Investigating Pseudomonas aeruginosa population structure and frequency of cross-infection in UK cystic fibrosis clinics - a reference laboratory perspective

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BACKGROUND: We aimed to describe the UK Pseudomonas aeruginosa population structure amongst people with cystic fibrosis (PWCF), and to examine evidence for cross-infection.

METHODS: Variable Number Tandem Repeat (VNTR) typing was performed on 4640 isolates from 2619 PWCF received from 55 hospital laboratories between 2017 and 2019. A combination of whole genome sequence (WGS)-based analysis of four clusters from one hospital, and epidemiological analysis of shared strains in twelve hospitals evaluated cross-infection.

RESULTS: Of 2619 PWCF, 1324 (51%) harboured common clusters or known transmissible strains, while 1295 carried unique strains/those shared among small numbers of patients. Of the former, 9.5% (250 patients) harboured the Liverpool epidemic strain (LES), followed in prevalence by clone C (7.8%; 205 patients), cluster A (5%;130 patients), and cluster D (3.6%; 94 patients). WGS analysis of 10 LES isolates, 9 of cluster D and 6 isolates each of cluster A and clone C from one hospital revealed LES formed the tightest cluster (between 7 and 205 SNPs), and cluster D the loosest (between 53 and 1531 SNPs). Hospital-specific shared strains were found in some centres, although cross-infection was largely historical, with few new acquisitions. Fifty-nine PWCF (2.3%) harboured "high-risk" clones; one ST235 isolate carried a blaIMP-1 allele.

CONCLUSION: Of 2619 PWCF who had P. aeruginosa isolates submitted for VNTR, 51% harboured either common clusters or known transmissible strains, of which LES was the most common. Limited evidence of recent patient-to-patient strain transmission was found, suggesting cross-infection prevention measures and surveillance effectively reduce transmission.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society - 22(2023), 5 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 894-900

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kenna, Dervla T D [VerfasserIn]
Payne, Zoë [VerfasserIn]
Lee, David A [VerfasserIn]
Keane, Ann-Marie [VerfasserIn]
Turton, Jack [VerfasserIn]
Zamarreño, Dania V [VerfasserIn]
Schaefer, Ulf [VerfasserIn]
Hopkins, Katie L [VerfasserIn]
Meunier, Danièle [VerfasserIn]
Dhillon, Rishi [VerfasserIn]
Duckers, Jamie [VerfasserIn]
Speight, Lorraine [VerfasserIn]
Turton, Jane F [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cross-infection
Cystic fibrosis
Journal Article
Liverpool epidemic strain
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Whole genome sequencing

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Date Completed 28.11.2023

Date Revised 24.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jcf.2023.05.017

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357736834