改良的KANE/FISHER系统对常见皮肤癣菌的鉴定

目的 以改良的KANE/FISHER系统对常见皮肤癣菌进行鉴定,探索建立一个临床实用的标准化皮肤癣菌鉴定系统.方法 选取KANE/FISHER鉴定系统中的6种主要培养基对皮肤癣菌ATCC株和经初步鉴定的临床株共63株进行培养鉴定.结果 改良的KANE/FISHER鉴定系统基本可以将实验菌株鉴定到种的水平.结论 改良的KANE/FISHER鉴定系统对常见皮肤癣菌能做到种的鉴定,可作为标准化鉴定方法在实验室中应用.     

5例真菌性鼻窦炎临床及实验研究

目的报道5例丝状真菌所致真菌性鼻窦炎病例。方法分析5例鼻窦炎患者临床资料,对患者鼻分泌物或鼻黏膜进行真菌直接镜检和培养,对培养获得菌株进行形态学和分子生物学鉴定。结果结合真菌直接镜检、培养和分子生物学方法,确定致病真菌为茄病镰刀菌、烟曲霉、黄曲霉、波氏假阿利什霉和萝卜镰刀菌。4例患者采用鼻内窥镜手术治疗,1例患者采用伏立康唑、两性霉素B控制病情,效果均良好。结论真菌性鼻窦炎致病真菌多样,分子生物学可做准确鉴定,鼻内镜手术治疗效果良好。     

多育赛多孢菌性鼻窦炎1例——致病菌的鉴定和体外抗真菌药物敏感性研究

目的报告国内首例多育赛多孢菌致鼻窦炎,并探讨致病菌的鉴定及其对抗真菌药物体外敏感性。方法取患者左侧上颌窦分泌物进行真菌培养和形态学鉴定,分离菌株β-球蛋白、rDNAITS序列分析确切鉴定,对分离菌进行7种抗真菌药体外药敏试验。结果根据菌株的形态学特点和基因序列结果鉴定为多育赛多孢菌。体外药敏试验显示该菌对7种抗真菌药物耐药。结论多育赛多孢菌所致的真菌病较少见,其确切鉴定靠形态学特征和基因分析。该菌株对多种抗真菌药物耐药。     

食源性致病菌快速检测技术研究进展

食源性致病菌是影响食品安全的主要因素之一,传统的细菌分离、培养与鉴定由于需时较长,特别是有的细菌难以培养,难以适应食源性疾病预防控制的需要,因而快速、简便、特异的检测方法成为研究的热点。对电阻抗、放射测量、微热量、ELISA、PCR、基因芯片和生物传感器技术在金黄色葡萄球菌、沙门菌、肠出血性大肠埃希菌等食源性致病菌快速检测中的应用研究进行综述。     

大连地区感染性腹泻病原监测结果分析

目的 了解大连地区感染性腹泻病原菌的种类和流行特征,为感染性腹泻的预防控制和临床治疗提供依据.方法 采用常规粪便培养方法,对分离菌做血清学分型,用MicroScan WalkAway-40全自动细菌鉴定及药敏分析仪对分离菌做生化鉴定,对检出的志贺菌做药敏试验,并用WHONET 5.4软件对药敏结果进行统计分析.结果 监测872例腹泻患者样本,检出感染性腹泻病原菌109株,阳性率为12.5％,其中志贺菌所占比例最大,其次为沙门菌,副溶血弧菌排第三.志贺菌对碳青霉烯类、氟喹诺酮类和头孢菌素类等敏感,对青霉素类和复方磺胺类耐药.结论 志贺菌是大连地区感染性腹泻的首要病原菌,沙门菌和副溶血弧菌次之,应依据此监测结果做好大连地区腹泻病的防治工作;同时根据耐药性监测结果合理使用抗生素应对志贺菌,减少耐药菌株出现.     

