2015 Epidemic of Severe Streptococcus agalactiae Sequence Type 283 Infections in Singapore Associated With the Consumption of Raw Freshwater Fish: A Detailed Analysis of Clinical, Epidemiological, and Bacterial Sequencing Data
| Autor: | Michelle Kam, Man Ling Chau, Margaret Ip, Jeanette W. P. Teo, Nuntra Suwantarat, Kurosh S. Mehershahi, Li Yang Hsu, Christopher W. Wong, Matthew T. G. Holden, Wen Ying Tang, Tse Hsien Koh, Shirin Kalimuddin, Hishamuddin Badaruddin, Cindy Lim, Swaine L. Chen, Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Lee Ching Ng, Thean Yen Tan, Timothy Barkham |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of St Andrews. School of Medicine, University of St Andrews. Infection Group, University of St Andrews. Infection and Global Health Division, University of St Andrews. Biomedical Sciences Research Complex |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Group B Streptococcus
0301 basic medicine Male Medical laboratory Foodborne Fresh Water Disease Outbreaks Cohort Studies Zoonosis RA0421 Meningoencephalitis Raw Foods RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Zoonoses Epidemiology Phylogeny Singapore biology Fishes QR Microbiology Middle Aged Thailand Infectious Diseases Freshwater fish Hong Kong Christian ministry Female Microbiology (medical) medicine.medical_specialty 030106 microbiology Sequencing data NDAS QH426 Genetics Streptococcus agalactiae 03 medical and health sciences SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being Environmental health Streptococcal Infections medicine Animals Humans Epidemics QH426 Aged Retrospective Studies business.industry Outbreak Sequence Analysis DNA medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Virology QR Infectious disease (medical specialty) Food Microbiology business Genome Bacterial |
| Zdroj: | Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 64(suppl_2) |
| ISSN: | 1537-6591 |
| Popis: | This work was primarily funded by the Ministry of Health, Singapore, awarded through the Singapore Infectious Disease Initiative grant (SIDI/2015/001). We were also supported by the Molecular Biology Laboratory and the Department of Laboratory Medicine, TTSH, Singapore. The culture analysis of fish was primarily funded by the National Environment Agency, Singapore. The statistical work was funded by the Project MODUS grant, while whole-genome sequencing and analysis were conducted at the Genome Institute of Singapore, partially funded by the POLARIS program, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and the Singapore Ministry of Health’s National Medical Research Council (NMRC/CIRG/1357/2013). Background : Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus [GBS]) has not been described as a foodborne pathogen. However, in 2015, a large outbreak of severe invasive sequence type (ST) 283 GBS infections in adults epidemiologically linked to the consumption of raw freshwater fish occurred in Singapore. We attempted to determine the scale of the outbreak, define the clinical spectrum of disease, and link the outbreak to contaminated fish. Methods : Time-series analysis was performed on microbiology laboratory data. Food handlers and fishmongers were screened for enteric carriage of GBS. A retrospective cohort study was conducted to assess differences in demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with invasive ST283 and non-ST283 infections. Whole-genome sequencing was performed on human and fish ST283 isolates from Singapore, Thailand, and Hong Kong. Results : The outbreak was estimated to have started in late January 2015. Within the study cohort of 408 patients, ST283 accounted for 35.8% of cases. Patients with ST283 infection were younger and had fewer comorbidities but were more likely to develop meningoencephalitis, septic arthritis, and spinal infection. Of 82 food handlers and fishmongers screened, none carried ST283. Culture of 43 fish samples yielded 13 ST283-positive samples. Phylogenomic analysis of 161 ST283 isolates from humans and fish revealed they formed a tight clade distinguished by 93 single-nucleotide polymorphisms. Conclusions : ST283 is a zoonotic GBS clone associated with farmed freshwater fish, capable of causing severe disease in humans. It caused a large foodborne outbreak in Singapore and poses both a regional and potentially more widespread threat. Postprint |
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