospital Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Membranes [Membranes (Basel)] 2021 Oct 23; Vol. 11 (11). Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 23. |
| DOI: |
10.3390/membranes11110806 |
| Abstrakt: |
Outer membrane vesicles carrying β-lactamase (βLOMVs) protect bacteria against β-lactam antibiotics under experimental conditions, but their protective role during a patient's treatment leading to the therapy failure is unknown. We investigated the role of βLOMVs in amoxicillin therapy failure in a patient with group A Streptococcus pyogenes (GAS) pharyngotonsillitis. The patient's throat culture was examined by standard microbiological procedures. Bacterial vesicles were analyzed for β-lactamase by immunoblot and the nitrocefin assay, and in vivo secretion of βLOMVs was detected by electron microscopy. These analyses demonstrated that the patient's throat culture grew, besides amoxicillin-susceptible GAS, an amoxicillin-resistant nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi), which secreted βLOMVs. Secretion and β-lactamase activity of NTHi βLOMVs were induced by amoxicillin concentrations reached in the tonsils during therapy. The presence of NTHi βLOMVs significantly increased the minimal inhibitory concentration of amoxicillin for GAS and thereby protected GAS against bactericidal concentrations of amoxicillin. NTHi βLOMVs were identified in the patient's pharyngotonsillar swabs and saliva, demonstrating their secretion in vivo at the site of infection. We conclude that the pathogen protection via βLOMVs secreted by the flora colonizing the infection site represents a yet underestimated mechanism of β-lactam therapy failure that warrants attention in clinical studies. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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