皮肤癣菌的分子鉴定技术研究进展CSCD

皮肤癣菌是临床最常见的真菌之一,目前已报道的50余种皮肤癣菌中有20余种对人类有致病性。新兴的分子鉴定技术,具有快速、简便、特异的优点,能够克服传统的直接镜检和病原菌培养耗时费力的局限性,帮助皮肤癣菌病的快速精准诊断和合理用药。该文回顾近二十年来国内外文献,从皮肤癣菌标记基因和分类学进展、基于PCR的分子鉴定技术、恒温核酸扩增技术和MALDI-TOF MS技术这四个方面,介绍皮肤癣菌的分子鉴定技术的研究进展。     

红色毛癣菌和枝孢样枝孢霉混合感染导致银屑病患者甲真菌病1例

目的报道1例银屑病患者出现红色毛癣菌和枝孢样枝孢霉混合感染导致的甲真菌病。方法报告病例,对甲标本进行真菌镜检和培养,对病原菌进行形态学及分子生物学鉴定。结果该病例经临床、真菌镜检和真菌培养鉴定,确诊为红色毛癣菌和枝孢样枝孢霉导致的甲真菌病。病原菌通过菌落和显微镜下形态特征结合rRNA内转录间隔区序列分析证实。结论通过形态学及分子生物学鉴定,证实为真菌红色毛癣菌和枝孢样枝孢霉混合感染导致的甲真菌病。     

47766例拟诊皮肤真菌病患者病原菌分离培养结果分析

目的了解本院门诊拟诊皮肤真菌病患者真菌感染状况,掌握近期本地区皮肤真菌感染菌种分布结构。方法采用KOH直接涂片或染色显微镜观察与分离培养相结合的方法,对分离的菌落进行形态学鉴定,对真菌镜检和培养鉴定结果进行统计分析。结果 47 766例拟诊皮肤真菌病患者中,直接镜检和(或)培养阳性25 078例,占52.50%。其中皮肤癣菌病9 310例(48.94%)、马拉色菌感染8 938例(46.99%)、念珠菌及其他酵母菌感染603例(3.17%)。除外马拉色菌镜检和(或)培养阳性,其余38 839例镜检阳性率40.33%、分离培养阳性率25.99%。分离培养与镜检阳性符合率61.41%。皮肤癣菌菌种结构方面,红色毛癣菌为优势菌种占88.19%。结论皮肤癣菌病位居皮肤真菌病之首,以红色毛癣菌为优势菌,念珠菌及其他酵母菌感染亦值得关注。     

食源性相关腹泻肠炎沙门菌感染抗菌药物敏感性

目的了解食源性相关腹泻非伤寒沙门菌感染的菌种分布及其对抗菌药物敏感性,为控制该类细菌的感染及传播提供技术支持。方法对2015-2017年本系统2家社区卫生服务中心就诊的食源性相关腹泻患者粪便(或肛拭子)标本采用直接分离与增菌分离相结合的方法常规培养分离获得42株沙门菌;采用血清凝集法进行快速血清分型,并进行自动化生化鉴定及抗菌药物敏感性试验;通过现况调查进行流行病学危险因素分析。结果自动化生化鉴定结果能够覆盖常规血清学快速鉴定结果,同属沙门菌群;42株沙门菌以肠炎沙门菌、鼠伤寒沙门菌和斯坦利沙门菌为主,其中肠炎沙门菌占全部菌株的23.81%,鼠伤寒沙门菌占19.06%,斯坦利沙门菌占14.29%;其中肠炎沙门菌可对氟喹诺酮类、三四代头孢菌素类与碳青霉烯类等敏感(敏感率可达97.00%以上),而对氨基糖苷类可产生双向耐药。通过现况调查,发现患者有腹痛、腹泻等胃肠道症状,可伴有发热,所有患者48h内有可疑食物暴露史,无水源性案例,均为散发。结论菌种鉴定应以常规快速血清学凝集结果为准,自动化生化鉴定仅供参考,并将鉴定菌种与药敏报告相关联,可根据药敏结果合理选用敏感抗菌药物;应对社区居民开展针对性的健康宣教。     

少见尖端赛多孢子菌致脑组织感染1例及系列研究

目的报道尖端赛多孢子菌脑脓肿感染1例,并探讨真菌的鉴定及其对抗真菌药物体外药敏试验。方法取患者颅内引流物标本进行真菌培养和形态学鉴定,对分离菌做基因测序和抗真菌药物体外药敏试验。结果根据菌株的形态学特点和基因测序结果鉴定为尖端赛多孢子菌,药敏试验显示对两性青霉素B、氟康唑耐药,对伏立康唑敏感。结论尖端赛多孢子菌导致的真菌感染较少见,其鉴定主要依靠形态学特征和基因分析。伏立康唑对该菌株有较好的治疗作用。     

An exometabolomics approach to monitoring microbial contamination in microalgal fermentation processes by using metabolic footprint analysis

The early detection of microbial contamination is crucial to avoid process failure and costly delays in fermentation industries. However, traditional detection methods such as plate counting and microscopy are labor-intensive, insensitive, and time-consuming. Modern techniques that can detect microbial contamination rapidly and cost-effectively are therefore sought. In the present study, we propose gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)-based metabolic footprint analysis as a rapid and reliable method for the detection of microbial contamination in fermentation processes. Our metabolic footprint analysis detected statistically significant differences in metabolite profiles of axenic and contaminated batch cultures of microalgae as early as 3 h after contamination was introduced, while classical detection methods could detect contamination only after 24 h. The data were analyzed by discriminant function analysis and were validated by leave-one-out cross-validation. We obtained a 97% success rate in correctly classifying samples coming from contaminated or axenic cultures. Therefore, metabolic footprint analysis combined with discriminant function analysis presents a rapid and cost-effective approach to monitor microbial contamination in industrial fermentation processes.     

Sensitivity of biochemical test in comparison with other methods for the detection of mycoplasma contamination in human and animal cell lines stored in the National Cell Bank of Iran

Mycoplasma contamination in cell culture is considered as serious problem in the manufacturing of biological products. Our goal in this research is to find the best standard and rapid method with high sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and predictive values of positive and negative results for detection of mycoplasma contamination in cell cultures of the National Cell Bank of Iran. In this study, 40 cell lines suspected to mycoplasma contamination were evaluated by three different methods: microbial culture, enzymatic mycoalert^® and molecular. Enzymatic evaluation was performed using the mycoalert^® kit while in the molecular technique, a universal primer pair was designed based on the common and fixed 16SrRNA ribosomal sequences used. Mycoplasma contaminations in cell cultures with molecular, enzymatic and microbial culture methods were determined as 57.5, 52.5 and 40 %, respectively. These results confirmed the higher rate of sensitivity, specificity and accuracy for the molecular method in comparison with enzymatic and microbial methods. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay based on fixed and common sequences in the 16SrRNA, is a useful valuable and reliable technique with high sensitivity, specificity and accuracy for detection of mycoplasma contamination in cell cultures and other biological products. The enzymatic mycoalert^® method can be considered as a substitution for conventional microbial culture and DNA staining fluorochrome methods due to its higher sensitivity, specificity and speed of detection (<20 min).     

Detection of microbial contaminants in mammalian cell cultures using a new fluorescence-based staining method

Aims: Microbial contamination of cell culture production processes is a current concern for biopharmaceutical industries. Traditional testing methods require several days to detect contamination and may advantageously be replaced by a rapid detection method. We developed a new method combining membrane filtration to microcolonies fluorescence staining method (MFSM) and compared it to epifluorescence microscopy. Methods and Results: Both methods were used to detect bacteria in CHO cells cultures. The epifluorescence microscopy showed to be limited by filterability, media interference and nonrobustness issues, whereas MFSM enabled consistent detection of Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Propionibacterium acnes after, respectively, 8, 9 and 48 h of incubation. Thanks to the nondestructive feature of the MFSM, stained membranes could be reincubated on culture media to yield visible colonies used for identification. Conclusions: The new method described in this study showed its ability to detect microbial contaminants in cell culture samples with time‐to‐results from 2–5 times shorter than the traditional testing method. Significance and Impact of the Study: The MFSM can be used as monitoring tool for cell cultures to significantly shorten detection times of microbial contamination, while preserving the ability to identify the contaminants and their viability.     

The scope of mycoplasma contamination within the biopharmaceutical industry

Mycoplasma is well recognized as one of the most prevalent and serious microbial contaminants encountered within the manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals from the research phase to clinical development and production. The potential for mycoplasma contamination within cell culture systems was first identified by Robinson et al. in 1956 [1]. Presently, contamination rates in established cell cultures have been reported between 15 and 35% with considerably higher occurrence cited in certain selected populations [2]. In the last few years, there has been an expansion of diagnostic approaches for mycoplasma detection with the development and validation of rapid microbiological methods. The objective of this study was to determine current levels of mycoplasma infection of cell cultures, cell substrates and biologicals within a client based population. Retrospective comparison of 40,000 sample results was done to determine total contaminations rates amongst four (4) individual analytical assays. The establishment of reference data, such as existing contamination rates, becomes important in the critical appraisal of rapid microbiological methods for the detection of mycoplasma.     

Real-time PCR assay is superior to other methods for the detection of mycoplasma contamination in the cell lines of the National Cell Bank of Iran

Mycoplasmas are the most important contaminants of cell cultures throughout the world. They are considered as a major problem in biological studies and biopharmaceutical economic issues. In this study, our aim was to find the best standard technique as a rapid method with high sensitivity, specificity and accuracy for the detection of mycoplasma contamination in the cell lines of the National Cell Bank of Iran. Thirty cell lines suspected to mycoplasma contamination were evaluated by five different techniques including microbial culture, indirect DNA DAPI staining, enzymatic mycoalert^® assay, conventional PCR and real-time PCR. Five mycoplasma-contaminated cell lines were assigned as positive controls and five mycoplasma-free cell lines as negative controls. The enzymatic method was performed using the mycoalert^® mycoplasma detection kit. Real-time PCR technique was conducted by PromoKine diagnostic kits. In the conventional PCR method, mycoplasma genus-specific primers were designed to analyze the sequences based on a fixed and common region on 16S ribosomal RNA with PCR product size of 425 bp. Mycoplasma contamination was observed in 60, 56.66, 53.33, 46.66 and 33.33 % of 30 different cell cultures by real-time PCR, PCR, enzymatic mycoalert^®, indirect DNA DAPI staining and microbial culture methods, respectively. The analysis of the results of the different methods showed that the real-time PCR assay was superior the other methods with the sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, predictive value of positive and negative results of 100 %. These values were 94.44, 100, 96.77, 100 and 92.85 % for the conventional PCR method, respectively. Therefore, this study showed that real-time PCR and PCR assays based on the common sequences in the 16S ribosomal RNA are reliable methods with high sensitivity, specificity and accuracy for detection of mycoplasma contamination in cell cultures and other biological products.     

Mycoplasma contamination of cell cultures: Incidence, sources, effects, detection, elimination, prevention

The contamination of cell cultures by mycoplasmas remains a major problem in cell culture. Mycoplasmas can produce a virtually unlimited variety of effects in the cultures they infect. These organisms are resistant to most antibiotics commonly employed in cell cultures. Here we provide a concise overview of the current knowledge on: (1) the incidence and sources of mycoplasma contamination in cell cultures, the mycoplasma species most commonly detected in cell cultures, and the effects of mycoplasmas on the function and activities of infected cell cultures; (2) the various techniques available for the detection of mycoplasmas with particular emphasis on the most reliable detection methods; (3) the various methods available for the elimination of mycoplasmas highlighting antibiotic treatment; and (4) the recommended procedures and working protocols for the detection, elimination and prevention of mycoplasma contamination. The availability of accurate, sensitive and reliable detection methods and the application of robust and successful elimination methods provide powerful means for overcoming the problem of mycoplasma contamination in cell cultures. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Rapid identification of microbial VOCs from tobacco molds using closed-loop stripping and gas chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Several microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOCs) that can serve as potential chemical markers for microbial contamination in tobacco have been identified. Four different fungal species, Aspergillus niger (AN), A. ornatus (AO), Pencillium chrysogenum (PC) and Rhizopus stolonifer (RS), commonly reported in moldy tobacco were cultured and screened for MVOCs. Because the MVOCs emitted by a microbial species are substrate specific, the fungal strains were separately grown on potato dextrose agar (PDA) and tobacco products. MVOCs from the mold cultures grown on PDA and tobacco products were extracted using closed-loop stripping analysis (CLSA) and identified by gas chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC/TOF-MS). Some of the prominent tobacco mold markers identified by this method include: 1-octen-3-ol; 2-octen-1-ol; 2-methyl-1-butanol; 3-methyl-1-butanol; 1-octene and 2-pentanone. In particular, 1-octen-3-ol was detected in all the mold cultures and moldy tobacco samples analyzed. Olfactory evaluation of 1-octen-3-ol indicated a characteristic musty odor and the odor threshold was determined to be approximately 200 ng/ml. The limits of detection for 1-octen-3-ol using GC/TOF-MS and GC/mass selective detector (MSD) in the full-scan mode and selected ion monitoring (SIM) mode were investigated. The CLSA-GC/TOF-MS demonstrates a fast, sensitive and semi-quantitative analytical technique for screening tobacco materials for the presence of mold via chemical markers of microbial contamination.     

Semi-automated relative quantification of cell culture contamination with mycoplasma by Photoshop-based image analysis on immunofluorescence preparations

Mycoplasma contamination in cell culture is a serious setback for the cell-culturist. The experiments undertaken using contaminated cell cultures are known to yield unreliable or false results due to various morphological, biochemical and genetic effects. Earlier surveys revealed incidences of mycoplasma contamination in cell cultures to range from 15 to 80%. Out of a vast array of methods for detecting mycoplasma in cell culture, the cytological methods directly demonstrate the contaminating organism present in association with the cultured cells. In this investigation, we report the adoption of a cytological immunofluorescence assay (IFA), in an attempt to obtain a semi-automated relative quantification of contamination by employing the user-friendly Photoshop-based image analysis. The study performed on 77 cell cultures randomly collected from various laboratories revealed mycoplasma contamination in 18 cell cultures simultaneously by IFA and Hoechst DNA fluorochrome staining methods. It was observed that the Photoshop-based image analysis on IFA stained slides was very valuable as a sensitive tool in providing quantitative assessment on the extent of contamination both per se and in comparison to cellularity of cell cultures. The technique could be useful in estimating the efficacy of anti-mycoplasma agents during decontaminating measures.     

A ONE‐SHOT SOLUTION TO BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL CONTAMINATION IN THE GREEN ALGA CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII CULTURE BY USING AN ANTIBIOTIC COCKTAIL1

Keeping sterile stocks or cultures of microalgae is fundamental to microalgae biotechnology as well as basic scientific research. However, contamination by bacteria and/or fungi in microalgae cultures or stocks is often a problem. Here, we have developed a strategy for reducing or eliminating bacterial and fungal contamination by using a cocktail of antibiotics. Chlamydomonas reinhardtii P. A. Dang., a widely used unicellular green alga, has been used as a testing organism. A combination of ampicillin, cefotaxime, and carbendazim removed or reduced contamination by three different bacteria and two different fungi tested. A step‐by‐step procedure is provided, which is simple, economical, and effective.     

Sterility Test Method for Petrolatum-Based Ophthalmic Ointments

A sensitive sterility testing procedure for the detection of microbial contamination in petrolatum-based ointments is described. The method involves dissolving the ointment in filter-sterilized isopropyl myristate and filtering through a membrane filter. Improved sensitivity is obtained by blending the membrane in Trypticase Soy Broth before incubation. Filter-sterilized isopropyl myristate is shown to be less toxic to microorganisms than heat-sterilized isopropyl myristate. The isopropyl myristate method is more sensitive than the polyethylene glycol-ether method for the detection of microbial contamination.